Database of the digitized map collections
map collections outside the Czech Republic
Map Collection. The Royal Danish Library |
| Name of the digital map collection: Digital collections |
| Web address of digitized cartographic documents: http://www.kb.dk/maps/kortsa/2012/jul/kortatlas/subject206/en/ |
| National identifier of the collection (if available): |
| The main thematic content/s of the collection: National collection of Denmark |
| The collection departmental code: GEOGRAPHY |
Contact |
| Address: Søren Kierkegaards Plads 1 1219 København K |
| Name of contact person: Stig Roar Svenningsen |
| Phone to contact person: |
| Contact person's email stsv@kb.dk |
Information about the collection |
| The most important printed publications about the map collection: |
Other important information about the collection: http://www.kb.dk/da/nb/samling/ks/ksintro.html |
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: 23.376 |
| The number of physical units of old cartographic materials: |
| 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| The total number of individual digitized images (also unpublished): 26.727 |
| Of this number is already published: 23.376 |
| 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): |
| The number of accessible 3D objects (globes, models, etc.): |
Descriptive metadata |
| Library or archive programs used for cataloging: Primo/Alma; |
| Standards used for metadata descriptions: MODS; |
| Rules used to create metadata: 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: Our digital collection is also accessible through an API http://api.kb.dk/data/documentation |
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: No |
| Other services: Users of data: elementary schools, secondary schools, universities, Academy of science, Science institutes, publishing houses, television, radio, film production, documents, public |
Aggregation into higher units |
| Digitalized cartographic documents are eported into superior aggregates: Europeana; |
Last data update 21/04/2021 17:20:33 by the user novotna