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There are two aspects of this piece that are particularly intriguing. The first is that there are STILL more aspects of data that can be missed or misinterpreted in analysis. Each week, the readings reveal another aspect that I never would have thought could a) be misleading or b) be missed entirely, yet this week showed that place-based data also falls into this category (Given that main has a Norway, Paris, Denmark, Naples, Sweden, Poland, Mexico, Peru, and China, perhaps I should have considered this earlier). The second intriguing aspect is the technology’s ability to “locate place names using the document’s context.” Given that humans have trouble discerning important information using context clues, the idea that technology has this ability is amazing (this and sentiment analysis seem all-too human). In my peer’s blog, they wrote of the arc diagram Lauren Klein developed “to visualize the people with whom Jefferson corresponded” about Hemings. The current article reminded me of Klein’s efforts, as she was able to extract information using the context that  provides additional information pertaining both to the original piece and perhaps to tangential investigations as well.