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Historical maps of the coastal zone [Historische kaarten van de kustzone]
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De Hauwere, Nathalie Availability:
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In HisGISKust, historical maps from the 16th, 17th and 18th century with specific information about the Belgian coast and/or the Scheldt are digitally disclosed. The maps are georeferenced in order to visualise and compare them in a standardised way. Derived products and metadata of the maps are made available to end users in open access. Furthermore, time-lapse movies with the evolution of the coastal zone and information about toponyms and cartographers are made available. Scope Themes: Coastal studies (e.g. shores, estuaries), Geography Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Fresh water, Brackish water, Terrestrial, Gis maps, Land use, ANE, North Sea Geographical coverage ANE, North Sea [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
From 1570 on [In Progress] Not relevant Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, data creator
Project
HisGISKust: Historical maps of the coastal zone, more
Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: GIS maps
Data origin: Literature research
Metadatarecord created: 2016-10-27
Information last updated: 2016-11-07
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