Database of the digitized map collections
map collections outside the Czech Republic
Map Collection. The National Library of Latvia |
| Name of the digital map collection: Latvian National Digital Library: Maps |
| Web address of digitized cartographic documents: https://lnb.gov.lv/en/latvijas-nacionalajai-bibliotekai-jauna-digitala-karsu-kolekcija/ |
| National identifier of the collection (if available): |
| The main thematic content/s of the collection: Maps of Latvia and maps made by Latvians |
| The collection departmental code: - |
Contact |
| Address: Mūkusalas iela 3, Rīga, LV-1423, Latvia |
| Name of contact person: Reinis Vāvers |
| Phone to contact person: |
| Contact person's email reinis.vavers@lnb.lv |
Information about the collection |
| The most important printed publications about the map collection: "Several hundred digitized Latvian historical maps available on the NLL homepage" |
Other important information about the collection: https://lnb.lv/en/library/krajums/ https://lndb.lv/ |
The physical fund of the collection |
| The total size of the physical fund (also not processed): 50.000 |
| The number of processed units in the electronic catalogue: 50.000 |
| The number of physical units of old cartographic materials: 800 |
| The typology of old cartographic materials: old maps; manuscript maps; old atlases; old globes; |
| 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| The total number of individual digitized images (also unpublished): 10.000 |
| Of this number is already published: 2.000 |
| 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): 3.150 |
| The number of accessible 3D objects (globes, models, etc.): 0 |
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: "RDA and cartographic resources". London: Facet Publishing, 2015. |
| 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: |
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: No |
| Digitization of maps on request: Yes |
| Other services: The most voluminous we have published in our map portal are US topographic map series on scale 1:50 000 consisting of ~150 map sheets. We have also added a layer of Soviet topographic map 1:10 000 with more than 3000, but cannot relly display it due to the autorship rights. 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: B |
Aggregation into higher units |
| Digitalized cartographic documents are eported into superior aggregates: Europeana; |
Last data update 12/11/2025 14:04:42 by the user novotna