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Germany Governmental District Capitals, 1834, German Historical GIS
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- HGIS Germany (Andreas Kunz, Leonhard Dietze)
- Originator
- IEG-Maps / Berlin Data Pool (Andreas Kunz, Robert Moeschl)
- Originator
- Institut fur Europaische Geschichte (Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
- Originator
- Fachhochschule Mainz (Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
- Publication Date
- 2007
- Title
- Germany Governmental District Capitals, 1834, German Historical GIS
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Mainz, Germany
- Publisher
- HGIS Germany
- Online Linkage
- https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-ghgis1834districtcaps
- Abstract
- The points represent the capitals of governmental districts in the larger German territorial states. In many cases, the name of the capital was used as the name of the district as well. The polygons of Germany in 1834 are available in a separate data sets on this server.
- Purpose
- This data set is a contribution to the territorial and administrative history of Germany and of her position within Central Europe. In addition, it lends itself to the application of spatial statistics at the the level of the individual district.
- Supplemental Information
- All geographic names in the G-HGIS dataset are given in German language, even if some of the populated places shown in historical settings are today located in other countries like Poland, Belgium or Denmark. A multi-language concordance list - including standard English terminology - is contained in the electronic compendium of the HGIS Germany website (http://www.hgisg-ekompendium.ieg-mainz.de/Sprachkonkordanzen/).
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- ground condition
- Time Instant
- 1834
- Bounding Box
- West
- 5.314128
- East
- 22.204678
- North
- 54.834083
- South
- 47.493176
- Theme Keyword
- Political Divisions
- sovereign states
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- ISO Topic Category
- location
- Theme Keyword
- Capitals (Cities)
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- LCSH
- Place Keyword
- Germany
- German Confederation
- Central Europe
- Germany
- Poland
- Kaliningrad Oblast
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- GNS
- Temporal Keyword
- 19th Century
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- The G-HGIS data sets are freely distributed for non-commercial academic research purposes.
- Use Restrictions
- Academic use of G-HGIS data is allowed, and encouraged, provided that any derived data or digital images of maps give proper citation to G-HGIS as stated above. The G-HGIS datasets are distributed for non-commercial academic research purposes only. Any organization or individual that makes commercial or revenue generating use of the G-HGIS Datasets must first obtain a licensing agreement from the G-HGIS Editors. Use of the datasets distributed downloaded from HGL implies acceptance of all the terms stated in the End User's License Agreement, and acknowledges understanding of any liabilities stated therein by the end-user.
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- None planned
- Point of Contact
- Contact Person
- Dr. Andreas Kunz
- Delivery Point
- Alte Universitaetsstrasse 19
- City
- Mainz
- Postal Code
- D-55116
- Country
- Germany
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- kunz@ieg-mainz.de
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- ieg2@ieg-mainz.de
- Credit
- HGIS Germany, Version 1.1
- Native Data Set Environment
- Unknown
- Cross-Reference
- Originator
- Kunz, Andreas
- Publication Date
- 2011
- Title
- Introduction to the German Historical GIS datasets
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- document
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Mainz, Germany
- Publisher
- HGIS Germany
- Online Linkage
- http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.gisdata:012690210_5128032
- Data Quality Information
- Attribute Accuracy Report
- Unknown
- Logical Consistency Report
- Unknown
- Completeness Report
- Unknown
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- Unknown
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- HGIS Germany (Andreas Kunz, Leonhard Dietze)
- Originator
- IEG-Maps / Berlin Data Pool (Andreas Kunz, Robert Moeschl)
- Originator
- Institut fur Europaische Geschichte (Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
- Originator
- Fachhochschule Mainz (Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
- Publication Date
- 2007
- Title
- HGIS Germany (German Historical GIS) [electronic resource], ed. by Andreas Kunz et al.
- Edition
- HGIS Germany, Version 1.1
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Mainz, Germany
- Publisher
- HGIS Germany
- Other Citation Details
- The historical GIS of Germany traces the political and adminstrative history of the German states from 1820 to 1914. Three layers of political-administrative units - state, province, districts - are contained in the data sets, which record all visible boundary changes at these levels per year. In addition to polygons, line information like external boundaries, and point information like capitals of states, provinces, and districts are given. The project's website is www.hgis-germany.de, from where downloads of vector data are not possible, however.
- Online Linkage
- http://www.hgis-germany.de
- Source Scale Denominator
- Unknown
- Type of Source Media
- online
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 2007
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Source data set
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Vector
- Point and Vector Object Information
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- Entity point
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 68
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Planar
- Grid Coordinate System
- Grid Coordinate System Name
- Universal Transverse Mercator
- Universal Transverse Mercator
- UTM Zone Number
- 33
- Transverse Mercator
- Scale Factor at Central Meridian
- 0.999600
- Longitude of Central Meridian
- 15.000000
- Latitude of Projection Origin
- 0.000000
- False Easting
- 500000.000000
- False Northing
- 0.000000
- Planar Coordinate Information
- Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
- coordinate pair
- Coordinate Representation
- Abscissa Resolution
- 0.000100
- Ordinate Resolution
- 0.000100
- Planar Distance Units
- meters
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- D_WGS_1984
- Ellipsoid Name
- WGS_1984
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378137.000000
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298.257224
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- GHGIS1834DISTRICTCAPS
- Entity Type Definition
- Germany Governmental District Capitals, 1834
- Entity Type Definition Source
- HGIS Germany
- Attributes
- OBJECTID
- Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- HAUPTSTADT
- Name of the capital of a district (Text)
- Definition Source
- HGIS Germany
- BREITE
- Latitude of capital
- Definition Source
- HGIS Germany
- LAENGE
- Longitude of capital
- Definition Source
- HGIS Germany
- E
- [Number] Encoding of a governmental district; decoded in field Reg_name
- Definition Source
- HGIS Germany
- REGBEZ_NAM
- Name of a governmental district [from field E] (Text)
- Definition Source
- HGIS Germany
- Shape
- Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- Entity and Attribute Overview
- This version of the data layer contains only a subset of the fields contained on the full DVD.
- Entity and Attribute Detail Citation
- HGIS Germany (German Historical GIS) [electronic resource], ed. by Andreas Kunz et al.
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- Shapefile
- Distributor
- Harvard Geospatial Library
- Online Access
- http://hgl.harvard.edu/
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20110727
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Harvard Geospatial Library
- Contact Position
- Geospatial Resources Cataloger
- Contact Address
- Address
- Harvard University Library
- Address
- Office For Information Systems
- Address
- 90 Mount Auburn Street
- City
- Cambridge
- State or Province
- MA
- Postal Code
- 02138
- Country
- USA
- Contact Voice Telephone
- 617-495-2417
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- 617-496-0440
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- hgl_ref@hulmail.harvard.edu
- Hours of Service
- Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EST-USA
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
