Alvarez-Palau Eduard J, Dunn Oliver
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain.
University of Cambridge, UK.
Data Brief. 2019 Jul 2;25:104188. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104188. eCollection 2019 Aug.
This data paper presents a reconstruction of historical ports and coastal routes in England and Wales during the age of the sailing ship, ending at the beginning of the twentieth century. The dataset was created by an amalgamation of twenty different sources, including geographical data, primary sources and secondary literature. Ports found in historical documents were listed by year of appearance and georeferenced. Ports that appear in multiple sources were listed only once. Coastal routes between ports were drawn based on navigation charts and bathymetry data, distinguishing five categories with different characteristics. Visibility from the coast was deduced from elevation rasters and lighthouse locations. Subsequently both ports and coastal routes were checked using topological rules to ensure the connectivity of the network. The data is provided in shapefile format with all the attributes and can be analysed using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for different types of geographical and historical studies.
本数据论文展示了帆船时代英格兰和威尔士历史港口及沿海航线的重建情况，止于20世纪初。该数据集由20种不同来源合并而成，包括地理数据、原始资料和二手文献。历史文献中出现的港口按出现年份列出并进行地理定位。在多个来源中出现的港口仅列出一次。港口之间的沿海航线根据航海图和测深数据绘制，区分出具有不同特征的五类。从高程栅格和灯塔位置推断出海岸能见度。随后，使用拓扑规则对港口和沿海航线进行检查，以确保网络的连通性。数据以shapefile格式提供，并带有所有属性，可使用地理信息系统（GIS）进行不同类型的地理和历史研究。
