https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.12160
This article presents the methodological assumptions, implementation process and research potential of the project “Interactive statistical and demographic atlas of the Kingdom of Poland”. The main objective of the project was to create a modern digital platform for research on the socio-economic history of Polish lands in the 19th century. The methodology used was based on rigorous criticism and selection of sources, which led to the atlas being based on published, methodologically uniform data sets, such as the unique Tabella Miast, Villages and Settlements from 1827 and the First General Census of the Russian Empire from 1897. A strategic decision was made to choose Tableau technology, which, thanks to free tools for reading and online publication (Tableau Reader, Tableau Public), guarantees the durability and wide availability of results, in accordance with the principles of open science. The visualisation concept, based on a four-element canon – continuous cartogram, tree map, pie chart and tabular summary – enables multi-faceted and interactive data analysis. The thematic scope of the Atlas covers a wide range of issues, from demography (population, religious and ethnic structures) to socio-economic structures (land use, livelihoods, illiteracy). By combining geospatial visualisation with access to raw, digitised data, this tool opens up new research perspectives and becomes an important reference point for the development of digital humanities in Poland.
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