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How do you map diseases? A look into the world of GIScience and medical geography with Emily Acheson

How do you map diseases? A look into the world of GIScience and medical geography with Emily Acheson

By michelle blackwell on January 3, 2018

The talk on January 23 is the second in our Visualizing the World: A Maps and Geographic Information Systems Speaker Series.

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with cartography, Geographic Information Systems, GIS Speaker Series, IKBLC, maps, speaker series

Drawing a continent by hand with Anton Thomas

Drawing a continent by hand with Anton Thomas

By michelle blackwell on October 3, 2017

The talk on October 26 is the first in our Visualizing the World: A Maps and Geographic Information Systems Speaker Series.

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with cartography, Geographic Information Systems, GIS, GIS Speaker Series, IKBLC, maps, speaker series

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Tokugawa maps collection in UBC Reports

By Glenn Drexhage on June 2, 2011

  A story on the digitization of UBC Library’s exceptional Tokugawa maps collection appears in the June 2011 issue of UBC Reports. You can view the article here, and view the table of contents here.

Posted in General | Tagged with digitization, maps, Media coverage

Tokugawa maps on display at UBC Library

By Glenn Drexhage on September 24, 2010

Fascinating Japanese maps and notebooks from UBC Library’s Tokugawa Era collection will be on display for all to admire from September 27 to October 1. The exhibit includes maps and atlases from the Tokugawa (Edo) period (1600-1868) on subjects including earthquakes, pilgrimages, and world and domestic travel. The Tokugawa display is presented in conjunction with […]

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