2021
Historical Geocoding Assistant
MERTEL, Adam; David ZBÍRAL; Zdeněk STACHOŇ and Hana HOŘÍNKOVÁBasic information
Original name
Historical Geocoding Assistant
Authors
MERTEL, Adam (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution); David ZBÍRAL (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution); Zdeněk STACHOŇ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Hana HOŘÍNKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)
Edition
SoftwareX, Elsevier, 2021, 2352-7110
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Article in a journal
Field of Study
60304 Religious studies
Country of publisher
United States of America
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
References:
Impact factor
Impact factor: 2.868
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14210/21:00118871
Organization unit
Faculty of Arts
UT WoS
000663433800011
EID Scopus
2-s2.0-85101862045
Keywords in English
Geocoding GIS; Historical data; Gazetteer; Web-based application
Tags
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Changed: 23/3/2022 12:50, Mgr. Marie Novosadová Šípková, DiS.
Abstract
In the original language
The growing use of geographic information systems (GIS) and geographical analyses in different areas of the digital humanities highlights the need for geocoding, i.e. assigning geographic coordinates to records in a dataset. Such spatially-referenced datasets are a precondition for any spatial analysis and visualization. While GIS in general is a dynamically evolving branch of software development, there is a need for specialized applications which would assist researchers in geocoding datasets in history, archaeology, and the digital humanities. Therefore, we developed the “Historical Geocoding Assistant”, an open-source web tool that meets the specific needs of historical research and brings a solution to geocoding historical data in a convenient, fast, and reliable way.
Links
| GX19-26975X, research and development project |
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