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Analysis Long-Term and Spatial Changes of Forest Cover in Typical Karst Areas of China

Land, 2022
In recent decades, China has exhibited the fastest and most remarkable social-economic development in the world. As a result of such development, the forest cover of the country has undergone radical changes.
Fei Chen, Xiaoyong Bai, Fang Liu, Guangjie Luo, Yichao Tian, Luoyi Qin, Yue Li, Yan Xu, Jinfeng Wang, Luhua Wu, Chaojun Li, Sirui Zhang, Chen Ran   +12 more
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Analysis and comparison of maps made in the 18th century of the Amazon River

Revista Cartográfica, 2022
Some of the main obstacles to the conquest and colonization of America by European powers were the scarce knowledge of the territory and the hostility of indigenous ethnic groups to its presence.
Francisco Manuel Guerrero Narváez
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Using Diachronic Cartography and GIS to Map Forest Landscape Changes in the Putna-Vrancea Natural Park, Romania

Land, 2023
The Putna-Vrancea Natural Park (PVNP) is one of the wildest mountain areas in Romania and is home to internationally important species of flora and fauna.
George-Adrian Istrate, Vasilică Istrate, Adrian Ursu, Pavel Ichim, Iuliana-Gabriela Breabăn   +4 more
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Coupling Historical Maps and LiDAR Data to Identify Man-Made Landforms in Urban Areas

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2021
In recent years, there has been growing interest in urban geomorphology both for its applications in terms of landscape planning, and its historical, cultural, and scientific interest. Due to recent urban growth, the identification of landforms in cities
Martino Terrone, Pietro Piana, Guido Paliaga, Marco D’Orazi, Francesco Faccini   +4 more
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Analyses of the Prądnik riverbed Shape Based on Archival and Contemporary Data Sets—Old Maps, LiDAR, DTMs, Orthophotomaps and Cross-Sectional Profile Measurements

Remote Sensing, 2020
Analyses of riverbed shape evolution are crucial for environmental protection and local water management. For narrow rivers located in forested, mountain areas, it is difficult to use remote sensing data used for large river regions. We performed a study
Stanisław Szombara, Paulina Lewińska, Anna Żądło, Marta Róg, Kamil Maciuk   +4 more
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Historical Vltava River Valley–Various Historical Sources within Web Mapping Environment

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2022
The article deals with a comprehensive information system of the historic Vltava River valley. This system contains a number of resources, which are described.
Jiří Krejčí, Jiří Cajthaml
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Transmitting Field Data and History: The Narrative Function of Map Cartouches – Narrating the Story of Map Making [PDF]

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Philologica
The article explores the narrative dimension of cartographic cartouches, which, through the visual compositions within, convey stories beyond geographical data. As methodology, the article applies a literary studies theory to two cartouches from two 18th-
Ioana ZAMFIR
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Implementation of Web Map Services for Old Cadastral Maps

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2023
It is widely accepted that old cadastral maps have multiple uses, such as reestablishing cadastral parcel boundaries, municipality boundaries, and coastal limits, or conducting historical, economic, and social studies.
Alvaro Verdu-Candela, Carmen Femenia-Ribera, Gaspar Mora-Navarro, Rafael Sierra-Requena   +3 more
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Scaffolding School Pupils’ Scientific Argumentation with Evidence-Based Dialogue Maps [PDF]

, 2008
This chapter reports pilot work investigating the potential of Evidence-based Dialogue Mapping to scaffold young teenagers’ scientific argumentation. Our research objective is to better understand pupils’ usage of dialogue maps created in Compendium to ...
A. Selvin, A. Veerman, C. Carr, D. Hodson, D. Kuhn, F. Suppe, J. Conklin, J. Conklin, K. Hogan, L. Manson, M. Heim, M. Jaubert, M.L. Means, P. Newton, R. Driver, S. Buckingham Shum, S. Toulmin, W.J. Ong   +17 more
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Administrative division of Lithuania on the Russian maps of the XIX and XX centuries (1 of 3)

Geodesy and Cartography, 2012
The administrative division and changes of boundaries of Lithuania on the Russian maps of the XIX and XX centuries is analysed. The administrative division and its changes reflects the official politics of the Russia against the neighbouring conquered ...
Algirdas Gliožaitis
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