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Soviet City Plans and OpenStreetMap: a comparative analysis / Martin Davis in International journal of cartography, vol 8 n° inconnu (2022)  

Public [article]  inInternational journal of cartography > vol 8 n° inconnu (2022) Titre : Soviet City Plans and OpenStreetMap: a comparative analysis Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Martin Davis, Auteur ; Alexander J. Kent, Auteur Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Rédaction cartographique [Termes IGN] analyse comparative [Termes IGN] carte topographique [Termes IGN] cartographie urbaine [Termes IGN] OpenStreetMap [Termes IGN] plan de ville [Termes IGN] sémiologie graphique [Termes IGN] Union des Républiques Socialistes Soviétiques Résumé : (auteur) The rapid growth of urban populations presents challenges to the sustainable management of cities and requires accurate geospatial data. Historical maps offer a largely untapped resource for enhancing OpenStreetMap (OSM) and Soviet military mapping presents a potentially rich geospatial resource for this purpose. This paper compares these global mapping initiatives through an analysis of the symbology used in Soviet 1:10,000 city plans of La Paz, Bolivia (1977), Port-au-Prince, Haiti (1983) and Frankfurt am Main, West Germany (1983), and in modern OSM coverage of the same cities. The results indicate that Soviet and OSM symbologies are similarly comprehensive regarding their inclusion of some topographic features, notably road infrastructure, but that they exhibit key differences in their coverage of physical and urban environments. This highlights some areas in which the symbology, coverage and content of OSM may be enhanced by Soviet mapping and developed to serve its wide range of user groups. The paper also indicates how the harmonisation of Soviet and OSM symbologies could form an accessible and comprehensive global geospatial resource for applications that require detailed knowledge of amenities and terrain, such as disaster relief and environmental management, particularly in locations where other geospatial resources are scarce. Numéro de notice : A2022-328 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : GEOMATIQUE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1080/23729333.2022.2047396 Date de publication en ligne : 05/04/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1080/23729333.2022.2047396 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100595 [article]