Abraham Lincoln Virtual Observatory, NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign

Abraham Lincoln Virtual Observatory

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Introduction
1: History of a letter
2: Homes of Abraham Lincoln
3: Knowledge about Lincoln?

Multi dimensional view of the data

Example of the projection of the historical map

The graphical design of the virtual observatory features multi-dimensional view of the heterogeneous data. The dimensions are temporal, spatial, and content-related.

The temporal information is being retrieved from the Lincoln Log.

The spatial information appears within the map itself in the form of markers and lines.

Additional information includes period music and selected legal cases of Abraham Lincoln.