Database of the digitized map collections
map collections outside the Czech Republic
Abteilung Handschriften, Alte Drucke und Landeskunde. Sächsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden |
| Name of the digital map collection: Kartenforum; Virtuelles Kartenforum 2.0 |
| Web address of digitized cartographic documents: https://kartenforum.slub-dresden.de/ |
| National identifier of the collection (if available): 14 |
| The main thematic content/s of the collection: historical and recent maps of Dresden, Saxony, Germany, (Europe, the world) |
| The collection departmental code: - |
Contact |
| Address: Zellescher Weg 18, 01054 Dresden, Germany |
| Name of contact person: Dr. Georg Zimmermann; Dominik Stoltz |
| Phone to contact person: |
| Contact person's email dominik.stoltz@slub-dresden.de |
Information about the collection |
| The most important printed publications about the map collection: Zögner/Klemp: Verzeichnis der Kartensammlungen in Deutschland (1998) --- W. Haupt: Führer durch die Kartensammlung der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek zu Dresden (1986) --- J. C. Adelung: Kritisches Verzeichiß der Landkarten und vornehmsten topographischen Blätter der Chur- und Fürstlich Sächsischen Lande (1796) |
Other important information about the collection: http://www.deutschefotothek.de/cms/kartenforum.xml https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxon_State_and_University_Library_Dresden |
The physical fund of the collection |
| The total size of the physical fund (also not processed): 182.000 |
| The number of processed units in the electronic catalogue: 180.000 |
| The number of physical units of old cartographic materials: 30.000 |
| The typology of old cartographic materials: old maps; manuscript maps; old atlases; old globes; |
| Expected final processing of the collection: After 5 and more years |
The digital fund of the map collection |
| The total number of individual digitized images (also unpublished): 26.000 |
| Of this number is already published: 26.000 |
| The collection is published: on-line; |
| The number of files in the databases of images (i.e. voluminous maps or atlases, so more objects joined in one): 0 |
| The number of accessible 3D objects (globes, models, etc.): 10 |
Descriptive metadata |
| Library or archive programs used for cataloging: Libero; APS; |
| Standards used for metadata descriptions: METS; MODS; |
| Rules used to create metadata: RDA; |
| Methodologies used for the description: digital images: following the criteria of the Deutsche Fotothek |
| Indexing by: key words; chronological entries; geographical entries; |
| Are the before mentioned selection terms exported into metadata? yes |
| Additional information on the method and scope of the description: All maps are seperately counted in the digital collections. Our atlases are not part of the map collections and therefore not included in the aforementioned numbers. Programme: Libero; APS The method of the description: flexible depth relating to object and user. |
Services offered with digitized maps |
| Georeferencing (ground controlling) of maps: Yes |
| Map selection from map layouts: Yes |
| Search by map markers: Yes |
| Reading old fonts in the OCR: No |
| Full text search from legends: No |
| Digitization of maps on request: Yes |
| Other services: Further data access: Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek; arthistoricum.net Users of data: secondary schools, universities, Academy of science, Science institutes, publishing houses, television, radio, film production, public Providing of educational and promotional materials: yearly calendars with historical maps (since 1966) |
Aggregation into higher units |
| Digitalized cartographic documents are eported into superior aggregates: Arthistoricum.net; Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek; Europeana; |
Last data update 01/08/2023 11:50:40 by the user kloudova