Cartography and the Protection of Cultural Heritage

Cartography and the Protection of Cultural Heritage

The contents of Issue 22 of KGS Forum are devoted to the following topics in chronological order: Christoph Flury: Editorial – Cartography and the Protection of Cultural Heritage. Hans-Uli Feldmann: Highlights from the History of Maps and Cartography in Switzerland. Jost Schmid: Hans Conrad Gygers’ Border Map of 1635—Captured, Lost, Purchased at Auction. Hans Laupper: Glarus in the Eye of the World. Gilbert Coutaz: The Important Collection of Historical Maps at the Vaud Cantonal Archives. Cornelia Stäheli: The Relocation of the Knoepfli Collection to Frauenfeld. Karl Schmucki: The St. Gallen “Zurich Globe”: A Valuable Work of Art at the Center of the Cultural Property Dispute Between Zurich and St. Gallen. Philippe Müller: Comprehensively Mapped by the USSR—Soviet General Staff Maps of Switzerland. Daniela Brandt, Beat Tschanz: Cultural Heritage Protection from the Perspective of the Geo.admin.ch Geoportal. Rino Büchel: Cultural Heritage Protection Measures for Historical Maps. Christian Häberling, Stefan Arn, Thomas Schulz: Acquisition of Cartographic Knowledge in Switzerland—A Brief Overview. Ekkehard Weber: The Tabula Peutingeriana—a medieval copy of a late Roman world map and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Renate Seemann: Historical cadastral maps from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Sally Hopmann: Archipelagus Orientalis, sive Asiaticus, 1663.

KGS Forum 22/2014 Bern: Federal Office for Civil Protection, Division of Cultural Heritage Protection, 2014. 102 pages with numerous color illustrations, 21 x 29.7 cm. ISSN 1662-3495, paperback.

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