Maps and points of view in Bath and in London (field trip exercise using mobile devices, or PC)
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The text below is a 'read-only' question; it is meant to give visitors an idea of possible exercises. Registered students should use the other version of the course "Georgian Cities: S2".
Exercise based on the pages of the Georgian Cities website on maps of Bath and on the London squares.
It may be done during a field trip, taking photos, or simulated by searching the web for photos.
In Bath: take photos of the three openings of the Circus towards streets, and position them on a map of the sequence Queen Square-Circus-Crescent imported from the Georgian Cites website, adding dates from the CASA video on the website. Write a text explaining your procedure and your interpretation.
In London: take photos of the area of Bedford Square and position them on a map of the Bedford Estates, together with a short sentence about the historical character giving his or her name to the street. Explain the relation between historical characters and the layout of urban areas.
Skills (in addition to the skills developed in the Edinburgh exercise):
- linking digital photography to digital mapping
- associating cartography and chronology.
In your paint program, in addition to the skills learnt in the preceding lesson, you will need to copy the photos (or select part of them with the Select tool and copy) and paste them on to the map; you may have to resize them with the Resize tool.
