Database of the digitized map collections
map collections outside the Czech Republic
Geography and Cartography Reading Room. The National Library of Estonia |
| Name of the digital map collection: Digar > Graphics > Maps |
| Web address of digitized cartographic documents: https://www.digar.ee/arhiiv/en/pildimaterjal?id=162 |
| National identifier of the collection (if available): www.digar.ee |
| The main thematic content/s of the collection: Maps of Estonia through the centuries, legal deposits from the soviet union period |
| The collection departmental code: - |
Contact |
| Address: Tõnismägi 2, 10122 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Name of contact person: Tiina Kruup |
| Phone to contact person: +372 6307133 |
| Contact person's email tiina.kruup@rara.ee |
Information about the collection |
| The most important printed publications about the map collection: Tohver, M. Earlier Livonian maps from the map collection of the National Library of Estonia. (Tallinn, 2001 and2003) ; Archival collection in the National Library of Estonia (Tallinn, 2013) ; |
Other important information about the collection: https://www.rara.ee/en/browse/maps/ |
The physical fund of the collection |
| The total size of the physical fund (also not processed): 35.000 |
| The number of processed units in the electronic catalogue: 35.000 (20,776 titles) |
| The number of physical units of old cartographic materials: 874 |
| The typology of old cartographic materials: old maps; |
| Expected final processing of the collection: All is processed |
The digital fund of the map collection |
| The total number of individual digitized images (also unpublished): 5,947 |
| Of this number is already published: all |
| 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): 51 atlases |
| The number of accessible 3D objects (globes, models, etc.): 0 |
Descriptive metadata |
| Library or archive programs used for cataloging: Sierra; |
| Standards used for metadata descriptions: MODS; |
| Rules used to create metadata: ISBD; RDA; |
| Methodologies used for the description: |
| 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: Programme: Innovative - Sierra Rules used to create metadata: MARC21 |
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: Yes |
| Digitization of maps on request: Yes |
| Other services: Users of data: elementary schools, secondary schools, universities, Science institutes, publishing houses, film production, documents, public, Museums, public authorities Providing of educational and promotional materials: Users guides, user trainings, educational programs, web games (genial.ly). Share open data of the national bibliography: digilab.rara.ee/en |
Aggregation into higher units |
| Digitalized cartographic documents are eported into superior aggregates: Europeana; |
Last data update 13/07/2026 10:15:25 by the user novotna