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Fantastic New Interactive 1865 DC Mapping Site - BettyO - 08-08-2013 12:23 PM
Want to know how long it took Booth to walk from the National Hotel to Ford's Theatre? What the distance was from Mary Surratt's House to Ford's? How long it took Powell to go from the Canterbury Theatre to Seward's House?
Here is a new interactive mapping site which works with GIS (Geographic Information System) "which lets us visualize, question, analyze, interpret, and understand data to reveal relationships, patterns, and trends." (Esri website.) I use GIS every day in my job.
This neat site lets you add landmarks,calculate distance, and it has a timeline which lets you set it to April 1865; all to scale! Simply read the Map Usage directions and jump in!
Have fun!
http://civilwardc.org/maps/
RE: Fantastic New Interactive 1865 DC Mapping Site - Linda Anderson - 08-08-2013 12:46 PM
The map is great. Thanks. Betty!
RE: Fantastic New Interactive 1865 DC Mapping Site - Matt Macoubrie - 08-09-2013 09:56 AM
Oh my goodness . . . this is marvelous, if I can figure this out in time I am going to use this in my lesson plan in a couple weeks!!!
RE: Fantastic New Interactive 1865 DC Mapping Site - BettyO - 08-09-2013 06:47 PM
If anyone needs lessons, tips on the interactive GIS map, just give me a hollar and I'll pitch in a hand.....
