The use of GIS tools in the automation of examining the cartometry of old maps

Using the full potential of old maps requires interdisciplinary research, which allows for a comprehensive assessment of facts recorded on the map along with their features. The author of the article is interested in cartometric analysis. It is used to study one of these features – the location of a...

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Main Author: Kuźma Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-12-01
Series:Polish Cartographical Review
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/pcr-2020-0013
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spelling doaj-50c63c52552e4722beac914ec7fef9742021-09-05T14:00:52ZengSciendoPolish Cartographical Review0324-83212450-69662020-12-0152415216110.2478/pcr-2020-0013The use of GIS tools in the automation of examining the cartometry of old mapsKuźma Maria0Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management Lublin, PolandUsing the full potential of old maps requires interdisciplinary research, which allows for a comprehensive assessment of facts recorded on the map along with their features. The author of the article is interested in cartometric analysis. It is used to study one of these features – the location of an object in geographical space. The author describes and evaluates the usefulness of GIS tools in the automation of examining the cartometry of old maps and presents her own tool for determining the general scale of maps.https://doi.org/10.2478/pcr-2020-0013old mapsmap accuracymap scalecartometryresearch automation
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The use of GIS tools in the automation of examining the cartometry of old maps
Polish Cartographical Review
old maps
map accuracy
map scale
cartometry
research automation
author_facet Kuźma Maria
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title The use of GIS tools in the automation of examining the cartometry of old maps
title_short The use of GIS tools in the automation of examining the cartometry of old maps
title_full The use of GIS tools in the automation of examining the cartometry of old maps
title_fullStr The use of GIS tools in the automation of examining the cartometry of old maps
title_full_unstemmed The use of GIS tools in the automation of examining the cartometry of old maps
title_sort use of gis tools in the automation of examining the cartometry of old maps
publisher Sciendo
series Polish Cartographical Review
issn 0324-8321
2450-6966
publishDate 2020-12-01
description Using the full potential of old maps requires interdisciplinary research, which allows for a comprehensive assessment of facts recorded on the map along with their features. The author of the article is interested in cartometric analysis. It is used to study one of these features – the location of an object in geographical space. The author describes and evaluates the usefulness of GIS tools in the automation of examining the cartometry of old maps and presents her own tool for determining the general scale of maps.
topic old maps
map accuracy
map scale
cartometry
research automation
url https://doi.org/10.2478/pcr-2020-0013
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