The Don Valley Historical Mapping Project

Drawing from the wide range of geographical information available on the Don River watershed, including maps, plans, planning documents, and city directories, the project used Geographic Information Systems software to place, compile, synthesize and interpret industrial and environmental information and make it more accessible as geospatial data and maps on the web for students, researchers and the public to use. The work exemplifies the growing discovery in the humanities and social sciences of the power of Geographic Information Systems as a research tool.