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This is work for Heritage Jam 2021 and explores mapping work I have been doing as part of the CCAD-CRANE project.

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Sensation

This is work for Heritage Jam 2021 and explores mapping work I have been doing as part of the Computational Creativity and Archaeological Data project, a sub-project of CRANE.

Here is a sample of the end result, an interative walking map.

You can drag the ugly computer marker computer test icon around the map to test it. But walking the map in your neighbourhood is more fun. See below to make your own!

Requirements

This project will create an html page with a Leaflet map that is designed to run on a smartphone and plot the user's location. To create the map and test it, you require:

  • A computer to run a Python Jupyter notebook (such as Google Colab)

To run the map on a phone you will need:

  • A web server with TLS to serve up the map webpage using https.
  • A smart phone

Setup / installation

These instructions use Google Drive and Google Colaboratory

  1. In Google Drive - create a directory. For example name it "github".
  2. Open this notebook Google Colaboratory and follow the steps: https://github.com/jeffblackadar/sensation/blob/main/installer.ipynb
  3. Go back into Google Drive, select /github/sensation/sensory_map_generator.ipynb and Open in Google Colab.

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Paradata document

Other documentation

Process Flow

Notes on making

Acknowledgements

I have been working with this map as part of ongoing research with the Computational Creativity and Archaeological Data project, a sub-project of CRANE. I would also like to acknowledge the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Thank you to Dr. Ben Carter and Weston Conner for sharing your knowledge of the history of this area of Pennsylvania and providing the map and shapefile.