Historical Atlas of Polish Towns - between source edition and the cartographic presentation of research on the history of towns

Abstract

the editor of Historical Atlas of Polish Towns. His scientific interests include the history of the towns in the Middle Ages, the history of the military orders with particular focus on the activity of the Teutonic Order by the Baltic Sea, and the history of cartography

Plan of Kalisz by Andrzej Politalski from 1785 – a source edition in the Polish Historic Towns Atlas

“…There is a lack of consistency in the source material, in the scope of the content (data model), and the non-cartographic elements. Nevertheless, they fit within the general model of editing (Czaja, 2018). They were made at the scale of 1:2,500 by redrawing the survey plan with no, or only minor, editorial interventions and supplemented with contour lines.…”

“…This should consist of redrawing (modernising) and rescaling a survey or cadastral map to the scale of 1:2,500 -therefore, elaborating a new map. Contour lines or additional annotations facilitating map use can be added (Czaja, 2013(Czaja, , 2018. Such a map provides knowledge on urban space and its topographical elements (e.g.…”

“…For some time now, the publishers of the HTA have tried to include as many cartographic and iconographic sources as possible that can be presented and thus disseminated. For example, in the case of small towns, the aim is to publish all maps and plans up to the early 20 th century (Czaja, 2018).…”

“…Each volume contains a map depicting the town in the pre-industrial period at the scale of 1:2,500. Such a map should be drawn based on the old, yet mathematically accurate survey map with only minimal changes (Czaja, 2018). Such generally formulated guidelines raise the issue of the volumes' similarity.…”