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Spezialkarte der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie (“Austro-Hungarian map set”) Data Package

A map of the Austrian Monarchy from 1854 with regions hand-colored — Neueste General- Post- und Strassen Karte der Oesterreichischen Monarchie : mit politischer Eintheilung der einzelnen Provinzen derselben und Angabe der wichtigsten Bergwerke u. besuchtesten Mineralquellen : nebst einer bildlichen Darstellung des Monarchie-Wapens, so wie sämmtlicher Provinzial-Wapen

About this dataset

This experimental dataset contains 4,998 images in TIFF format representing non-georeferenced map sheets and corresponding GeoTIFF formatted images that are georeferenced, and have had the map collars (non-map portions of the image at the edge of the sheet) removed.

This set is cataloged and managed by the Library of Congress as a single map set, under the title from its early editions: Spezialkarte der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie . It is often colloquially referred to as the "Austro-Hungarian map set."

These scans and georeferenced images were produced as part of an experimental 6-month project in 2015, under the Library's former GIS Research Fellows program. The original project was known as the Geographic Hot Spot Dynamic Indexing Project . It was managed by John Hessler, Specialist in Computational Geography & Geographic Information Science in the Geography and Map Division, and included the work of four fellows: Amanda Brioshe, Erin Kelly, Evan Neuwirth, and Michael Schoelen. The goal of the project was to develop and test enhanced workflows for georeferencing map sets at scale. This georeferenced set was one of the many produced during the course of that project, and has not previously been made public.

The Geography and Map Division is currently revisiting the products of this and other experimental georeferencing workflow projects.

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Data files
4,998 Georeferenced Map sheets (GeoTIFF, .tif)

Data package documentation

Included in this data package is comprehensive documentation of source data or collection provenance, the contents of the data package, and how the data package was created. Here are some particular sections of interest as well as a link to the full documentation:

View the documentation

How to access and use this data package

There are two main options for accessing and using this data package: (1) Directly downloading files from this page and (2) using Python for more advanced usage.

Direct downloads

The following list outlines the contents of this data package. Many of the individual files inside the data package are linked directly on this page which you can download and immediately use. Zipped files are available for bulk download of the entire or parts of the data package.

Sample the data	sample-data/metadata.json (19.5 KB) - A JSON file containing the metadata for the 10 sample items sample-data/metadata.csv (9.2 KB) - A CSV transformation of the sample JSON metadata sample-data/manifest.html - For downloading individual map sheet files, this is a simple page that lists each map sheet's file id, MD5 hash (base64), file size, and URL. For bulk downloads, refer to the following two sections Using AWS CLI and Using Python . sample-data/manifest.json (14.3 KB) - A JSON file listing each map sheet's file id, MD5 hash (base64), file size, and URL
Download the documentation	README.html - An overview of the source data or collection provenance, the contents of the data package, and how the data package was created. README.md (20.4 KB) - README as a Markdown text file README.pdf (25.0 KB) - README as a PDF file dpp.html - The data processing plan dpp.md (8.5 KB) - The data processing plan as a Markdown text file dpp.pdf (11.4 KB) - The data processing plan as a PDF file
Download the metadata	metadata.csv (936.0 KB) - A CSV with basic metadata of the georeferenced map sheets (they are currently organized under a single map set ) README.html#dataset-field-descriptions - Metadata field descriptions
Download the digitized and georeferenced map sheets	manifest.html - For downloading individual maps sheets, this is a simple page that lists each map sheet's file id, MD5 hash (base64), file size, and URL. For bulk downloads, refer to the following Using Python section . manifest.txt (1.2 MB) - A text file listing each file asset id, MD5 hash (base64), file size, and location of the files in the data set manifest.json (1.4 MB) - A JSON file listing each OCRed text file id, MD5 hash (base64), file size, and URL
Download the index and legend files	data/index_img.zip (387.7 MB) - 3 index map sheet images (TIFF image format), zipped data/index_shapefile.zip (546.9 KB) - 4 files that make up a single "shapefile" that represents the georeferenced tiffs. (shapefile format), zipped data/legend_img.zip (217.9 MB) - 3 legend sheet images, zipped

Using Python

While direct downloads are more convenient for most activities, users with familiarity with writing Python can perform more advanced and complex tasks programmatically.

For your convenience we developed a number of Jupyter Notebooks to help get you started.

View the Python notebook for this data package

Bulk downloads using Python

For bulk downloads, refer to this Python script for downloading files in bulk . Sample commands for this data package:

Download all map data


                        python bulk_download.py --package
                        "https://data.labs.loc.gov/austro-hungarian-maps/" --out
                        "output/austro-hungarian-maps/"

Dataset details

Source collection	Austria-Hungary Topographic Set Maps The historical maps contained in this dataset were initially prepared and issued by the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy's Militärgeographisches Institut beginning around 1875. After the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, parts of the set were continued by successive governments. For more information about the source material, please contact the Geography & Maps Division.
Rights statement	The Library of Congress is unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in this map set. Absent any such restrictions, these materials are free to use and reuse. The determination of the status of an item ultimately rests with the person desiring to reproduce or use the item.
Date created	2022-09-22
Date updated	2024-04-04
Creators & contributors	Scans and georeferenced images created by: John Hessler Amanda Brioshe Erin Kelly Evan Neuwirth Michael Schoelen README creators and contributors: Rachel Trent Meagan Snow Diane Schug-O'Neill John Hessler Sundeep Mahendra Eileen J. Manchester Chase Dooley Cover sheet creators and contributors: Rachel Trent Meagan Snow Diane Schug-O'Neill Mike Klein Seanna Tsung Sundeep Mahendra Eileen J. Manchester Chase Dooley
Cite this dataset	Chicago citation style: Library Of Congress. Spezialkarte der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie (“Austro-Hungarian map set”) Data Package. [Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2022] Software, E-Resource. https://data.labs.loc.gov/austro-hungarian-maps/. APA citation style: Library Of Congress. (2022) Spezialkarte der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie (“Austro-Hungarian map set”) Data Package. [Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress] [Software, E-Resource] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://data.labs.loc.gov/austro-hungarian-maps/. MLA citation style: Library Of Congress. Spezialkarte der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie (“Austro-Hungarian map set”) Data Package. [Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2022] Software, E-Resource. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, </data.labs.loc.gov/austro-hungarian-maps/>.
Curatorial questions	For curatorial questions about the content of the collection or technical questions about the dataset formats and composition, please contact the Geography and Map Division via the Library's Ask a Librarian service at https://ask.loc.gov/map-geography .
Access questions	For questions and technical issues about download and access, please submit a ticket on Github or email the LC Labs Team at [email protected] .