Methodology of reconstruction of the Old-Polish road network as exemplified by the historic Lublin Voivodship

Abstract

The aim of the author is to present the methodology of reconstruction of the Old-Polish transport network as exemplified by the historic Lublin Voivodship. The author discusses the research method and procedure of reconstructing the road routes and locations of transport facilities on the basis of text sources and old maps of varied content and geometric accuracy. The adopted methodology uses GIS tools to analyse and verify data from both cartographic and descriptive sources. The analysis is based on the retrogressive approach, as most of the cartographically reliable sources come from the early 19th century.

Keywords

• transport network
• historical geography
• historical gis
• retrogressive method
• lublin voivod-ship