A Place in History - Section 5.5

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	A place in history: a guide to using GIS in historical research CHAPTER 5: TIME IN HISTORICAL GIS
	5.5 Conclusions Historical research has frequently been hampered by its inability to manage data effectively through attribute, space and time simultaneously. This has meant that traditionally researchers have had to simplify at least one of these three components in order to perform their analyses. GIS opens up a wide new potential for managing data through all three components without having to resort to simplifications. Although time is currently poorly integrated into GIS software, there is still real potential for using GIS to manage complex spatio-temporal datasets, as is illustrated by the case studies provided. As will be discussed in later chapters, this opens up the potential for exploring, analysing and visualising complex spatio-temporal change in a more sophisticated manner than has previously been possible. This should ultimately provide a more detailed and less simplistic understanding of the processes that drive these changes.

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