{"id":60,"date":"2026-04-07T15:40:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2026-04-14T16:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:54:08","slug":"methods-used","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/methods-used\/","title":{"rendered":"Methods Used"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Phototrails <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Collect data (millions of Instagram photos)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Analyze images + metadata<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Group photos by patterns (color, time, location)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visualize results in interactive layouts<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This lets researchers move between:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Big picture patterns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Individual user behavior<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>My Method<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Explore the Phototrails website<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify tools, goals, and data<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Break down how it works<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Present findings in slides<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Comparison<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Phototrails = data-driven + computational<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your project = analytical + explanatory<\/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>Clearly breaks down how the project works step-by-step<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Makes complex processes easier to understand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meets DH best practices by being well-documented and structured<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phototrails This lets researchers move between: My Method Key Comparison 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-60","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60","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=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}