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Tom Elliot and Sean Gillies expound on the usage of Digital Geography throughout the humanities in their article Digital Geography and Classics. Mapping geography in texts has been around since the 1990’s, but advancements in computation have allowed for the field to take off recently (Digital Geography).  This allows for an additional way to help search and share texts across disciplines. Originally, people would usually search by creator, time, or topic. With more nuanced text analysis, accurate geographical data can be extracted, helping others access it.  One prime example of improvement in this interdisciplinary field is the Pleiades Project. The Pleiades tool can be used to continuously update and diversify data sets of mapped text (Digital Geography). This allows for the digitization of these resources, increasing their availability as well. Overall, this is an exciting way to help index and share texts, and I am interested to see how it develops. As a student, I see the impact of these types of projects directly. This type of search could help me when researching for a paper or other project, as well as provide access to the text.