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Facing the Past: Lancaster and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Lancaster was the fourth biggest slave trading port in the United Kingdom. Facing the Past is bringing this uncomfortable history to life with their new digital map archive project.

Portalis: Mesolithic Journeys Between Wales & Ireland

When did the first voyages between Wales and Ireland take place? How did the settlers adapt to their new environment? What can we learn from this?

This image of Liverpool Central station is from the Mapping Memory project.

Mapping Memory: On The Liverpool Waterfront 1950s-1970s

Funded digital projects often have a short lifecycle. Here’s how Humap brought a project from the University of Liverpool back to life.

A representational image of the overlays feature on the interactive map.

What is geospatial storytelling?

What is geospatial storytelling, and why is it the future of online content delivery?

The image shows a modern cultural heritage interactive map of Europe with pins on it that represent records.

5 reasons your cultural heritage organisation needs an interactive map

Ready to level up your cultural heritage digital strategy?

This is an old photograph of Lilyn Brown and Devont Evans, two fixtures of black/queer culture in interwar London and New York.

Black/Queer Culture in Interwar London and New York

MPhil/PhD candidate Idroma Montgomery discusses their PhD project on the lives of black and queer women in interwar London and New York.

This image is a drawing of several finds from an archaeological dig of prehistoric England.

Prehistoric England: Inherited Places

In the inaugural Humap guest blog, Dr Samantha Brummage explores the hidden mesolithic histories in the South East of England, and how GIS can be used to further archaeological research.

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