Historical GIS for reconstructing the past -- 3rd Session

Historical HGIS for reconstructing the past -- 3rd Session
Technological Innovations in the Humanities -- The National Library of Israel
16-17 January, 2013
Historical Geographic Information
Systems (HGIS) for reconstructing the past

3rd Session -- Historical GIS -- map completeness and accuracy
Chair: Ian Gregory
Assessing the thematic accuracy and
completeness of historical maps (Noam Levin, HUJI)
Reconstructing Palestine's land-cover from the
PEF (1880) map (Gad Schaffer, HUJI)
Using historical nautical charts, maps and aerial
photos, for studying coastal morphology processes in Israel
(Dov Zviely, Haifa)