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Mapovasbirka.cz portal provides access to unique cartographic heritage

Publication |
2016

Abstract

Website was created at the Faculty of Charles University in Prague in late 2015 under the project TEMAP. The portal is divided into 12 sections.

The most important is a metadata catalog to browsing or searching by geographic area or metadata in 65,000 digitized maps. Other outputs include virtual models of globes and geomorphological or building models and virtual models of plastic maps, which you can freely rotate and zoom.

In georeferencing section users can old scanned map geographically locate and compare it with the current situation in the area. Another section of the portal will take you on specialized sites of significant cartographers, introduce new certified methodologies, specialized maps, exhibitions or e-learning course of old maps.