Who Needs Mitteleuropa Old Maps? Present-day Applications of Habsburg Cartographic Heritage

Mastronunzio, Marco; Prà, Elena Dai

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19602-2_19

Cited by 5 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 7 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The reference Habsburg Cadastre map (scale 1:2.880, corresponding to a graphic error of 0.576 m) was checked measuring the distance between two points inside the range of 1 km, both graphically on the map and by surveying on the terrain. A mean positional error of 6–8 m per km was observed (Mastronunzio and Dai Prà, , b).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Channelization of a large Alpine river: what is left of its original morphodynamics?

Scorpio

Zen

Bertoldi

et al. 2018

Earth Surf Processes Landf

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The Adige River drains 12 200 km2 of the Eastern Alps and flows for 213 km within this mountain range. Similar to other large rivers in Central Europe, the Adige River was subject to massive channelization works during the 19th century. Thanks to the availability of several historical maps, this river represents a very valuable case study to document the extent to which the morphology of the river changed due to channelization and to understand how much is left of its original morphodynamics. The study was based on the analysis of seven sets of historical maps dating from 1803–1805 to 1915–1927, on geomorphological analysis, on the application of mathematical morphodynamic theories and on the application of bar and channel pattern prediction models. The study concerns 115 km of the main stem and 29 km of its tributaries. In the pre‐channelization conditions, the Adige River presented a prevalence of single‐thread channel planforms. Multi‐thread patterns developed only immediately downstream of the main confluences. During the 19th century, the Adige underwent considerable channel adjustment, consisting of channel narrowing, straightening, and reduction of bars and islands. Multi‐thread and single‐thread reaches evolved through different evolutionary trajectories, considering both the channel width and the bar/vegetation interaction. Bar and channel pattern predictors showed good correspondence with the observed patterns, including the development of multi‐thread morphologies downstream of the confluences. Application of the free‐bar predictor helped to interpret the strong reduction – almost complete loss – of exposed sediment bars after the channelization works, quantifying the riverbed inclination to form alternate bars. This morphological evolution can be observed in other Alpine rivers of similar size and similar massive channelization, therefore, a simplified conceptual model for large rivers subjected to channelization is proposed, showing that a relatively small difference in the engineered channel width may have a strong impact on the river dynamics, specifically on bar formation. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

show abstract

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Channelization of a large Alpine river: what is left of its original morphodynamics?

Scorpio

Zen

Bertoldi

et al. 2018

Earth Surf Processes Landf

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The application of digital editing of cartographic sources for historical map analysis is helpful not only qualitatively but quantitatively as well, since it allows for the comparison of older maps with more recent ones by assigning them a geometrical content. This allows for the quantitative assessment of changes in landscape features with the application of change detection methods [23,24].…”

Section: Digitalization Of Historical Artifacts and Historical Map Ge...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Accuracy Evaluation for Plan-Reliefs and Historical Maps Created during WWI in Northern Italy

Bozzano,

Sguerso,

Zatelli

et al. 2024

IJGI

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The availability of digital copies of historical artifacts modeling the territory through the so-called “plan-reliefs” is important for many reasons: the preservation of the artifact if the physical object is damaged or destroyed, the possibility of creating virtual showrooms and providing researchers a tool to study the object combining information from different sources. For these reasons, a set of plan-reliefs created during World War I on the Italian front and kept by the Italian Historical War Museum of Rovereto (Italy) was surveyed to create digital models of the surfaces, which were georeferenced in the ETRS89 datum. A set of historical military maps of the same period was georeferenced to overlay the sets to the surface in the digital representation and to try to infer clues about the cartographic sources used in the historical artifact creation. The best transformation for georeferencing the maps is different depending on the map scale, map origin, conservation status and number of Ground Control Points. The georeferencing process precision and accuracy were evaluated. The digital models created in this study were compared to the official Digital Terrain Model (DTM) provided by the Regions or the autonomous provinces. The results demonstrate the feasibility of the approach, and the combination of the models with the georeferenced maps is used by historians to describe the process used in the creation of plan-reliefs.

show abstract

Channel changes of the Adige River (Eastern Italian Alps) over the last 1000 years and identification of the historical fluvial corridor

et al. 2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A 1:50,000-scale geomorphological map of the Adige/Etsch River valley bottom (NE Italy) is presented. The study area is 115 km long, and it extends between the villages of Merano/ Meran and Calliano, including also the terminal segments of 9 major tributaries of the Adige River. Presently, the Adige shows a sinuous to straight morphology owing to massive channelization occurred during the nineteenth century. Fluvial geomorphological features have been mapped through a detailed-scale comparative multi-temporal analysis carried out on several historical maps dating since the eighteenth century, previous thematic maps, geological maps of the Italian 'CARG' project, orthophotos (2011) and highresolution DEMs. The map shows the active river channel, dating to 1803-1805 (before channelization), to 1856-1861 (during channelization) and under present conditions, as well as several paleochannels dating up to the thirteenth century. The analysis led to define the corridor of historical channel changes, a fundamental tool for river management purposes.

show abstract

Who Needs Mitteleuropa Old Maps? Present-day Applications of Habsburg Cartographic Heritage

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Channelization of a large Alpine river: what is left of its original morphodynamics?

Channelization of a large Alpine river: what is left of its original morphodynamics?

Accuracy Evaluation for Plan-Reliefs and Historical Maps Created during WWI in Northern Italy

Channel changes of the Adige River (Eastern Italian Alps) over the last 1000 years and identification of the historical fluvial corridor

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About