Borders in historical research using GIS servers
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Akademia Pomorska w Słupsku
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Archiwum Państwowe w Olsztynie
Online publication date: 2021-03-25
Publication date: 2021-03-25
KMW 2020;310(4):607-617
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This article presents the possibilities of using geographic information systems (GIS) by scientists analysing
the process of shaping administrative borders. This still evolving and perfected technology used for introducing,
collecting, processing and visualising spatial data provides the researchers with previously unattainable possibilities of data analysis. It is certainly a milestone in historical research on geographic and cultural environments
as it carries many new perspectives which not only pertain to analysing spatial data, but also map-making. The
examined or presented space ceases to be a “colour agreed upon” on paper, and becomes a precisely localised area
that can be seen in the old and contemporary form in multiple shots. With such possibilities, history, this synonym
of passing time, becomes a living picture.