Preservation in Digital Cartography

• Understanding Complexity of a Prospective Cartographic Heritage.- From Plan Press to Button Push: the Development of Technology for Cartographic Archiving and Access.- The Preservation and Archiving of Geospatial Digital Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Cartographers.- Structural Aspects for the Digital Cartographic Heritage.- Archiving the Complex Information Systems of Cultural Landscapes for Interdisciplinary Permanent Access – Development of Concepts.- Sustainability in Terms of Geospatial Preservation.- State-of-the-Art Survey of Long-Term Archiving – Strategies in the Context of Geo-Data / Cartographic Heritage.- Preservation of Geospatial Data: the Connection with Open Standards Development.- Pitfalls in Preserving Geoinformation - Lessons from the Swiss National Park.- Geospatialization and Socialization of Cartographic Heritage.- Keep It Online and Accessible.- More than the Usual Searches: a GIS Based Digital Library of the Spanish Ancient Cartography.- Map Forum Saxony. An Innovative Access to Digitized Historical Maps.- A WYSIWYG Interface for User-Friendly Access to Geospatial Data Collections.- Pragmatic Considerations.- Considerations on the Quality of Cartographic Reproduction for Long-Term Preservation.- Issues of Digitization in Archiving Processes.- Digitized Maps of the Habsburg Military Surveys – Overview of the Project of ARCANUM Ltd. (Hungary).- The Archiving of Digital Geographical Information.- An Intellectual Property Rights Approach in the Development of Distributed Digital Map Libraries for Historical Research.

From the reviews: "Preservation in Digital Cartography ... describe projects, research, ideas, and practical experience and to suggest how to preserve digital cartographic applications and geospatial data in a sustainable way. ... appeal particularly to curators, archivists, repository managers, and digital preservation specialists with responsibilities for geospatial data. ... Each chapter stands well on its own, and most are clearly structured, illustrated, and well referenced. ... the book should be applauded in its central aim of raising awareness of the importance of preservation in digital cartography ... ." (Chris Fleet, Cartographica, Vol. 46 (4), 2011)