GIS as a research tool: methodological applications on the Historical Atlas of Cingoli
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https://doi.org/10.63277/2385-1341/4370Abstract
Abstract in English
This study examines the methodological use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Historical GIS (HGIS) in the development of the Historical Atlas of Cingoli, undertaken within the methodological framework defined by the International Commission for the History of Towns (CIHV). Using open-source technologies, particularly QGIS, the research demonstrates how digital cartography functions both as an interdisciplinary analytical tool and a diachronic means for interpreting urban development. The integration of historical, cadastral, and geographic datasets has enabled the construction of a relational geodatabase designed to capture the morphological and historical complexity of Cingoli's urban fabric. The article further explores the technical procedures and epistemological implications of georeferencing, presenting the HGIS of Cingoli as a methodological paradigm that can be replicated within the broader program of Italian Urban Historical Atlases.
Abstract in italiano
Il contributo esamina l’applicazione metodologica dei Geographic Information System (GIS) e degli Historical GIS (HGIS) nell’elaborazione dell’Atlante Storico di Cingoli, sviluppato entro il quadro teorico e operativo definito dalla Commission Internationale pour l’Histoire des Villes (CIHV). L’impiego di tecnologie open source – in particolare QGIS – ha permesso di dimostrare come la cartografia digitale possa costituire al contempo uno strumento di analisi interdisciplinare e un mezzo di rappresentazione diacronica dei processi di trasformazione urbana. L’integrazione di fonti storiche, catastali e geografiche ha condotto alla costruzione di un geodatabase relazionale capace di restituire la complessità morfologica e storica del tessuto urbano di Cingoli. Il saggio approfondisce, inoltre, gli aspetti tecnici ed epistemologici della georeferenziazione, proponendo l’HGIS di Cingoli quale paradigma metodologico replicabile nell’ambito del progetto nazionale degli Atlanti storici delle città italiane.
