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Comparing historical and contemporary maps : a methodological framework for a cartographic map comparison applied to Swiss maps / Christin Loran in International journal of geographical information science IJGIS, vol 32 n° 11-12 (November - December 2018)  

Public [article]  inInternational journal of geographical information science IJGIS > vol 32 n° 11-12 (November - December 2018) . - pp 2123 - 2139 Titre : Comparing historical and contemporary maps : a methodological framework for a cartographic map comparison applied to Swiss maps Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Christin Loran, Auteur ; Suzette Haegi, Auteur ; Christian Ginzler, Auteur Année de publication : 2018 Article en page(s) : pp 2123 - 2139 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] analyse comparative [Termes IGN] analyse diachronique [Termes IGN] carte ancienne [Termes IGN] carte topographique [Termes IGN] distorsion d'image [Termes IGN] forêt [Termes IGN] généralisation cartographique [Termes IGN] occupation du sol [Termes IGN] Suisse [Termes IGN] Zurich (Suisse) [Vedettes matières IGN] Généralisation Résumé : (Auteur) Topographic maps are powerful tools for the purpose of identifying land use and cover change (LUCC) as they are among the most reliable representations of past landscapes for the time prior to the existence of aerial photography. In light of the increased availability of historical maps, we argue that there is a need for a standardized process to assess map comparability in a systematic way in order to avoid, or at least minimize, the detection of spurious landscape changes due to incompatible map series. A full understanding of map quality, background and error distributions is fundamental to attain reliable LUCC results. The conceptual framework presented in this study considers the context, distortion and cartographic generalization of topographic maps. Furthermore, it includes an approach to homogenize the level of generalization of landscape elements (e.g. forests) from maps with different scales. To demonstrate its application, we assessed the comparability of seven topographic maps from Canton Zurich covering a time span of 336 years (1664–2000). Overall, for the maps of Canton Zurich, a wall-to-wall comparison of forest cover based on the topographic maps presented here can be problematic for the oldest map from 1664. Based on the results, a wall-to-wall comparison with the later maps is not recommended, due to its substantial distortion. Yet, after re-generalization of natural landscape elements, such as forests, a comparison based on landscape indices is possible, even for the oldest map. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that maps from the mid-19th century onward possess an acceptable level of accuracy. This framework can be applied to a wide range of maps at regional, national, or global levels, providing the opportunity to look at land cover history over multiple centuries. Numéro de notice : A2018-521 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : GEOMATIQUE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1080/13658816.2018.1482553 Date de publication en ligne : 14/06/2018 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2018.1482553 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=91346 [article]

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