On Building and Processing of Large Digitalized Map Archive

A tall list of problems needs to be solved during a long-time work on a virtual model of Prague aim of which is to show historical development of the city in virtual reality. This paper presents an integrated solution to digitalizing, cataloguing and processing of a large number of maps from differe...

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Main Author: Milan Simunek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Czech Society of Systems Integration 2011-07-01
Series:Journal of Systems Integration
Subjects:
GIS
Online Access:http://si-journal.org/index.php/JSI/article/viewFile/98/66
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Summary:A tall list of problems needs to be solved during a long-time work on a virtual model of Prague aim of which is to show historical development of the city in virtual reality. This paper presents an integrated solution to digitalizing, cataloguing and processing of a large number of maps from different periods and from variety of sources. A specialized (GIS) software application was developed to allow for a fast georeferencing (using an evolutionary algorithm), for cataloguing in an internal database, and subsequently for an easy lookup of relevant maps. So the maps could be processed further to serve as a main input for a proper modeling of a changing face of the city through times.
ISSN:1804-2724