The Great Britain Historical GIS (or GBHGIS), is a spatially enabled database that documents and visualises the changing human geography of the British Isles, although is primarily focussed on the subdivisions of the United Kingdom mainly over the 200 years since the first census in 1801. The project is currently based at the University of Portsmouth, and is the provider of the website A Vision of Britain through Time.
NB: A "GIS" is a Geographic Information System, which combines map information with statistical data to produce a visual picture of the iterations or popularity of a particular set of statistics, overlaid on a map of the geographic area of interest.
Read more about Great Britain Historical GIS: Original GB Historical GIS (1994-99), New GB Historical GIS (2000-), Extended Historical GIS (2007 Onwards)
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