The Act on the State Survey and Cadastre of Real Estates was published in the Official Gazette (112/2017) on 14 December 2018. The Act regulates the state survey, cadastre of real estates, ...infrastructure cadastre, registry of buildings, registry of spatial units, registry of geographic names, the appropriate competences for tasks related to these, the performance of these tasks, the tasks of the State Geodetic Administration, the storage and use of data, and supervision of tasks regulated by the Act.
The paper focuses on the potential use of Nuovo soggettario, the semantic indexing tool adopted by the National Central Library of Florence (Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze), for indexing ...cartographic resources. Particular attention is paid to the treatment of place names, the use of formal subjects, and the different ways of constructing subject strings for general and thematic maps.
Trouble in Paradise Gooding, Alexandra
KULA (London),
07/2022, Letnik:
6, Številka:
3
Journal Article
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This article examines how the Circum-Caribbean region’s cultural and geographic complexities make it difficult to describe or index relevant archival materials using the mainstream authority controls ...used in galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs). This difficulty stems from the fact that authority controls utilised by GLAMs are primarily created by North American or European authorities and, therefore, have Western-centric views imbued with colonialist overtones. When these systems are used to catalogue, index, or describe Circum-Caribbean-related collection materials, a tension arises: a system with a white, Euro-American perspective is applied to material reflective of a significantly multicultural place, culture, subject, and population. The rigidity of controlled vocabularies and their applications—which typically follow specific indexing methodologies—cannot accommodate the fluidity necessary to accurately denote the complex Circum-Caribbean region, especially with regard to geographic indexing. This article demonstrates the difficulties that emerge from trying to delimit and define the Caribbean region; provides an abbreviated analysis of the Circum-Caribbean’s representation in the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names® (TGN), which mirrors the difficulties of defining and delimiting the region; and presents a case study in which the West Indian Postcard Collection at Cambridge University Library was indexed using augmented applications of the TGN. The research presented in this paper supports the theory that employing both general and specific indexing strategies creates enhanced access to Caribbean-related collection materials by enabling regional, sub-regional, and territorial/national avenues to retrieve collection materials.
There are certain place names in the name authority file that cause difficulties because their established forms do not reflect political realities. Names of jurisdictions are established on the ...basis of Resource Description & Access and the LC-PCC policy statements. The difficulties stem in part from the policy of the Library of Congress, as a U.S. government agency, to adhere to the decisions of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, but also from a misunderstanding of the role of that board. The cases of Crimea, Taiwan, and Myanmar are examined. Recommendations are made for changes to the access points.
Spot elevations published on historical U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps were established as needed to enhance information imparted by the quadrangle's contours. In addition to other features, ...labels were routinely placed on mountain summits. While some elevations were established through field survey triangulation, many were computed during photogrammetric stereo-compilation. Today, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers have replaced expensive triangulation methods. However, since GNSS measurements require visiting the feature location, a national dataset containing high-accuracy spot elevations has not yet been created. Consequently, modern U.S. Topo maps are devoid of mountain peak or other spot elevations. Still, topographic map users continue to demand the display of spot heights. Therefore, a pilot study was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of automatically generating elevation values at named U.S. summits using available elevation data. The devised method uses an uphill stepping technique to find the most likely highest point in subsequently higher-resolution elevation models. Resulting elevation values are compared to other published sources. Results from 196 summits indicate that values derived from lidar are generally higher, whereas those populated from the one-third arc-second USGS Seamless 3DEP elevation dataset are generally lower. A thorough understanding of these relationships require the evaluation of more points.
Maps and memes Eades, Gwilym Lucas
Maps and memes,
2015, 20150101, 2015, 2015-01-01, Letnik:
76, 76.
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Maps and cartography have long been used in the lands and resources offices of Canada's indigenous communities in support of land claims and traditional-use studies. Exploring alternative ...conceptualizations of maps and mapmaking, Maps and Memes theorizes the potentially creative and therapeutic uses of maps for indigenous healing from the legacies of residential schools and colonial dispossession. Gwilym Eades proposes that maps are vehicles for what he calls "place-memes" - units of cultural knowledge that are transmitted through time and across space. Focusing on Cree, Inuit, and northwest coast communities, the book explores intergenerational aspects of mapping, landscape art practice, and identity. Through decades of living in and working with indigenous communities, Eades has constructed an ethnographically rich account of mapping and spatial practices across Canada. His extended participation in northern life also informs this theoretically grounded account of journeying on the land for commemoration and community healing. Interweaving narrative accounts of journeys with academic applications for mapping the phenomena of indigenous suicide and suicide clusters, Maps and Memes lays the groundwork for understanding current struggles of indigenous youth to strengthen their identities and foster greater awareness of traditional territory and place.
What's in a name? Topalov, Christian
What's in a name?,
2017, 2017, 2017-08-14, 2014-08-28
eBook
"'Borgata', 'favela', 'périurbain', and 'suburb' are but a few of the different terms used throughout the world that refer specifically to communities that develop on the periphery of urban centres. ...In What's in a Name? editors Richard Harris and Charlotte Vorms have gathered together experts from around the world in order to provide a truly global framework for the study of the urban periphery. Rather than view these distinct communities through the lens of the western notion of urban sprawl, the contributors focus on the variety of everyday terms that are used, together with their connotations. This volume explores the local terminology used in cities such as Beijing, Bucharest, Montreal, Mumbai, Rio di Janeiro, Rome, Sofia, as well as more broadly across North America, Australia, Southeast Asia, and elsewhere. Whats̉ in a Name? is the first book in English to pay serious and sustained attention to the naming of the urban periphery worldwide. By exploring the ways in which local individuals speak about the urban periphery Harris and Vorms bridge the assumed divide between the global North and the global South."--
When conducting studies related to Chinese history and culture, researchers are oftentimes challenged by the complexities of historical Chinese geographic names and traditional Chinese calendars. ...Furthermore, it is difficult to integrate related social research without the input of complete and contiguous background information. To solve these problems, this article proposes a spatial-temporal framework for conducting historical and cultural research on China. First, conversion methods between the various traditional Chinese calendars were illustrated. Next, spatial-temporal data models for historical geographic names were designed and described according to the properties of the representative data sources. Based on these models, the spatial-temporal framework was further built using data collection and processing. With the help of this proposed infrastructure, researchers may more readily explore spatial-temporal information as well as conduct further historical and cultural research on China. Finally, a project entitled ‘Sino-FamilyTree-GIS’ was employed as a case study to demonstrate the value of this framework.
► We introduced a spatial-temporal framework for historical and cultural research on China. ► We provided a tool for researchers to take full advantage of spatial temporal information to promote Chinese research. ► The conversion methods between different traditional Chinese calendars were illustrated. ► The spatial-temporal data models of historical geographic names were designed. ► The steps of building the spatial-temporal framework was introduced.
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