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Information system for easy access of the First Military Survey
Pacina, J. ; Chodějovská, Eva ; Popelka, J.
The First Military Survey is a unique collection of maps and descriptive information covering the whole former Austrian monarchy dating back to 1760s-1780s. The First Military Survey contains of both cartographic and textual material. The description of landscape according to the individual sections of the 1:28 800 map was carried out simultaneously with the map. The texts in every section are strictly structured into description of municipalities, “Extract” where the entire region is summarized by subjects and index of places. The aim of this project is to turn this comprehensive cartographic work into a digital library offering the user all the information contained in the original work in a comfort internet environment. The old maps are carefully georeferenced into a seamless map and the descriptive information is processed into a database. The resulting information system will be available in Czech and German as all the texts are being carefully translated.
The scientific edition of the texts belonging to the Ist Military Survey of Bohemia
Chodějovská, Eva
The paper aims to present the project, which in cooperation of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague, Czech Technical University and Laborytory of Geoinformatics of J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem elaborates the scientific edition and makes available these texts (topographic descriptions of the territory) in the straight connection with the 1:28,800 map of the Ist Military Survey of the Austrian monarchy focusing Bohemia (1764-1783).

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