1. Historical GIS as a community resource: the vision of Britain through time project Paul S. Ell Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis Queen’s University Belfast paul.ell@qub.ac.uk

2. GBH GIS - The Academic Resource The first national historical GIS to be copleted The first national historical GIS to be copleted Time-variant administrative boundaries from 1860s Time-variant administrative boundaries from 1860s 20+ million data values mostly from censuses (excluding derived data) 20+ million data values mostly from censuses (excluding derived data) Runs in ArcGIS Runs in ArcGIS Components available from UKBorders and AHDS History Components available from UKBorders and AHDS History Scholarly outputs from the GIS – CUP, Historical Geography, county atlas, Historical Methods, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society etc Scholarly outputs from the GIS – CUP, Historical Geography, county atlas, Historical Methods, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society etc No funds to make the resource accessible No funds to make the resource accessible

4. Towards an e-cultural atlas $1,500,000 grant from NOF-Digitisation $1,500,000 grant from NOF-Digitisation Funding started early 2002 Funding started early 2002 Three year project which finished early 2005 Three year project which finished early 2005 See www.visionofbritain.org.uk See www.visionofbritain.org.ukwww.visionofbritain.org.uk

5. Content of the Atlas Core is our existing boundary GIS and statistical datasets Core is our existing boundary GIS and statistical datasets This core is heavily disguised! This core is heavily disguised! Much additional information added Much additional information added

6. Additional census data

7. Reports with each census

8. Historical Gazetteers

9. Travellers’ Tales

10. Historical Maps For the nineteenth century: Smith’s New Map of the United Kingdom, 1806; Wilkinson’s The British Isles, 1812; Ordnance Survey First Series, c.1830/40s For the nineteenth century: Smith’s New Map of the United Kingdom, 1806; Wilkinson’s The British Isles, 1812; Ordnance Survey First Series, c.1830/40s For the twentieth century: Land Use maps; Ordnance Survey 10 inch 1904 series; Ordnance Survey New Popular Edition, c.1940s For the twentieth century: Land Use maps; Ordnance Survey 10 inch 1904 series; Ordnance Survey New Popular Edition, c.1940s

11. The website www.visionofbritain.org.uk

13. Historical maps

21. Census reports

24. Historical Gazetteers

28. Travellers’ Tales

32. An integrated resource

40. Mapping

45. Expert interface Scholars should probably go to AHDS History and UKBorders to get the ArcGIS compatible data Scholars should probably go to AHDS History and UKBorders to get the ArcGIS compatible data Vision of Britain website Vision of Britain website

48. Who was involved…

52. A vision of Britain through time www.visionofbritain.org.uk www.visionofbritain.org.uk Statistical data on every place in Britain from 1801 in an accessible format Statistical data on every place in Britain from 1801 in an accessible format Text describing most places in Britain at certain points in time Text describing most places in Britain at certain points in time An online atlas with introductory text An online atlas with introductory text Ordnance Survey plus other map coverages Ordnance Survey plus other map coverages Links to AHDS-held plus other datasets Links to AHDS-held plus other datasets