Cartography and the city: Exploring urban ontologies through historic town-maps

Katarzyna Słomska-Przech, Keith D. Lilley

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Abstract

Large-scale historic town-maps of 1:2,500 scale are a valuable source for scientific study and analysis of modern and historic urban landscapes. In this paper, two examples of maps at this scale are used to (1) reflect on the application and use of the ontology of UrbanOnto, and (2) to explore the potential of maps of this scale to develop new types and ontologies for urban analysis. We demonstrate examples of workflow for maps without and with the legend. In the first case, we match the symbols on the map to types from UrbanOnto, which allows us to recreate the legend based on the types from the ontology. In the second case, the types of objects appearing in the legend are adjusted to the types of objects from the UrbanOnto ontology. As a result, the text describes two approaches to working with the ontology and the old town-map. The third part presents advantages and disadvantages, comparing both solutions.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationModelling the city. Formal ontology and spatial humanities
EditorsWiesława Duży
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter8
Pages153-181
ISBN (Electronic)9781032695891
ISBN (Print)9781032695846
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Jun 2024

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