WHG is a platform for linking records about historical places, allowing people to make spatial connections across time and language. Project Director: @rmostern.bsky.social Technical Director: @docuracy.co.uk #DH #LOD #DigitalHumanities #GIS #GIStoryhttps://bsky.app/profile/whgazetteer.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/whgazetteer.org/post/3lrdonbav522vWant to work with the WHG team? The Institute for Spatial History Innovation @ Pitt is hiring a full-time Research Associate to be the Digital Data Specialist & Managing Editor of World Historical Gazetteer! Learn more & apply by July 11: bit.ly/4kAknki @rmostern.bsky.social @docuracy.co.uk https://bit.ly/4kAknki11 Jun 2025 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:stvreqk6efv5wt63rntqmjfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrdonbav522vhttps://bsky.app/profile/whgazetteer.org/post/3lnzw5ftdy22q🌍 Recent updates to the WHG user interface give faster loading and globe visualisations. Image: Indigenous Place Names in North America, a WHG Place Collection at https://doi.org/10.60681/whg-collection-172 Explore more at: whgazetteer.org ! #DigitalHumanities #HistoricalGIS #GeoHumanities #HistoricalGeography30 Apr 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:stvreqk6efv5wt63rntqmjfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnzw5ftdy22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/whgazetteer.org/post/3lapb7z3kwk2d📍What's the Point? Usually (on our maps) a proxy for a place, but we could be more precise, with ... approximation! Might points have a ‘tolerance’ circle? Should polygons show when they contain something more vague? #LinkedPlaces #SpatialData #HistGIS #LinkedPasts https://github.com/WorldHistoricalGazetteer/whg3/issues/41111 Nov 2024 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:stvreqk6efv5wt63rntqmjfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lapb7z3kwk2d