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Can we characterize river corridor evolution at a continental scale from historical topographic maps? A first assessment from the comparison of four countries / J. Horacio Garcia in River Research and Applications, vol 36 n° 6 (July 2020)  

Public [article]  inRiver Research and Applications > vol 36 n° 6 (July 2020) . - pp 934 - 946 Titre : Can we characterize river corridor evolution at a continental scale from historical topographic maps? A first assessment from the comparison of four countries Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : J. Horacio Garcia, Auteur ; Samuel Dunesme , Auteur ; Hervé Piegay, Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Projets : EUR H20'Lyon / Article en page(s) : pp 934 - 946 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géomatique [Termes IGN] Belgique [Termes IGN] carte ancienne [Termes IGN] corridor biologique [Termes IGN] dix-neuvième siècle [Termes IGN] forêt ripicole [Termes IGN] géomorphologie locale [Termes IGN] rivière [Termes IGN] Suisse [Termes IGN] vectorisation Résumé : (auteur) National historical map resources are assessed in four European countries to characterize river corridor features and associated channel changes, as well as identify issues limiting or promoting geomorphic assessment procedures at a continental scale. A geomorphic audit that launches potential data for diagnosis from reach to continental scales could offer a good resource for biology and ecology managers of river authorities or government agencies and engineers. The assessment compares the resources available by country in terms of period covered, spatial scale, history and chronology, and representation of the fluvial corridor features. We then applied the Historical Maps Vectorization Toolbox, initially developed for vectorizing river corridors from French maps, to detect and extract flow channels, unvegetated bars and riparian vegetation patches from historical topographical maps. We found that (a) it is difficult to apply an audit of channel changes to the whole continental scale because map legends differ between countries due to geographic and political specificity; (b) there exists an opportunity to get assessment information in all countries at reach or national scale where map resources are available; (c) the highest potential is observed in Switzerland and Belgium where there is high quality national map coverage from the 19th century; and (d) the algorithm Historical Maps Vectorization Toolbox applied to map resources works well with any of the countries, and its widespread application is encouraging. Numéro de notice : A2020-362 Affiliation des auteurs : ENSG+Ext (2012-2019) Thématique : FORET/GEOMATIQUE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1002/rra.3582 Date de publication en ligne : 30/12/2019 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3582 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=95333 [article]