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

Jiří Krejčí,Jiří Cajthaml

doi:10.3390/ijgi11010035

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.

Highlights

Valley–Various Historical SourcesInformation about the historical landscape is a very important source for the analysis of land use and understanding of the issue of changes and development of territories over time
The georeferencing of the maps used in the information system was relatively The georeferencing of maps the maps used in topographic the information systemwere was relatively com-for the w plicated
We presented our vision of a comprehensive information system of the historic landscape, the Vltava River valley

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Information about the historical landscape is a very important source for the analysis of land use and understanding of the issue of changes and development of territories over time This information is obtained from old maps [1]. There are numerous of other materials on historical landscapes that can be used These include old photographs, building plans, inventories of objects, thematic information (water management, social issues, transportation), or books (chronicles, documentary monographs) and historic film footage. All these materials form a memory of the landscape, which, as a whole, provides us with information about the area [2]. We deal with the creation of a comprehensive information system on the example of the Vltava

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