Database of the digitized map collections
map collections outside the Czech Republic
Map Department. Zentralbibliothek Zurich |
| Name of the digital map collection: Kartenportal.CH |
| Web address of digitized cartographic documents: http://www.kartenportal.ch |
| National identifier of the collection (if available): |
| The main thematic content/s of the collection: topographic maps |
| The collection departmental code: GEOGRAPHY |
Contact |
| Address: Zähringerplatz 6, 8001 Zurich |
| Name of contact person: Jost Schmid |
| Phone to contact person: |
| Contact person's email jost.schmid@zb.uzh.ch |
Information about the collection |
| The most important printed publications about the map collection: Höhener, Hans-Peter: Die Kartensammlung der Zentralbibliothek Zürich, in: Zürcher Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1977), S. 62-86 ; Jost Schmid (Hrsg.): Kartenwelten. Die Kartensammlung der Zentralbibliothek Zürich. Murten 2010. |
Other important information about the collection: https://www.zb.uzh.ch/de/collections/karten-und-panoramen |
The physical fund of the collection |
| The total size of the physical fund (also not processed): 320.000 |
| The number of processed units in the electronic catalogue: 100.000 |
| 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| The total number of individual digitized images (also unpublished): 5.000 |
| Of this number is already published: 3.000 |
| 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): |
| The number of accessible 3D objects (globes, models, etc.): 2 |
Descriptive metadata |
| Library or archive programs used for cataloging: Aleph; |
| Standards used for metadata descriptions: |
| Rules used to create metadata: RDA; |
| Methodologies used for the description: ISBD; |
| 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: |
Services offered with digitized maps |
| Georeferencing (ground controlling) of maps: Yes |
| Map selection from map layouts: Yes |
| 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: Further data access: Kartenportal.CH Users of data: universities, Academy of science, Science institutes, publishing houses, television, radio, film production, documents, public, Citizens Providing of educational and promotional materials: on request |
Aggregation into higher units |
| Digitalized cartographic documents are eported into superior aggregates: Kartenportal.ch; |
Last data update 05/05/2021 11:48:43 by the user novotna