Abstract
Abstract. The paper describes an experience of online-publication of Russian archival materials by means of two web-GIS projects. The first project is devoted to publication of the collection of the earliest Russian cartographic drawings (mainly 2nd half of the 17th century), which cover a significant part of Russian territory, mainly the European part (http://rgada.info/geos2). Most of them have never been published and were not easily accessible for scholars and users due to poor physical condition. We tried to combine opportunities of geocoding of the picture with capacity to use an authentic image. The second project offers the results of localization of toponyms and land parcels from various documents (15–19th cc.) connected with one region of the Russian State called Bezhetsk Upland (http://rgada.info/bezheck/popup.html). These results were arranged in the set of layers which may be combined by the user.
Highlights
The mapping of historical data related to the pre-Modern period has its own specifics
When comparing the objects of one chronological layer, it is necessary to have an idea about historical context in which these objects existed
When comparing the sets of diachronic data, we should know what kind of deformation of the historical context happened within the timeline
Summary
The mapping of historical data related to the pre-Modern period has its own specifics. We want to share an experience of online-publication of Russian archival materials by means of two web-GIS projects. They have different tasks and contexts, but both GIS projects are based on historical documents of Russian State Archive of Ancient Documents.
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