Using old military survey maps and orthophotograph maps to analyse long-term land cover changes – Case study (Czech Republic)

Skaloš, Jan; Weber, Martin; Lipský, Zdeněk; Trpáková, Ivana; Šantrůčková, Markéta; Uhlířová, Lenka; Kukla, Pavel

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.10.004

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“…The landscape is currently formed by large-scale arable fields with small patches of woodland and rural settlements. However, a number of historical landscape structures from the 15 th -19 th centuries (e.g., relics of the former landscape design) are among the characteristic landscape features, increasing its cultural, aesthetic and natural values (Skaloš et al, 2011). We focused on this area because it is an intensively farmed landscape with its typical problems; on the other hand, remnants of historical landscape structures are still present.…”

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“…Then, historical layers of still waters and wetlands (except from the First Military Maps) were intersected with historical and present land use published by Skaloš et al (2011) to obtain spatio-temporal changes in still waters and wetlands (Table 1). Changes in still waters and wetlands from the First Military Maps were not quantified because of its topographic inaccuracy.…”

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“…They represent a unique primary historical source of information about the character of lost landscape structures. Thanks to the timeline of military maps and their medium-scale sizes, the maps recorded trends in cultural landscape development during a period of 250 years and over a large area (more than 100 km 2 ) (Skaloš et al, 2011). Moreover, when combined with written archival sources and stable cadaster maps and reports, it was possible to identify wetlands and their quality as well.…”

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“…Old military maps were scanned and georeferenced to spatial co-ordinate system (S-JTSK) to obtain raster maps as data sources for digitization of historical changes in water areas and wetlands (for details of georeferencing and vectorization, see Skaloš et al, 2011).…”

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Long term changes in water areas and wetlands in an intensively farmed landscape: A case study from the Czech Republic

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Weber

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Abstract:The landscape of the Czech Republic currently faces droughts that are caused by several factors. One of the reasons for drought is landscape development and land cover changes. Changes in water and wetland areas and streams were studied by comparing old military maps and the present state. Water and wetland areas in fertile lowlands significantly decreased over time; the landscape was continuously dried out with the aim of increasing agricultural and woody production. While water and wetland areas occupied nearly one-third of the study area (Nové Dvory and Žehušice micro-regions in Central Bohemia) at the end of the 18 th century, the present share of these areas is only 3.5%. There was a decrease of approximately 10% in each period, and nearly all of these areas disappeared by the end of the 19 th century. Water and wetland areas were changed primarily to arable land. The length of streams decreased by the end of the 19 th century. Drainage and irrigation channels were built during the 20 th century, and although they are only periodic or episodic streams, these channels increased the total length of streams.Key words: streams, still waters, wetlands, land use changes, drought, central Europe Abstrakt: Krajina České republiky v současnosti čelí nebezpečí sucha, které je způsobeno mnoha faktory. Mezi ně patří změny krajiny a krajinného pokryvu. V článku jsou sledovány změny vodních a mokřadních ploch a délky vodních toků na podkladě starých vojenských mapování a současného stavu. Vodní a mokřadní plochy v nížinách zásadně ubyly a krajina byla vysušována s cílem zvýšit zemědělskou a lesnickou produkci. Zatímco na konci 18. století vodní a mokřadní plochy zaujímaly skoro třetinu sledovaného území Novodvorska a Žehušicka ve středních Čechách, v současnosti je to jen 3,5 %. V každé ze sledovaných period ubylo přibližně 10 % jejich rozlohy, významný úbytek těchto ploch v krajině tak nastal již v 19. století. Vodní a mokřadní plochy byly změněny převážně na ornou půdu. Délka vodních toků poklesla zejména v průběhu 19. století. Současná data ukazují nárůst jejich délky, který je ale způsoben budováním zavodňovacích a odvodňovacích kanálů, jejichž délka je také započítána do celkové délky vodních toků, byť nejsou celoročně protékány vodou.

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Long term changes in water areas and wetlands in an intensively farmed landscape: A case study from the Czech Republic

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“…It might also be difficult to geo-reference individual map sheets in the GIS. Despite the positional inaccuracies, this mapping can be applied in GIS analyses of landscape ecological studies (Skaloš et al, 2011). On the other hand, the requirement of a minimum positional deviation is vital with respect to the follow-up analyses of the current map materials.…”

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Historical ponds of the Czech Republic: an example of the interpretation of historic maps

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Soviet topographic maps and burial mounds of the Yambol province: digital workflow for mortuary landscape verification

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Weissová

2020

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During a two‐week campaign in 2017, we verified burial mounds from 40‐year‐old Soviet topographic maps covering the northern part of the Yambol province, southeast Bulgaria. The aims of the project were to monitor the health of the burial mounds as well as to assess the reliability of Soviet maps at 1:50 000 scale and their utility for archaeological purposes. Three teams of volunteers visited and systematically documented 257 archaeological features, of which 200 were identified as burial mounds. Field documentation was conducted digitally, using a customization of the FAIMS Mobile platform, an offline ystem for integrated collection of multimedia with structured and spatial data. After field‐capture, data were synchronized and labelled automatically, allowing the teams to focus on questions of interpretation, burial mound definition, and the assessment of topographic map reliability. Of the present sample of mounds in the landscape, 73% were documented in the Soviet maps with very little spatial or attribute error. Comparison of mound condition with monitoring done in the south part of Yambol during 2009–2010 shows that while mounds are destroyed less aggressively, a larger percentage of mounds is impacted in the northern (4% of pristine mounds) compared to the southern (11%) part of the Yambol province.

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Using old military survey maps and orthophotograph maps to analyse long-term land cover changes – Case study (Czech Republic)

Cited by 145 publications

References 20 publications

Long term changes in water areas and wetlands in an intensively farmed landscape: A case study from the Czech Republic

Long term changes in water areas and wetlands in an intensively farmed landscape: A case study from the Czech Republic

Historical ponds of the Czech Republic: an example of the interpretation of historic maps

Soviet topographic maps and burial mounds of the Yambol province: digital workflow for mortuary landscape verification

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