Hi Martin,
Thanks for this.
When looking at this I started thinking about some projects I have been
working on where, in one case, researchers are interested in the evolving
landscape as markers for changes in the way people lived (and their
conditions) and in another where administrative decisions (colonial) are
based on hydrology surveys.
I think this is a useful practical abstraction.
Cheers,
Dominic
On Tue, 5 Sept 2023 at 09:04, Martin Doerr via Crm-sig
wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Some years ago we analyzed place types from different gazetteers, with the
> focus on such phenomena with a relevant spatiotemporal evolution:
>
> I have made the following distinctions by abstracting from the Alexandria
> Gazetteer place types, according to the kind of phenomena that are
> responsible for their definition and identity and for avoiding possible
> polysemy of the same term/name. Similar place types appear in the TGN.
> Place types in Geonames should also be considered. An early version of
> place types from the INSPIRE standard appeared not to be as good.
>
> A) Distinct spaces defined by geomorphological forms (continents,
> islands, mountain ranges, water bodies, vulcanos)
>
> B) Distinct habitats defined by life form (kinds of vegetation etc.)
>
> C) Coherent, evolving human-maintained spaces (settlements, roads,
> areas formed by agriculture or other exploiation)
>
> D) Spaces defined by inhabitation/stay of a specific cultural group
> of people (town population, tribe, language group)
>
> E) Areas determined by execution of political power (Nation,
> country, administrative unit, protection zone)
>
> F) Possibly evolving areas defined by theoretical declaration
> motivated by scientific, social or political interests.
>
> Wheras A), F) may characterize just spacetime volumes, B) through E) may
> characterize E4 Periods in the narrower sense.
>
> It seems that only very few high-level abstractions are necessary to make
> a term like "Greece" or "Rome" unambiguous. Therefore the above may lead to
> a minimal vocabulary recommended by the CRM for E4 Period and Spacetime
> Volume
>
> I attach the Alexandria terms.
>
> Best,
>
> Martin
>
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