https://github.com/jessesadler/30daymapchallenge
Code for 30 Day map challenge using mostly rstats.
https://github.com/jessesadler/30daymapchallenge
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Code for 30 Day map challenge using mostly rstats.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/jessesadler/30daymapchallenge
- Owner: jessesadler
- Created: 2023-11-02T00:44:07.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2023-11-07T13:29:20.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-02-02T22:59:50.757Z (over 2 years ago)
- Topics: digitalhistory, gis, rspatial, rstats
- Language: R
- Homepage:
- Size: 7.17 MB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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# 30 Day Map Challenge
Code and plots for the [30 Day Map Challenge](https://30daymapchallenge.com). The maps will be themed on mapping the Ancient Mediterranean region.
1. Points: Ancient settlements from before the common era.
- Settlements data from [Pleiades](https://pleiades.stoa.org): https://atlantides.org/downloads/pleiades/gis/
2. Lines: Major roads in the Roman Empire and roads around the city of Rome during the Empire.
- Coastline and road data from [Ancient World Mapping Center](https://github.com/AWMC/geodata).
3. Polygons: Roman dioceses under the Emperor Diocletian, r. 286-305: With outlines of further division of the dioceses into provinces.
- Data from [Ancient World Mapping Center](https://github.com/AWMC/geodata).
- The map is based on AWMC [Map 12.3 Roman Empire of Diocletian and Constantine](http://awmc.unc.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/12-3_Roman_Empire_of_Diocletian_and_Constantine.pdf)
4. A Bad map: All 26,259 points in the Pleiades ancient places data set.
- Data from [Pleiades](https://pleiades.stoa.org): https://atlantides.org/downloads/pleiades/gis/
6. Asia: Ancient settlements of the Roman world in Asia
- Settlement data from [Pleiades](https://pleiades.stoa.org): https://atlantides.org/downloads/pleiades/gis/
- Empire of Alexander data from [Ancient World Mapping Center](https://github.com/AWMC/geodata).
7. Navigation: The Ancient Silk Roads
- Modeled after Map 17.1 The Silk Roads in Liu, Xinru. "Regional Study: Exchanges Within the Silk Roads World System." In *The Cambridge World History, Volume 4: A World With States, Empires and Networks, 1200 BCE–900 CE*. Cambridge University Press, 2015, page 459.