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Participatory Toponym Handling (PTH) Framework

A.P. Perdana (Faculty of Geo-Information and Earth Sciences (ITC), University of Twente)
To understand citizen participation in toponyms better, we have developed a framework to guide the handling of toponyms. In this framework, we consider a citizen science ontology to connect participatory toponym handling as part of geographic citizen science.Date: 2020-04-07
Public ParticipationEarth and Environmental SciencesComputer and Information ScienceToponymyParticipatory ToponymsSocial SciencesGeospatial Data Collection (9 more)
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Two maps over the agrarian landscape of the Vadstena plains ca 1640 -- from the dissertation "Ostergotland "Västanstång": studies of the older agrarian landscape and its genesis"

Helmfrid, Staffan (Kulturgeografiska institutionen, Stockholms universitet)
This study is an investigation of the agrarian landscape in the western part of Ostergotland County (in Sweden). The study was published in the form of a dissertation in Human Geography written (in German) by Steffan Helmfrid, and defended in 1962. Two maps were produced as a part of the dissertation, based on historical material. These maps show the agrarian landscape as it...
Cadastral parcelsLand useLand coverGeographical names
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Climate history database for Sweden 1500-1870

Söderberg, Johan (Economic History Department, Stockholm university); Leijonhufvud, Lotta (Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg); Retsö, Dag ( Department of Economic History and International Relations, Stockholm University); (2 more)
Information about weather-related conditions in Sweden during the period 1500-1870 has been extracted from various historical documents. The information is presented as cited text, together with the date and geographical region for which the information is relevant. Since the database essentially consists of excerpts from different historical documentary sources of various...
PalaeoclimatologySwedenLand useMeteorological geographical featuresGeographical namesHuman health and safetyWeather (2 more)
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