Database of the digitized map collections
map collections outside the Czech Republic
Cartesius. Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België |
| Name of the digital map collection: Cartesius / Catalogue online |
| Web address of digitized cartographic documents: http://www.cartesius.be/CartesiusPortal/ |
| National identifier of the collection (if available): BE |
| The main thematic content/s of the collection: old maps |
| The collection departmental code: HISTORY |
Contact |
| Address: Keizerslaan 4, 1000 Brussels |
| Name of contact person: Wouter Bracke, Ph.D |
| Phone to contact person: |
| Contact person's email wouter.bracke@kbr.be |
Information about the collection |
| The most important printed publications about the map collection: W. Bracke - M. Silvestre «De Collectie van de afdeling Kaarten en plans van de KBR», Caert-thresoor 34 (2015): 98–106; Inventaire raisonné des collections cartographiques Vandermaelen conservées à la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1994- |
Other important information about the collection: https://www.kbr.be/en/collections/maps-and-plans/ |
The physical fund of the collection |
| The total size of the physical fund (also not processed): 130.000 |
| The number of processed units in the electronic catalogue: 10.000 |
| The number of physical units of old cartographic materials: 100.000 |
| 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| The total number of individual digitized images (also unpublished): 10.000 |
| Of this number is already published: 10.000 |
| 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): 0 |
| The number of accessible 3D objects (globes, models, etc.): 0 |
Descriptive metadata |
| Library or archive programs used for cataloging: Syracuse; |
| Standards used for metadata descriptions: others; |
| Rules used to create metadata: ISBD; |
| Methodologies used for the description: |
| Indexing by: 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: Syracuse Exchange format: MARC21 |
Services offered with digitized maps |
| Georeferencing (ground controlling) of maps: Yes |
| 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: Yes |
| Other services: Users of data: secondary schools, universities, Science institutes, publishing houses, television, public Providing of educational and promotional materials: seminars and visits |
Aggregation into higher units |
| Digitalized cartographic documents are eported into superior aggregates: Europeana; |
Last data update 01/08/2023 12:02:07 by the user kloudova