Exploring a non-existent city via historical GIS system by the example of the Jewish district ‘Podzamcze’ in Lublin (Poland)

Kuna, Jakub; Kowalski, Łukasz

doi:10.1016/j.culher.2020.07.010

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“…Thanks to the author of the present text, the combined Plan of the Great City of Lublin on a scale of 1:1,000 in a black and white copy can be viewed in interactive form in the Spatial Information System of Lublin (Geoportal Lublin, 2021) and the Historical Geoportal of Lublin ("Grodzka Gate -NN Theatre" Centre, 2021). More about the methodology of developing the Historical Geoportal of Lublin in Kuna and Kowalski (2020).…”

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“…Unfortunately, confrontation of the post--war map with other historical materials has shown that only selected parts of the space have been updated (Kuna, 2021c). 7 In many places, the content of older maps was redrawn without introducing changes, which, given the two waves of bombing, the construction of the KL Lublin concentration camp and the extermination of the Jews, were significant (Dymmel & Rodziewicz 2012;Kłapeć, 2017;Kuna & Kowalski, 2020;Kuna, 2021c;Przesmycki, 2008;Szewczyk, 2019). It is also important to note that the content of the described maps is limited to the administrative boundaries of the time and covers less than 20% of the current area of the city.…”

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The Orthophotomap of Lublin 1944: from Luftwaffe photographs to map application – idea, methods, contemporary challenges of processing and publishing archival aerial photographs

Kuna

2022

Polish Cartographical Review

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The origins of aerial photography can be traced back to the second half of the 19th century, and periods of World Wars contributed to the development of techniques for developing and disseminating aerial photographs for military purposes. In the literature, we find descriptions of the Polish Military Geographical Institute’s (WIG) use of aerial photography to update topographic maps of nearly 40% of the country’s area at the time. Unfortunately, the fate of the pre-war collection of photographs is difficult to establish. Given this, the aerial photographs from the period of the Second World War (German and Allied) constitute the oldest possible complete and consistent photographic documentation of Poland. The series of German prints (373-GXPRINTS) collected at the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park (NARA, USA) are maintained according to the most liberal policy on access and further use. At the same time, the organisation of the NARA archive and the extent to which the collection has been digitised (over one million images) leave a deficiency, and searching for images requires knowledge, methods and experience. In 2020–2021, the Department of Geomatics and Cartography of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University implemented the project Development of the Ortophotomap of Lublin 1939–1945 (NCN, Miniatura 4.0. No. 2020/04/X/HS4/00382). The result of the project is a dedicated web portal https://ortolub.umcs.pl, consisting of a digital repository of aerial images, a map application and standardised GIS raster data services. The author believes this is a unique source base, with unprecedented detail. The publication of the project results under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0 licence is intended to foster the widest possible use of wartime aerial images in scientific research and popularisation activities. The process of developing a historical orthophotomap, as presented in the article, is universal and can be repeated on any set of aerial photographs. At the same time, development work is needed to automate the operations as fully as possible. In conclusion, current challenges and prospects for the development of historical orthophotomaps of national coverage are indicated.

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The Orthophotomap of Lublin 1944: from Luftwaffe photographs to map application – idea, methods, contemporary challenges of processing and publishing archival aerial photographs

Kuna

2022

Polish Cartographical Review

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“…Moreover, geographic-historical research has largely revolved around technology-oriented GIS projects, spatial analysis, and the latter's relevance to ongoing processes and events. Increasingly, a new approach is being used that focuses on the study of "human-land" relationships based on the four elements of history: time, place, person and event (Hu et al, 2018;Kuna & Kowalski, 2020). The study of the relationship between a person involved in an event and the environment can be conducted on geographical and historical levels.…”

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The use of web-GIS and crowdsourcing in the acquisition of historical data on the example of Polegli1939 project

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Lupa

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Polish Cartographical Review

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The historical Polegli1939 geoportal is probably the first thematic portal using spatial-temporal databases to present information on people killed during the World War II. In this study, we address the problem of capturing, processing and sharing historical information by supplementing it with a spatial attributes. The aim of the study is to determine the role of crowdsourcing data and the use of web-GIS applications in the process of obtaining and verifying historical information. The study was carried out as part of the implementation of the “Spatial database of soldiers killed in warfare” project, which is also known as Polegli1939. In order to achieve this goal, we acquired information using three methods: manual, automated and Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI). Making spatial data available through the Polegli1939 geoportal enables users to popularize and verify it. The method includes a geospatial web platform (GeoWeb) as well as a VGI application with an integrated process for verifying submitted information. As a result of the project, nearly 35,000 records were obtained. Making the project available to a wider audience opens up the possibility of extending the presented research or replicating it in other countries, taking into account a wider chronological range than just World War II.

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“…As shown by Keti Lelo, analyzing cadastral maps in conjunction with additional census data and geostatic analyses enables drawing conclusions about many socio-economic aspects. 5 Plots could be used, for example, to reconstruct destroyed urban space, 6 social relationships, 7 real estate markets, 8 or analyze urban development in relation to social conditions. 9 Sometimes projects result in the emergence of historical urban geoportals.…”

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Urban Plot: Developing a Consistent Definition for Comparative Urban Studies

Słomska-Przech

Słomski

2022

Journal of Urban History

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The aim of this paper is to discuss the problem of describing an urban plot and to propose a definition that can be used in comparative studies of historic towns. The need for a uniform definition results from comparative research using spatial databases and historical GIS (hGIS). The article discusses the problems in vectorization of plots for the purposes of hGIS analyses, as well as the methods of presenting urban plots on historical plans that have been used so far, on the example of the Historic Towns Atlas series. We compared the results of the analysis with the plot definitions appearing in the literature on urban studies. Based on the literature review and research discussed in the article, we developed and proposed a plot definition for the ontology of historical urban spaces.

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Exploring a non-existent city via historical GIS system by the example of the Jewish district ‘Podzamcze’ in Lublin (Poland)

Cited by 9 publications

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The Orthophotomap of Lublin 1944: from Luftwaffe photographs to map application – idea, methods, contemporary challenges of processing and publishing archival aerial photographs

The Orthophotomap of Lublin 1944: from Luftwaffe photographs to map application – idea, methods, contemporary challenges of processing and publishing archival aerial photographs

The use of web-GIS and crowdsourcing in the acquisition of historical data on the example of Polegli1939 project

Urban Plot: Developing a Consistent Definition for Comparative Urban Studies

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