{"id":91,"date":"2025-10-28T18:13:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/HHBorderlands\/?page_id=91"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:53:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:53:57","slug":"technologies-tools-used-in-bac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/HHBorderlands\/technologies-tools-used-in-bac\/","title":{"rendered":"Technologies\/Tools used in BAC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Borderlands Archives Cartography project uses several digital tools to collect and share historical data from newspapers along the U.S.\u2013and Mexico border.  To get the data in the project, the team gathers digitized newspapers records from online and libraries. To process  the data, they organize it using mapping tools like OpenStreetMap and Carto which records when and where each newspaper was published. Finally to output data it uses a platform called Omeka to show the archives and maps on its website. These all help show borderland history throughout the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/copyright\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/copyright\">OpenStreetMap<\/a> is one of the tools they used in BAC. This tool is a online mapping tool where anyone can add and edit map information.  Specifically in the Borderlands Archives Cartography project, it is used to show where historical newspapers and archives are at the U.S. and Mexico border. BAC links each newspaper\u2019s metadata like publication name, date, and place to the location on the map. Allowing users to explore where newspapers were published and how border communities shared information across time. Open Street mapping is also used for things like research, city planning, and emergency mapping outside of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Borderlands Archives Cartography project does a good job showing how it uses OpenStreetMap  by including details like each newspaper\u2019s name, place, and date. It explains where the data comes from and how the maps are made making it easy to follow. The project also links openstreetmapping on its page therfore you can use the site and learn more about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Link to Digital Humanities:                                                                                                                                                                                         The tool OpenStreetMap links to Digital Humanities by turning historical data into interactive maps that anyone can access. This fits DH goals like sharing knowledge\/open access, using technology to study culture, and helping people explore history. By mapping newspapers from the  border the project shows connections making untold stories easier to find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" data-id=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/HHBorderlands\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-106\" style=\"width:417px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Openstreetmap_logo.svg\/250px-Openstreetmap_logo.svg.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Borderlands Archives Cartography project uses several digital tools to collect and share historical data from newspapers along the U.S.\u2013and Mexico border. 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