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Category: Software

Mapping Ancient Indian Urban Spaces
Digital Cartography, Indian Studies, Online Resources, Software, Visualization

Mapping Ancient Indian Urban Spaces

This article deals with GIS in Classical Indian Studies, focusing on the case-study of “Mapping Vijayanagara.” Continue reading Mapping Ancient Indian Urban Spaces

Apps for Viewing Historical Japanese Maps
Digital Cartography, Japanese Studies, Online Resources, Software, Visualization

Apps for Viewing Historical Japanese Maps

Several years ago, I received an iPad and realizing that I wanted to use it for academic purposes began to … Continue reading Apps for Viewing Historical Japanese Maps

Japanese Text Segmentation and Analysis with Web ChaMame
Japanese Studies, Online Resources, Software, Textual Analysis

Japanese Text Segmentation and Analysis with Web ChaMame

In recent years, numerous pieces of open-source software for the segmentation and morphological analysis of Japanese text have been developed including … Continue reading Japanese Text Segmentation and Analysis with Web ChaMame

Google Translate with One Click (Mac)
Digitization, Islamic Studies, Software, Workflow

Google Translate with One Click (Mac)

Yes we all know; Google translator is best described as “quick and dirty”. Nonetheless, we all use it because it … Continue reading Google Translate with One Click (Mac)

The Doha Historical Dictionary of Arabic
Islamic Languages, Online Resources, Software

The Doha Historical Dictionary of Arabic

In 2013 the Arabic Center for Research and Politics Studies lunched an ambitious ongoing program to build an Arabic Historical Dictionary. … Continue reading The Doha Historical Dictionary of Arabic

Creating a Digital Timeline
Japanese Studies, Online Resources, Software, Teaching

Creating a Digital Timeline

By James Harry Morris Digital timelines can be useful not only as teaching resources, but as part of a presentation, as … Continue reading Creating a Digital Timeline

Making online interactive maps with Leaflet (Part 1)
Digital Cartography, Online Resources, Software, Visualization

Making online interactive maps with Leaflet (Part 1)

If you study or teach humanities and social sciences and are interested in digital tools, you have probably heard of … Continue reading Making online interactive maps with Leaflet (Part 1)

Never Trust Al-Shamila Search Results☝️
Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies, Online Resources, Software

Never Trust Al-Shamila Search Results☝️

In this post our Arabo-Islamic Studies editor Maxim digs deeper into searching full-text Arabic corpora, comparing Shamela with Elkirtasse. He shows us … Continue reading Never Trust Al-Shamila Search Results☝️

Why Shamila? Arabic Libraries on your Computer
Islamic Studies, Online Resources, Software, Workflow

Why Shamila? Arabic Libraries on your Computer

The most famous Arabic digital library (both online and on computer) is al-Shamila. It contains roughly 7260 Arabic books (when this … Continue reading Why Shamila? Arabic Libraries on your Computer

Apps for Learning Cursive Japanese
Japanese Studies, Online Resources, Software

Apps for Learning Cursive Japanese

By James Harry Morris Learning how to read cursive Japanese script (or alternatively cursive Chinese script) is one of the … Continue reading Apps for Learning Cursive Japanese

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