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Paper maps have always been a valuable resource for cultural history research with a geographic component. The shift from paper to digital maps facilitates a new way for researchers to access, interact with and analyse geographic data. This chapter addresses the use of maps on the Web as tools to support cultural history research. It discusses the emergence of new applications through Web 2.0 and provides a comprehensive classification of types of Web maps with representative examples. As well, it covers models of Web map use and possible goals and tasks inherent to user interaction with maps on the Web.
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The doctoral research underlying this chapter is part of an interdisciplinary project called “The Cultural History of the Western Himalaya from the 8th Century” (NFN-S98, project leader: Dr. Deborah Klimburg-Salter), which has been underway since 2007 at the University of Vienna, Austria. This Austrian National Research Network (NRN) project, supported by the Austrian Science Fund, includes cartographers, art historians, numismatists, Buddhist philosophers, and Tibetan and Sanskrit philologists. The main objectives of the NRN are to intensify research on the cultural history of the Western Himalayas as well as to develop a map-based Cultural History Information System (CHIS) for sharing the outcomes with other experts and the interested public.
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Schobesberger, D., Cartwright, W. (2013). The Potential of Using Web Mapping as a Tool to Support Cultural History Investigations. In: Kriz, K., Cartwright, W., Kinberger, M. (eds) Understanding Different Geographies. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29770-0_13
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