The concept of the historical geographic information system for the settlements of Transylvania

Magyari, Matyas ; Bartos-Elekes, Zsombor ; Reyes Nunez, Jose Jesus

Historical geographic information systems are becoming more and more common in historical research, because of their ability to emphasise the role of space in understanding historical events. Researchers concerned with the history of the settlement network of Transylvania would undoubtedly benefit from such a historical geographic information system, as it could shed a completely new light on the evolution of the settlements in this diverse, multilingual and multicultural region of Romania. Changes in the name, legal status, administrative role and affiliation of the settlements of the last one thousand years could all be integrated and even visualised in space and time in a similar system, using current webcartographic solutions. This paper explores the issues motivating the need to set up the Historical Geographic Information System for the settlements of Transylvania and examines the possibilities for its implementation.

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Published in:: Advances in cartography and GIScience of the ICA
Vol. 5.2025 (20.10.2025), art. no. 19, p. 1-8
Volume:: 5.2025
Publication date:: 20.10.2025
URN:: urn:nbn:de:0307-20260805-003-3
DOI:: 10.5194/ica-adv-5-19-2025
Language:: English
Type of Resource:: Text
Extent:: 1 Online-Ressource (Seite 1-8, 1,25 MB) : 3 Illustrationen, 1 Textdatei (PDF)
Keywords:: historical GIS; settlement network; webcartography; historisches GIS; Siedlungsnetz; Webkartografie
Geographic:: Transylvania
Siebenbürgen^GND
Geographic coordinates:: 024.6533203125 046.509546104295765
DDC subject of DNB:: 520 Astronomy & allied sciences
URL:: https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-adv-5-19-2025
URL:: https://ica-adv.copernicus.org/articles/5/19/2025/
Link to Raw Object:: https://ica-adv.copernicus.org/articles/5/19/2025/ica-adv-5-19-2025.pdf
Hosting institution:: Babeş–Bolyai University (UBB) [RO]
Hosting institution:: ELTE Eötvös Loránd University [HU]
Hosting institution:: Internationale Forschungseinrichtungen
Statement of responsibility:: Mátyás Magyari, Zsombor Bartos-Elekes, José Jesús Reyes Nuñez
Bibliographic notes:: Published in: Advances in Cartography and GIScience of the ICA, Volume 5, 2025 - 32nd International Cartographic Conference (ICC 2025); 17-22 August 2025, Vancouver, Canada; Editors: Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi, Jonathan Li, and Emmanuel Stefanakis | https://ica-adv.copernicus.org/articles/5/index.html