Paula Kay Lazrus
Visualizing Landscapes: Past and
Present
Paula Kay Lazrus, Discover New York,
St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Abstract: This preliminary work
explores the use of GIS software to help visualize land-use in 19th
century Italy. Maps of different scales and periods, aerial
photographs and archival data are used in an attempt to picture the
distance different groups of people traveled to their fields and to
compare crops and plot sizes across social groups in order to
highlight social difference and environmental changes.