These procedures were used by the staff
to perform tasks associated with the project. Some of the procedures
are specific to particular software or conditions at Tufts or the
Bostonian Society. Others are more general in nature. All can be used
to understand the workflow and process considerations required for
a project of this type.
- XML
Directory to ESRI Shapefile Conversion (pdf)
- These procedures provide detailed instructions for creating regularized
directories, tab-delimited files, joins with geospatial data and
shapefile visualizations of data found in the XML-encoded Boston
city directories. These procedures offer a step-by-step guide to
using TextPad, CygWin, MS Access, and Esri’s ArcMap program for
the conversion.
- Calculating
Data Entry Estimates (pdf)
- Instructions for calculating the number of keystrokes in a text
document
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