出版社:National Centre for Maps and Cartographic Heritage
摘要:The paper describes an experience of online-publication of the collection of theearliest Russian cartographic drawings (2nd half of the 17th century mostly), which covera significant part of Russian territory, mainly the European part. Most of them have neverbeen published and were not easily accessible for scholars and users due to poor physicalcondition. The web-GIS combines opportunities of geocoding of picture with capacity touse an authentic image. It contains tools for navigation on the map, filtering drawings bydate and text, referencing with historical administrative division and modern topography,studying of drawing as a picture, transcription of 17th century handwritings.