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Adrijana Car – Thomas Jekel – Josef Strobl – Gerald Griesebner (Eds.)
GI_Forum 2020, Volume 8, Issue 1
Journal for Geographic Information Science
Amelie Dorn,
Renato Rocha Souza,
Barbara Piringer,
Eveline Wandl-Vogt
S. 32 - 46 doi: 10.1553/giscience2020_01_s32
Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften doi: 10.1553/giscience2020_01_s32
Abstract:
In addition to their purely linguistic content, legacy language collections often contain other information, such as geographical and spatial details, e.g. locations, regions and municipalities. Such information may offer valuable insights into the linguistic landscape, but it may also pose challenges when some aspects remain ambiguous. This paper outlines and discusses various known and unknown uncertainties of spatial aspects contained in a non-standard German language legacy dataset (DBÖ) that has undergone several stages of data conversion since the early nineties. The authors introduce and discuss their taxonomy of uncertainties, exemplified by applying it to the spatial information contained in the DBÖ, the origins of which date back one hundred years. Finally, the authors discuss how the uncertainties found in the dataset affect Digital Humanities practice more widely.
Digital Humanities, spatial uncertainty, taxonomy, historic collections Published Online:
2020/06/25 07:47:26 Object Identifier:
0xc1aa5576 0x003b9d76
Rights:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
GI_Forum publishes high quality original research across the transdisciplinary field of Geographic Information Science (GIScience). The journal provides a platform for dialogue among GI-Scientists and educators, technologists and critical thinkers in an ongoing effort to advance the field and ultimately contribute to the creation of an informed GISociety. Submissions concentrate on innovation in education, science, methodology and technologies in the spatial domain and their role towards a more just, ethical and sustainable science and society. GI_Forum implements the policy of open access publication after a double-blind peer review process through a highly international team of seasoned scientists for quality assurance. Special emphasis is put on actively supporting young scientists through formative reviews of their submissions. Only English language contributions are published.
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