Project

A detailed study of Ferraris’s map in the framework of new techniques

Code

3G092210

Duration

01 January 2010 → 31 December 2015

Funding

Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)

Promotor

Philippe De Maeyer

Research disciplines

Humanities and the arts
- History
- Study of regions
Engineering and technology
- Geomatic engineering

Keywords

lineage studies Austrian Netherlands historical cartography georeferencing historical G.I.S. map key

Project description

Ferraris’ Carte de Cabinet (1770-1778) is the oldest, large-scale topographical map of our region. In an initial stage, the semiology, semantics, geometrical deformations and geodetic framework of the map are investigated and lineage studies from and towards other maps are performed. The results of this research will then be used to integrate the map in a purposely designed historical G.I.S.