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TEMAP project

Technology for discovering of map collections. The project aims to create new procedures, methodologies and software tools for processing, protecting, and on-line visualization of map collections. This will provide a solution that innovatively combines cartography, the latest web technology and experience of memory institutions.

 

Map Collection of Charles University cooperates on the TEMAP project, which is financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech republic.

 

Information to the project for Charles University are available Here (only in Czech).

 

 

Digital Map Collection - http://www.mapovasbirka.cz/geonetwork

  • The portal provides access to 65,000 maps in 28,651 collections.
  • Maps are available in the JPEG2000 format at a resolution of 300 DPI.
  • Maps can be searched by geographic position on basic map.
  • The descriptive metadata can be searched according to keywords.
  • Records can also just browse and view thumbnail and keywords.

Digital University Repository http://repositar.cuni.cz (for English version use )

  • In the repository are ​​available digitized maps thanks to the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the project NAKI .
  • Digital Collection, which includes 58 440 map sheets in 31,673 objects  is available 24 hours a day.
  • Maps are available in the JPEG2000 format at a resolution of 72 DPI.
  • Images can be zoomed.
  • The descriptive metadata can be searched in two interfaces in a simple and more advanced, according to the fields: title, author (inverted), secondary authors, subject heading, publisher, release year, genre/form and language.
  • Records can also just browse and view metadata in three formats.
  • Help is right at the top under question.
  • Access is given in Czech and English.

 

Catalogue of the Map Collection - http://ckis.cuni.cz (for English version use )

  • Catalogue of the Map Collection contains 66,812 bibliographic records of the cartographic documents (as of July 26th, 2023) and is part of the Central Catalog of Charles University.
  • Cataloging the collection is made ​​possible by financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the project NAKI.
  • To search the map collection, select the location of the item "Faculty of Science - Map Collection".
  • You can search by most descriptive fields such as title, author, publisher, document language, year of publication, etc.
  • Some bibliographic records were no longer with link to the repository, so it can connect to a digital copy maps directly from the library catalog. This link is found under the external link.

 

Map portal of the Map Collection - http://www.mapovasbirka.cz/index_en.html

  • A portal dedicated to results od project TEMAP of the Map Collection.
  • On the web you can find links to virtual 2D/3D renditions of the collection’s globes, including telluria and armillary spheres, digital map collection, publications etc.

 

Prof. Karel Kuchař's website http://mapovasbirka.cz/kuchar (only in Czech)

  • Website dedicated to the significant Czech geographer and cartographer prof. Karel Kuchař
  • Full texts and maps made available thanks to the license kindly provided by prof. Karel Kuchař Jr.
  • Website contains 444 documents mostly in the .pdf format.
    • 66 articles
    • 20 monographs (5 from the Moravian Library in Brno)
    • 15 New Years cards
    • 75 reviews
    • 73 reports
    • 195 cartographic documents in Zoomify environment.

 

doc. Ludvík Mucha's website http://mapovasbirka.cz/mucha (only in Czech)

  • Website dedicated to the significant Czech geographer and cartographer doc. Ludvík Mucha
  • Full texts and maps made available thanks to the license kindly provided by Luděk Mucha.
  • Website contains 47 documents mostly in the .pdf format.
    • 28 articles
    • 3 chapters of book
    • 7 archival documents
    • 4 cartographic documents
    • 5 files of bibliography

 

 

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