Database of the digitized map collections
map collections outside the Czech Republic
Collection of maps and drawings of the Dutch National Archives |
| Name of the digital map collection: Collection of maps and drawings of the Dutch National Archives |
| Web address of digitized cartographic documents: https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/ |
| National identifier of the collection (if available): |
| The main thematic content/s of the collection: General |
| The collection departmental code: HISTORY |
Contact |
| Address: Prins Willem Alexanderhof 20, 2595 BE, Den Haag |
| Name of contact person: Gijs Boink, Ron Guleij |
| Phone to contact person: |
| Contact person's email gijs.boink@nationaalarchief.nl |
Information about the collection |
| The most important printed publications about the map collection: 1. C. Koeman, 1961. Collections of maps and atlases in the Netherlands: their history and present state. Leiden: Brill; 2. M. Donkersloot-de Vrij. 1981. Topografische kaarten van Nederland vóór 1750: handgetekende en gedrukte kaarten aanwezig in de Nederlandse rijksarchieven. Groningen: Wolters-Noordhoff; 3. G.G.J. Boink, 2009. 'Kaartencollecties in Nederland: Collectie kaarten en tekeningen van het Nationaal Archief' in: Caert-Thresoor 28-3. |
Other important information about the collection: https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/en/node/103297 http://www.atlasofmutualheritage.nl/ |
The physical fund of the collection |
| The total size of the physical fund (also not processed): 300.000 |
| The number of processed units in the electronic catalogue: 165.000 |
| The number of physical units of old cartographic materials: 100.000 |
| The typology of old cartographic materials: old maps; manuscript maps; old atlases; |
| 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| The total number of individual digitized images (also unpublished): 45.000 |
| Of this number is already published: 10.000 |
| 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): 64 |
| The number of accessible 3D objects (globes, models, etc.): 0 |
Descriptive metadata |
| Library or archive programs used for cataloging: Mais Flexis; Preservica; Memorix Maior; |
| Standards used for metadata descriptions: METS; |
| Rules used to create metadata: others; |
| Methodologies used for the description: |
| Indexing by: chronological entries; geographical entries; |
| Are the before mentioned selection terms exported into metadata? some |
| Additional information on the method and scope of the description: Programme: Mais Flexis; Preservica; Memorix Maior Rules to create descriptive metadata: EAD / ISAD(G) The collection of maps and drawings consist of 150+ archives and collections accumulated since 1802 and described since 1867. The methods used vary wildly, and so does the extent of description. |
Services offered with digitized maps |
| Georeferencing (ground controlling) of maps: No |
| Map selection from map layouts: No |
| Search by map markers: No |
| Reading old fonts in the OCR: No |
| Full text search from legends: No |
| Digitization of maps on request: Yes |
| Other services: Users of data: elementary schools, secondary schools, universities, Academy of science, Science institutes, publishing houses, television, radio, film production, public Providing of educational and promotional materials: exhibition, guided tours |
Aggregation into higher units |
| Digitalized cartographic documents are eported into superior aggregates: Europeana; Oldmapsonline.org; |
Last data update 01/08/2023 12:12:20 by the user kloudova