<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The crowd-sourcing approach should be implemented into a new historical geoportal of Poland due to its increasing potential in WebGIS. Registered users will be able to acquire spatial data from various map series. As it requires feature class harmonization, a common symbol classification should be proposed. It will be based on chosen topographic maps of Polish land from the 19th and 20th centuries. Feature classes derived from archival maps will be standardized and reclassified, but with no information lost. This will be done in four steps which require: data acquisition, map content harmonization, feature class typification and attribute table elaboration. In addition, four methods of data harmonization can be distinguished: symbol sequence, semantic analogies, spatial relations and a combined method. The paper covers the elaboration of two thematic layers - roads and railways based on three topographic maps (Austrian 1:75 000, German 1:100 000, Russian 1: 126 000).</p></abstract>

The crowd-sourcing approach should be implemented into a new historical geoportal of Poland due to its increasing potential in WebGIS. Registered users will be able to acquire spatial data from various map series. As it requires feature class harmonization, a common symbol classification should be proposed. It will be based on chosen topographic maps of Polish land from the 19th and 20th centuries. Feature classes derived from archival maps will be standardized and reclassified, but with no information lost. This will be done in four steps which require: data acquisition, map content harmonization, feature class typification and attribute table elaboration. In addition, four methods of data harmonization can be distinguished: symbol sequence, semantic analogies, spatial relations and a combined method. The paper covers the elaboration of two thematic layers - roads and railways based on three topographic maps (Austrian 1:75 000, German 1:100 000, Russian 1: 126 000).

Creating a common symbol classification for a new historical geoportal of Poland

Department of Cartography Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies University of Warsaw

Miscellanea Geographica

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The crowd-sourcing approach should be implemented into a new historical geoportal of Poland due to its increasing potential in WebGIS. Registered users will be...

Creating a common symbol classification for a new historical geoportal of Poland

Published Online: Dec 30, 2014

Page range: 34 - 40

Received: Dec 03, 2013

Accepted: Apr 08, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2014-0018

Keywords
Historical GIS, hGIS, WebGIS, cartographic data modelling

© by Tomasz Panecki

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Creating a common symbol classification for a new historical geoportal of Poland

Published Online: Dec 30, 2014

Page range: 34 - 40

Received: Dec 03, 2013

Accepted: Apr 08, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2014-0018

KeywordsHistorical GIS, hGIS, WebGIS, cartographic data modelling

© by Tomasz Panecki

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Historical GIS, hGIS, WebGIS, cartographic data modelling