{"id":56,"date":"2026-04-07T15:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2026-04-14T16:53:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:53:43","slug":"technology-tools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/technology-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology\/Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Phototrails <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Uses APIs (Instagram) to collect millions of photos + metadata<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uses custom visualization software (PhotoPlot, radial plots, grids)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Analyzes:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Color (hue, brightness)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Time (when photos taken)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location (geotags)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Processes millions of images at scale using computational methods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tools<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tools:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Website (Phototrails site itself)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data visualization screenshots<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Purpose:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Not building tools \u2192 analyzing existing DH project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simpler tools = interpretation instead of creation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Connection to DH Best Practices<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Phototrails = strong DH documentation + tools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My project = analysis + communication of DH work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assessment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shows strong use of digital tools and methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clearly explains how technology supports the project<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meets DH best practices through tool transparency and scalability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phototrails Tools Connection to DH Best Practices Assessment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}