Historical Vltava River Valley–Various Historical Sources within Web Mapping Environment

Abstract

The article deals with a comprehensive information system of the historic Vltava River valley. This system contains a number of resources, which are described. For old maps, which are the basis of the whole system, their georeferencing and potential problems in creating seamless mosaics are described. Other sources of data include old photographs, which are localized and stored in the system, along with the definition point of the place from which they were probably taken. The vectorization of data is described, not only for area features used for the analysis of land-use changes, but also for the vectorization of contours. These were vectorized from old maps and are substantial for the creation of historic DEM. Vectorized footprints of buildings and vectors of other functional areas subsequently serve as a basis for the procedural modeling of the virtual 3D landscape. The creation of such a complex and broad information system cannot be described in one article. The aim of this text is to draw attention to a possible approach to the presentation and visualization of the historic landscape, along with links to important documents.

Web Publication of Schmitt’s Map of Southern Germany (1797)—The Projection of the Map Based on Archival Documents and Geospatial Analysis

“…The resulting georeferenced file is the result of this process and is publicly available on the MAPIRE portal (Figure 5). The georeferenced raster map mosaic is a good starting point for vectorization procedures [33,34].…”

Changes in the 19th Century Cultural Landscape with Regard to City Rights in Western Poland

“…The map service does not provide for the overlapping of layers between historical states. The advantage of such a map service is undoubtedly the easier access to map information [30]. The entire work is based on open-source technologies and data, which will make it easier for others to copy the measures used to create this map service.…”

Assembling Cultural and Natural Values in Vernacular Landscapes: An Experimental Analysis

“…As different administrations have independent catalogues, it remains a challenge to obtain combined datasets of geo-located information to enable more accurate and interrelated analysis. The lack of joint approaches makes analysis partial and, therefore, unbalanced [23][24][25][26]. However, sources are quite varied since landscape assessment combines the use of old maps [27], open digital datasets [28], and that of media applications through GIS [29][30][31].…”