{"title":"Evaluating the Planimetric Accuracy of a Historical Map (Europe and the Mediterranean Sea by Piri Reis): A New Method and Cartographic Analysis","authors":"O. G. Narin, M. Gullu","doi":"10.1080/00087041.2021.1956064","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Historical maps are popular reference tools for historical, archaeological and temporal analysis, and there has recently been an increase in their use. However, for various reasons, the planimetric accuracy of maps produced before the nineteenth century is usually considered to be lower than today. In this paper, a new method for assessing maps is proposed, using a series of processes, such as radial-based function artificial neural network, magnetic declination, and also MapAnalyst software. The map used in the current study (of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea) is a small-scale map; therefore, control points were produced by taking reference from large-scale maps drawn by the same cartographer, Piri Reis (c.1465–1553). While developing this method, affine transformation (six parameters) was compared in terms of planimetric accuracy. The results indicate that Piri Reis's Mediterranean map offers us unique information in many areas.","PeriodicalId":55971,"journal":{"name":"Cartographic Journal","volume":"58 1","pages":"341 - 352"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Cartographic Journal","FirstCategoryId":"89","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00087041.2021.1956064","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"GEOGRAPHY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT Historical maps are popular reference tools for historical, archaeological and temporal analysis, and there has recently been an increase in their use. However, for various reasons, the planimetric accuracy of maps produced before the nineteenth century is usually considered to be lower than today. In this paper, a new method for assessing maps is proposed, using a series of processes, such as radial-based function artificial neural network, magnetic declination, and also MapAnalyst software. The map used in the current study (of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea) is a small-scale map; therefore, control points were produced by taking reference from large-scale maps drawn by the same cartographer, Piri Reis (c.1465–1553). While developing this method, affine transformation (six parameters) was compared in terms of planimetric accuracy. The results indicate that Piri Reis's Mediterranean map offers us unique information in many areas.
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The Cartographic Journal (first published in 1964) is an established peer reviewed journal of record and comment containing authoritative articles and international papers on all aspects of cartography, the science and technology of presenting, communicating and analysing spatial relationships by means of maps and other geographical representations of the Earth"s surface. This includes coverage of related technologies where appropriate, for example, remote sensing, geographical information systems (GIS), the internet and global positioning systems. The Journal also publishes articles on social, political and historical aspects of cartography.
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