2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Historical GIS Research on Spatio-temporal Changes of Urban Structure and the Representations of Kyoto between the End of the Edo period and the Beginning of the Meiji Period
| Project/Area Number |
26770285
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Human geography
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokushima |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 京都 / 近世 / 近代 / GIS / 名所案内記 / 地誌 / 絵図 / 都市構造 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The purpose of this research is twofold: 1) to build digital archives and GIS databases with modern topographic documents and published maps; and 2) to examine changes in spatio-temporal urban structures and representations of Kyoto between the end of the Edo period and the beginning of the Meiji period. First, I created digital image databases using collections of topographic documents and published maps from University of California, Berkeley and Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives. I make the archive available to the public on the Internet. Next, I collected occupational, personal, and geographical information (e.g., personal and business names) from the digitized topographic documents; and landmark information from the digitized maps. Comparing location information in the archived maps and an actual map, I investigated where business areas and landmarks emerged throughout time. The results revealed that changes in city structure affected the composition of the maps.
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| Free Research Field |
歴史地理・GIS
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