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Anthropogenic degradation of dunes within a city: a disappearing feature of the cultural landscape of Toruń (Poland)

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Rebuilding the Landscape of the Rural Post Office: A Geo-Spatial Analysis of 19th-century Postal Spaces and Networks

open access: yesRural 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

open access: yesMoravian 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   +4 more
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Achieving the state of research pertaining to GIS applications for cultural heritage by a systematic literature review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
During the last decade, we have witnessed an increased interest in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), including the so-called “Historical GIS”, 3D GIS heritage and its subcategory of “SDI for cultural heritage”.
Ferreira Lopes, Patricia
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Railway network of Galicia and Austrian Silesia (1847-1914)

open access: yesJournal 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Orthophotomap of Lublin 1944: from Luftwaffe photographs to map application – idea, methods, contemporary challenges of processing and publishing archival aerial photographs

open access: yesPolish 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
doaj   +1 more source

Database of historic ports and coastal sailing routes in England and Wales [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This data paper presents a reconstruction of historical ports and coastal routes in England and Wales during the age of the sailing ship, ending at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Alvarez Palau, Eduard Josep   +1 more
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The evaluation of archival maps in geohistorical research

open access: yesMiscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development, 2015
The array of archival maps from the 19th and 20th centuries is very large and, in order to assess their reliability for a particular analysis, some kind of evaluation form must be used.
Panecki Tomasz
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Historical SDI, thematic maps and analysis of a complex network of medieval towers (13th-15th century) in the moorish strip [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLII-4, 2018 ISPRS TC IV Mid-term Symposium “3D Spatial Information Science – The Engine of Change”, 1–5 October 2018, Delft, The NetherlandsThis ...
Ferreira Lopes, Patricia   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

A Bibliography on the Application of GIS in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) applications to archaeological projects of different scales, chronological contexts and cultural milieux has accrued by now a long history and bibliography.
Bogdani, Julian, De_mitri, Eugenio
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