As you know, the Canadian Historical GIS Partnership Development project is underway to develop resources for conducting historical research in Canada using GIS and other methods, and to explore ways of publishing the results of that research. A prevalent and popular method for doing this is through online mapping technologies. However, many different design approaches and software solutions are being used. We are conducting a survey to investigate current and emerging trends in the use of these technologies, evaluate your experiences and needs as web-mapping users (or potential users), and understand what kind of tools or services you desire for the future.

The survey should take 10-20 minutes of your time, depending how many of the optional questions you answer. It will provide valuable input to direct the efforts of the project. To find out more please go to the survey invitation page on our website:
http://geohist.ca/invitation-user-survey/

Thank you for considering filling out the survey.
Marcel Fortin, Principal investigator
Byron Moldofsky, Project Manager

On August 20, 2015, the initial “strategy” meeting of the CHGIS partnership took place, in the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto. This is the first time that we all met face to face so it was a chance to hammer out some of the issues that go along with turning a “proposal”, into a reality. Continue reading Initial Strategy meeting of CHGIS partnership →