Cartographic modelling of administrative divisions in the “Historical Atlas of Poland”
The author’s aim is to reflect on the cartographic modelling of historical borders based on the example of the series “Historical Atlas of Poland. Detailed maps of the 16th century” (HAP). HAP presents secular (state, palatinate, district) and religious borders (dioceses, archdeaconry, deanery, pari...
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| description | The author’s aim is to reflect on the cartographic modelling of historical borders based on the example of the series “Historical Atlas of Poland. Detailed maps of the 16th century” (HAP). HAP presents secular (state, palatinate, district) and religious borders (dioceses, archdeaconry, deanery, parish). The belonging of historic settlements to administrative units is determined on the basis of written sources. During work on the current volumes of HAP, the borders were reconstructed through their manual interpolation (the so-called linear model). Digital tools enable the automatic generation of administrative units based on settlements in point geometry (Thiessen polygons) or the use of modern divisions (precincts [obręby ewidencyjne]) as a reference to them (semi-automatic method). The article compares and assesses the three mentioned methods of determining historical borders and the possibilities of harmonizing them in relation to contemporary administrative divisions. The source material consisted of 18,357 settlements from the volumes of HAP published so far and 235 parishes for detailed analyses. Precincts were adopted as reference areas due to the possibilities of data harmonization. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-07c95f20f93f4a8aaf766905be8d00592025-08-20T02:44:34ZengSciendoPolish Cartographical Review0324-83212450-69662020-03-01521273810.2478/pcr-2020-0004pcr-2020-0004Cartographic modelling of administrative divisions in the “Historical Atlas of Poland”Panecki Tomasz0Polish Academy of Sciences, Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History,Warsaw, PolandThe author’s aim is to reflect on the cartographic modelling of historical borders based on the example of the series “Historical Atlas of Poland. Detailed maps of the 16th century” (HAP). HAP presents secular (state, palatinate, district) and religious borders (dioceses, archdeaconry, deanery, parish). The belonging of historic settlements to administrative units is determined on the basis of written sources. During work on the current volumes of HAP, the borders were reconstructed through their manual interpolation (the so-called linear model). Digital tools enable the automatic generation of administrative units based on settlements in point geometry (Thiessen polygons) or the use of modern divisions (precincts [obręby ewidencyjne]) as a reference to them (semi-automatic method). The article compares and assesses the three mentioned methods of determining historical borders and the possibilities of harmonizing them in relation to contemporary administrative divisions. The source material consisted of 18,357 settlements from the volumes of HAP published so far and 235 parishes for detailed analyses. Precincts were adopted as reference areas due to the possibilities of data harmonization.https://doi.org/10.2478/pcr-2020-0004historical cartographyhistorical atlashistorical geographyadministrative divisions |
| spellingShingle | Panecki Tomasz Cartographic modelling of administrative divisions in the “Historical Atlas of Poland” Polish Cartographical Review historical cartography historical atlas historical geography administrative divisions |
| title | Cartographic modelling of administrative divisions in the “Historical Atlas of Poland” |
| title_full | Cartographic modelling of administrative divisions in the “Historical Atlas of Poland” |
| title_fullStr | Cartographic modelling of administrative divisions in the “Historical Atlas of Poland” |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cartographic modelling of administrative divisions in the “Historical Atlas of Poland” |
| title_short | Cartographic modelling of administrative divisions in the “Historical Atlas of Poland” |
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| topic | historical cartography historical atlas historical geography administrative divisions |
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