Abstract
The article presents an interdisciplinary link between the geospatial and the cultural sector. This is a unique study of Central Europe in visualizing and interpreting the spatial location of elements in cultural and creative industries. The main purpose was to create suitable visualizations and to process the spatial aspects of cultural and creative industries in a cartographical environment. A team of professionals from several fields (geoinformatics, economics, culture, social sciences, cartography) was assembled to map the creative industries in Olomouc Region, Czech Republic. A total of 1,211 subjects were identified which created the conditions for the employment of more than 5,000 people. Their turnover exceeds EUR 190,000,000 annually. This study was based on an initially examined dataset. Seven spatial analyses were applied. Thirty analogue maps and one interactive map application were created. The point character map was the most used one. The price map, as a background layer, was considered very useful for further map reading. The essential phenomena were topics of population density and transport. Based on the generated map outputs, we found that subjects had a tendency to concentrate in the city center or in areas with higher prices and service levels.
Highlights
Cultural and creative industries include all human activities based on human creativity and talent
Mostly created by geographic information systems, can be applied to any human activity which can be localized in space
Map outputs are the base source for the Strategic Development Plan for another stage of the Creative Olomouc project
Summary
Cultural and creative industries include all human activities based on human creativity and talent. Their roots come from artistic creation and reside in intellectual property. Digital spatial databases have been applied to non-technical disciplines and the humanities. Topics such as Smart Cities, innovation incubators, co-working centers or Industry 4.0 have emerged today in both lay and professional literature. Governments at both national and local levels are seeking to find appropriate models and theories for a precise definition of culture, art, and creative industries [2]
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