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A new reading of the economic system of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany through the georeferencing of shops and factories at the time of the setting up of the Lorraine Land Registry (1835)

Umanistica Digitale, 2023
This paper focuses on the reconstruction of the social and economic conditions of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany in the mid eighteen thirties on the basis of recent geohistorical information.
Massimiliano Grava, Alessandra Maria Veronese   +1 more
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Landscapes, Settlements and Traditional Housing in Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia

Quaestiones Geographicae, 2021
A change in livelihood and folk architecture is an indicator of cultural landscape transformation, which is often the result of changes occurring in the natural and socio-political realms.
Maisuradze Roman, Khardziani Tamar, Eradze Tea   +2 more
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Role of Geographic Information Systems in analysing the selection of cichociemni drop zones based on a case study of the “Mewa 1” drop zone

Polish Cartographical Review, 2023
The article discusses the possible use of GIS tools in detailed spatial analysis of materials and old maps showing the activities of Polish soldiers during World War II.
Polończyk Agnieszka, Lupa Michał, Leśniak Andrzej   +2 more
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Historical GIS: mapping the Bucharest geographies of the pre-socialist industryHistorical GIS: mapping the Bucharest geographies of the pre-socialist industry [PDF]

Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 2016
This article aims to map the manner in which the first industrial units crystalized in Bucharest and their subsequent dynamic. Another phenomenon considered was the way industrial sites grew and propagated and how the first industrial clusters formed ...
Gabriel Simion, Alina Mareci, Florin Zaharia, Radu Dumitru   +3 more
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The use of web-GIS and crowdsourcing in the acquisition of historical data on the example of Polegli1939 project

Polish Cartographical Review, 2023
The historical Polegli1939 geoportal is probably the first thematic portal using spatial-temporal databases to present information on people killed during the World War II.
Zawadzki Mateusz, Stadnicka Maria, Lupa Michał, Adamek Katarzyna   +3 more
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Anthropogenic degradation of dunes within a city: a disappearing feature of the cultural landscape of Toruń (Poland)

Journal of Maps, 2021
The article presents changes in the topography of the Toruń area due to the degradation of dunes by human activity, and a reconstruction of their earlier location and morphology.
Paweł Molewski
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Rebuilding the Landscape of the Rural Post Office: A Geo-Spatial Analysis of 19th-century Postal Spaces and Networks

Rural Landscapes: Society Environment History, 2016
This paper uses Post Office (PO) petitions to uncover the complex spatial relationships that developed through the unique social space of the PO.
Nicholas Van Allen, Don Lafreniere
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The importance of historical maps for man-made pond research: From the past extent of ponds to issues of the present landscape. A case study from the Czech Republic

Moravian Geographical Reports, 2021
Historical maps are a valuable resource in landscape research. The information gathered from them facilitates the cognisance of landscapes and may assist current landscape planning.
Frajer Jindřich, Kremlová Jana, Fiedor David, Pavelková Renata, Trnka Miroslav   +4 more
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Railway network of Galicia and Austrian Silesia (1847-1914)

Journal of Maps, 2020
We describe and share reconstructed data of the historical railway network of Galicia and Austrian Silesia – two regions of the Habsburg Empire that covered more than 80 000 km2 that are currently divided among Czechia, Poland and Ukraine.
Dominik Kaim, Jakub Taczanowski, Marcin Szwagrzyk, Krzysztof Ostafin   +3 more
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The Orthophotomap of Lublin 1944: from Luftwaffe photographs to map application – idea, methods, contemporary challenges of processing and publishing archival aerial photographs

Polish Cartographical Review, 2022
The origins of aerial photography can be traced back to the second half of the 19th century, and periods of World Wars contributed to the development of techniques for developing and disseminating aerial photographs for military purposes.
Kuna Jakub
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