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Using JavaScript Libraries: Download or Link?

Posted on October 26, 2012August 20, 2013 by erinbush

There are numerous open-source JavaScript libraries floating around the web that can be of particular use to historians. Google hosts quite a few of these, including the very popular jQuery and jQueryUI. For data visualization, some good options for historians include: Stanford University’s D3, or MIT’s SIMILE Widgets such as Timeline, Exhibit andTimePlot. TimeMap combines the functionality of Timeline with popular mapping APIs to provide an easy way to…

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Great Expectations

Posted on October 14, 2012February 2, 2013 by erinbush

I had partial success with my mapping project this weekend. I had originally planned to map each state with little popup boxes showing details on the numbers for each state. It turns out that I greatly underestimated both my skills with JSON files and the Google APIv3 for maps. But let me back up. I…

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