book history. historical geographer. truthseeker.
The rapid increase in innovation within web mapping technology has provided users with an array of choices for mapping geographic information for data visualization. Web GIS is a “combination of the web and GIS using web technologies such as Hyptertext Transfer Protocol, Hypertext Markup Language, Uniform Resource Locator, Javascript, Web Graphics and more.”[1] Indeed, the … Continue reading D3.js and Leaflet.js for Web Mapping
In every household, the Coronavirus has changed the way the world connects as well as how individuals reach out to each other.
COVID-19 DIARY March 17, 2020 Christy Hyman Occupation: PhD Student in Historical Geography at the University of Nebraska Lincoln Mother of two children, 20 year old college sophomore Chastity, and 14 year old 8th grader Ricky Day 2 Woke up at about 8:30am after a strange dream. This time the dream was set in my … Continue reading #Quarantine Diary #SociallyDistant Christy March 17, 2020
Many of you are aware that my daughter Chastity Hyman sophomore B.FA art student living, working and loving here in Lincoln, Nebraska. Followers of my blog are aware that I commissioned her to do a depiction of former enslaved canal laborer Moses Grandy last summer.
Born in 1786 on a farm owned by enslaver William Grandy in Camden County, North Carolina Moses Grandy learned as a child how difficult life was for an enslaved person. Of his early life Grandy writes,
This was me the day that I passed qualifying exams(9/18/19). The event was preceded by 12 months of reading 250 books on the history of the United States in the nineteenth century with a special emphasis on slavery and capitalism(hence my close association with supporters Ed Baptist and Calvin Schermerhorn both brilliant historians who have written field-reshaping works on the topic).
Upon visiting the site I am impressed by its design. It is not cluttered or busy and the layout lends itself to the subject at hand in a manner that signals the gravity of the content contained. A difficult balance for projects dealing with traumatic records. Very nicely done.
