Geographica 44/1 (2013)

Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis Facultas Rerum Naturalium June 2013 Geographica 44 | 1
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Reconstruction of extinct ponds using old maps, historical cadastres and the Digital Terrain Model of the Czech Republic of the 5th Generation

Jindřich Frajer, Petr Kladivo, Jan Geletič

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Received: May 2, 2013
Accepted: June 12, 2013

Abstract
Research of ponds in the Czech environment has a long tradition. In the past, nearly 76,000 ponds were scattered in the Czech landscape, with an area of approximately 160,000 hectares, two thirds of which were drained during the 18th and 19th century. This study compares possibilities to reconstruct location of extinct ponds that were drained before the creation of maps based on precise geodetic base and whose spatial form (position, size, shape of the shoreline) has so far remained unclear. Individual methods of reconstruction are statisticaly tested on 12 extinct ponds in the upper reaches of the Klejnárka river and use a combination of historical maps, historical aerial photographs and digital terrain model in the environment of geoinformation system as well as archived data of the Josephinian Cadastre (1787).

Key words
historical landscape, ponds, old maps, airborne scanner, Josephinian Cadastre, Klejnárka river