The abandoned surface mining sites in the Czech Republic: mapping and creating a database with a GIS web application

Based on the vectorization of the 55-volume book series <i>the Quarry Inventories of the Czechoslovak Republic/Czechoslovak Socialist Republic</i>, published in the years 1932–1961, a new comprehensive database was built comprising 9958 surface mining sites of raw materials, which were a...

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Main Authors: R. Pokorný, M. T. Peterková
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-05-01
Series:Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems
Online Access:http://www.geosci-instrum-method-data-syst.net/5/143/2016/gi-5-143-2016.pdf
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spelling doaj-9d0c8327b5974c12b8cd4660a284bef02020-11-24T22:39:57ZengCopernicus PublicationsGeoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems2193-08562193-08642016-05-015114314910.5194/gi-5-143-2016The abandoned surface mining sites in the Czech Republic: mapping and creating a database with a GIS web applicationR. Pokorný0M. T. Peterková1Faculty of Environment, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, Králova Výšina 3132/7, Ústí nad Labem, 40096, Czech RepublicFaculty of Environment, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, Králova Výšina 3132/7, Ústí nad Labem, 40096, Czech RepublicBased on the vectorization of the 55-volume book series <i>the Quarry Inventories of the Czechoslovak Republic/Czechoslovak Socialist Republic</i>, published in the years 1932–1961, a new comprehensive database was built comprising 9958 surface mining sites of raw materials, which were active in the first half of the 20th century. The mapped area covers 40.9 % of the territory of the Czech Republic. For the purposes of visualization, a map application, the Quarry Inventories Online, was created that enables the data visualization.http://www.geosci-instrum-method-data-syst.net/5/143/2016/gi-5-143-2016.pdf
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The abandoned surface mining sites in the Czech Republic: mapping and creating a database with a GIS web application
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title The abandoned surface mining sites in the Czech Republic: mapping and creating a database with a GIS web application
title_short The abandoned surface mining sites in the Czech Republic: mapping and creating a database with a GIS web application
title_full The abandoned surface mining sites in the Czech Republic: mapping and creating a database with a GIS web application
title_fullStr The abandoned surface mining sites in the Czech Republic: mapping and creating a database with a GIS web application
title_full_unstemmed The abandoned surface mining sites in the Czech Republic: mapping and creating a database with a GIS web application
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description Based on the vectorization of the 55-volume book series <i>the Quarry Inventories of the Czechoslovak Republic/Czechoslovak Socialist Republic</i>, published in the years 1932–1961, a new comprehensive database was built comprising 9958 surface mining sites of raw materials, which were active in the first half of the 20th century. The mapped area covers 40.9 % of the territory of the Czech Republic. For the purposes of visualization, a map application, the Quarry Inventories Online, was created that enables the data visualization.
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