Dataset for historical lighthouses and light aids to navigation (LAN). England and Wales, 1514-1911
We describe 'LAN', a geospatial data set that documents the development of coastal lights that guided ships around England and Wales from medieval times to 1911. As an additional benefit, LAN provides visibility range of individual lights from 1831. The authors collected all data from scho...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) |
| Repositorio: | O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/125446 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10609/125446 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | lighthouses coastal navigation transport infrastructure historical geography geografía histórica infraestructura de transporte navegación costera faros fars navegació costera infraestructura de transport geografia històrica Coastwise navigation Navegació costanera Navegación costera |
| Sumario: | We describe 'LAN', a geospatial data set that documents the development of coastal lights that guided ships around England and Wales from medieval times to 1911. As an additional benefit, LAN provides visibility range of individual lights from 1831. The authors collected all data from scholarly literature and historical coastal navigational charts and official lighthouse surveys. The sources were selected for their good coverage of coastal lighting. LAN allows users to track the development of coastal lighting over time by presenting snapshots of this service as it was during several benchmark periods. |
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