In this chapter, we have begun our first GIS project. We have learned how to add and change the appearance of (i.e., symbolize) vector and raster data in order to pursue research questions, such as one exploring deforestation on PEI. We will take these concepts a step further in the next chapter.

Further Reading

MacFadyen, Josh, and William Glen. “Top-down history: Delimiting forests, farms, and the census of agriculture on Prince Edward Island using aerial photography, ca.1900-2000.” In Historical GIS Research in Canada, edited by J. Bonnell & M. Fortin, 197-223. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2014. https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781552387085/

Robertson Library, Samuel Holland Surveys the Island, IslandImagined.

Sobey, Douglas. “The Forests of Prince Edward Island, 1720–1900.” In Time and a Place: An Environmental History of Prince Edward Island, edited by Edward MacDonald, Joshua MacFadyen, and Irené Novaczek. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2016. https://www.mqup.ca/time-and-a-place-products-9780773546936.php