Anne Kelly Knowles

Anne Kelly Knowles (born 1957) is an American geographer and a specialist in Historical GIS.

Quotes

• The old saw that history is the study of when, geography the study of where, has some truth to it, at least as the two fields have been taught at most colleges and universities in North America.
  • From Knowles's chapter in the book Past Time, Past Place: GIS for history

• Using GIS intelligently requires a grounding in geographical knowledge. Applying the technology to history requires knowing how to contextualize and interpret historical sources.
  • From Knowles's chapter in the book Past Time, Past Place: GIS for history

• The form of information in GIS can seem quite alien to humanists upon first encounter.
  • From Knowles's chapter in the book Placing History: How Maps, Spatial Data, and GIS are Changing Historical Scholarship

• The most exciting thing about historical GIS is often the "eureka" moment when someone sees data mapped for the first time.
  • From Knowles's chapter in the book Placing History: How Maps, Spatial Data, and GIS are Changing Historical Scholarship

• Whether one works with texts, historical maps, or any other kind of source, cultivating a spatial and visual imagination makes it easier to recognize the place-based information and spatial relationships embedded in historical evidence.
  • From Knowles's chapter in the book Placing History: How Maps, Spatial Data, and GIS are Changing Historical Scholarship

External links

• Faculty page at University of Maine