Early Modern Digital Itineraries (EMDigIt)
@emdigit.bsky.social
Account for the Early Modern Digital Itineraries Project, transforming printed itineraries into tools for understanding the history of travel 🧭 Find out more at https://emdigit.org
Two new teasers from the forthcoming Italian Itineraries data for routes in Italy, #16thc - #18thc. On the left, heat map showing difficulty of travel based on elevation and slope. On the right, shortest route by km between Rome and Bologna #earlymodern #digitalhistory 🗃️
May 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Two new teasers from the forthcoming Italian Itineraries data for routes in Italy, #16thc - #18thc. On the left, heat map showing difficulty of travel based on elevation and slope. On the right, shortest route by km between Rome and Bologna #earlymodern #digitalhistory 🗃️
Italian route network is done! 8 influential itinerary books from the #16thcentury through the #18thcentury ready for Maps-style route planning. We're on track for sharing the shapefiles in coming weeks as we continue to develop the tool. Watch this space! #earlymodern #digitalhistory 🗃️
April 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Italian route network is done! 8 influential itinerary books from the #16thcentury through the #18thcentury ready for Maps-style route planning. We're on track for sharing the shapefiles in coming weeks as we continue to develop the tool. Watch this space! #earlymodern #digitalhistory 🗃️
📯 New publication! 📯 We are proud to share the outcomes of our NEH workshops in 2024, which brought together researchers from around the world to pilot data-driven approaches to the history of travel 🗃️ #earlymodern #digitalhumanities #digitalhistory read more here: github.com/rmidura/EMDi...
April 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
📯 New publication! 📯 We are proud to share the outcomes of our NEH workshops in 2024, which brought together researchers from around the world to pilot data-driven approaches to the history of travel 🗃️ #earlymodern #digitalhumanities #digitalhistory read more here: github.com/rmidura/EMDi...
Participants are gathering in Arlington for the final (🥲) EMDigIt workshop on Monday to present their work over the last year. You can be a part, too, at the "Grounding Truth: Critical and Data-Driven Approaches to the History of Travel" panel at #DH2024 this Thursday (2-3:30PM)!
August 4, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Participants are gathering in Arlington for the final (🥲) EMDigIt workshop on Monday to present their work over the last year. You can be a part, too, at the "Grounding Truth: Critical and Data-Driven Approaches to the History of Travel" panel at #DH2024 this Thursday (2-3:30PM)!
Sneak peek of an exciting new itinerary disambiguation tool in development! 👀
February 20, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Sneak peek of an exciting new itinerary disambiguation tool in development! 👀