Database of the digitized map collections
map collections outside the Czech Republic
Cartoteca de Catalunya. Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya |
| Name of the digital map collection: Cartoteca digital |
| Web address of digitized cartographic documents: http://cartotecadigital.icgc.cat/ |
| National identifier of the collection (if available): Hispana: DPD2007000043 |
| The main thematic content/s of the collection: Old maps and pictures of Catalonia and around the world |
| The collection departmental code: - |
Contact |
| Address: Parc de Montjuïc, s/n 08038 Barcelona |
| Name of contact person: Dr. Carme Montaner |
| Phone to contact person: |
| Contact person's email cartoteca@icgc.cat |
Information about the collection |
| The most important printed publications about the map collection: 10 mapes de Catalunya (1606-1906). Barcelona: Rafael Dalmau Editor ; ICC, Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, 2011 Imago Cataloniae: mapes de Catalunya, empremtes de la història : les cartes de la Catalogne, des empreintes de l'historie / [tria de les imatges i redacció de textos: Maria Carme Montaner i García ; documentació: Annamaria Casassas Ymbert]. Barcelona: Institut CArtogràfic de Catalunya : Lunwerg, 2005 Cartografia de Catalunya : catàleg general de la Cartoteca de Catalunya / Anna M. Casassas i M. Carme Montaner. Barcelona : Generalitat de Catalunya, Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, 1992 |
Other important information about the collection: https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoteca_de_Catalunya |
The physical fund of the collection |
| The total size of the physical fund (also not processed): 346.615 |
| The number of processed units in the electronic catalogue: 260.000 |
| The number of physical units of old cartographic materials: 12.000 |
| 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| The total number of individual digitized images (also unpublished): 85.990 |
| Of this number is already published: 35.598 |
| 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): 15 |
| The number of accessible 3D objects (globes, models, etc.): 160 |
Descriptive metadata |
| Library or archive programs used for cataloging: Virtua; Sierra; |
| Standards used for metadata descriptions: |
| Rules used to create metadata: ISBD; RDA; |
| Methodologies used for the description: |
| Indexing by: geographical entries; |
| Are the before mentioned selection terms exported into metadata? yes |
| Additional information on the method and scope of the description: Programme: Virtua and Sierra (collective catalogue) We also have our own catalogue for maps, series and atlases. |
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: No |
| Other services: Further data access: Hispana Users of data: elementary schools, secondary schools, universities, Academy of science, Science institutes, publishing houses, television, radio, film production, documents, public Providing of educational and promotional materials: Our institution create educational materials such as maps |
Aggregation into higher units |
| Digitalized cartographic documents are eported into superior aggregates: Europeana; Hispana; Oldmapsonline.org; |
Last data update 30/05/2021 12:40:42 by the user novotna