Review of methods of visualising the reliability of old maps in terms of geometric accuracy on the example of the map of Cieszyn Silesia Cover Image

Przegląd metod wizualizacji wiarygodności dawnych map pod względem dokładności geometrycznej na przykładzie mapy Śląska Cieszyńskiego
Review of methods of visualising the reliability of old maps in terms of geometric accuracy on the example of the map of Cieszyn Silesia

Author(s): Maria Kuźma
Subject(s): Regional Geography, Maps / Cartography, Local History / Microhistory, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne
Keywords: accuracy of old maps; Paris Peace Conference 1919–1920; HGIS; visualization of map distortions;

Summary/Abstract: The article reviews methods of visualizing the reliability assessment results of old maps in terms of the possibility of automating them. The study was based on the example of the map Le Duche de Cieszyn (Teschen) Silesie, from the collection remaining after the Peace Conference ending World War I. The forms of presentation of the results offered by the developers of MapAnalyst, QGIS, ArcMap, and ArcScene applications from the ArcGIS package are evaluated. The obtained images were viewed in terms of interpretative possibilities, i.e. imagining on their basis the degree of surface deformation and distance on the map by recipients who do not use cartographic presentation methods daily. The distortion grid and 3D visualization of the sum of distance errors were indicated as the most useful.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 81-94
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish