AZ OSZTRÁK-MAGYAR MONARCHIA VEKTORIZÁLT VÁRMEGYETÉRKÉPEINEK TURISZTIKAI HASZNOSÍTÁSI LEHETŐSÉGEI

Abstract

Handling data dump created by digitization is a challenge for almost every field of expertise. This is also
true for map based data, where the spatial location contained in the map itself is able to provide an
organization pattern. Our online application integrates on a single map data from three different sources of
the historical past. In addition to the map content of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy county maps created at
the beginning of the 20th century, census data from 1910 at settlement, districts and county level are
interactively available, as well as contemporary photographs for different locations. The map content, since
it is vectorized, it does not cover some the elements of the contemporary base map. The developed integrated GIS database can serve as a guide for online users to explore segments of the past, also providing
an opportunity for further research from the perspective of the study of heritage tourism and especially the
historical aspects of tourism. Our study introduces the first results of our researches and suggests the further
utilisation opportunities especially in terms of revealing the past and the spatial allocation of the former
attractions of tourism and their further possibilities for investigations.