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Historical Landmarks in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1928

Identification Information

Citation
Title
Historical Landmarks in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1928
Creation Date
2020-05-20
Publication Date
2020-05-20
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Other Citation Details
CSV file created from georectified and georeferenced historical map
Abstract
Data generated from “Planta da cidade do Rio de Janeiro: organisada na carta cadastral”, a historical map at the Benson Latin American Collection (call number G5404 R6 1928 D5). The digitized map images are available from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection as a single image. The dataset was generated through Map Warper (Tim Waters) georectifier and image georeferencing software and Esri ArcGis Online. The data represents the historical location of 144 locations in the city of Rio de Janeiro of government buildings, churches, mountains, roads, and plazas. The map was created in 1928 as a Rio de Janeiro city plan cadastral map and it was georeferenced with a contemporary OpenStreetMap version (2020). The locations are named when available in the historical and contemporary map, and the discrepancies in the naming were also identified, including when the spelling was modernized in the contemporary map. If the buildings did not have a name or if the name was illegible they were marked as “null”. The historical and contemporary use of the locations were added based on the names of the buildings using the following categories: avenue, cemetery, church, convent, dam, dock, education building, factory, fort, fortress, government building, health building, hill, island, market, military building, monastery, mountain, national library, null, palace, park, penitentiary, plaza, police building, road, rock formation, school of fine arts, sports club, and train station.
Purpose
Mapping of historical locations of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1928., derived from a historical map created by the Directoria Geral de Obras y Viação, Brasil, Exército Serviço Geográfico, Prefeitura do Districto Federal.
Bounding Box
West
-43.293887
East
-43.146855
North
-22.824996
South
-22.9904
ISO Topic Category
economy
society
Place Keyword
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Temporal Keyword
20th century, 1928
Theme Keyword
Brazil--Maps
Brazil--History--20th century
Brazil--History
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Map
Roads--Brazil--Maps
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
Resource Constraints
Use Limitation
None. Users are advised to read the data set’s metadata thoroughly to understand appropriate use and data limitations.
Maintenance and Update Frequency
notPlanned
Language
eng
Credit
Ortiz Baco, Joshua (Data extraction and structuring, Metadata); Perez Martinez, Winnie (Data extraction and structuring); Palacios, Albert A. (Metadata); Shensky, Michael (Data Processing)
Point of Contact
Contact
Albert A. Palacios
Position Name
Digital Scholarship Coordinator
Email
aapalacios@utexas.edu

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
4326
Code Space
EPSG
Version
6.14(3.0.1)

Data Quality Information

Lineage
Statement
The “Planta da cidade do Rio de Janeiro: organisada na carta cadastral” was created in 1928 by the Division of Works and Roads, Geographical Service of the Brazilian Army, Federal District. The map was published in Rio de Janeiro under the mayorship of Antonio Prado Junior. The physical holding of the map is located in LLILAS Benson and the digitized version used for the creation of this dataset is hosted by the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. Winnie Perez Martinez and Joshua Ortiz Baco created the dataset from this digitized image by georeferencing 144 landmark points in the historical map using Map Warper (http://mapwarper.net/). The resulting CSV file was further edited to include the names of the locations in the historical and contemporary maps, name difference, item type in historical and contemporary, and variations from historical to current use. This data comes from the Benson Latin American Collection and is part of the Rare Maps Collection.

Distribution Information

Format Name
Shapefile
Format Version

Spatial Representation Information

Vector
Topology Level
geometryOnly
Vector Object Type
point
Vector Object Count
144

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
utblac__rare__maps_214284263__point__1__riodejaneiro_1928.shp
Metadata Date Stamp
2021-09-17
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
utf8
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