Tái tạo cảnh quan ba chiều của các thành phố cũ thời gian sử dụng hiện đại bản đồ và hình ảnh mang lại những thông tin quý giá để nghiên cứu lịch sử. Kể từ khi các tài liệu này thường xuyên giữ thông tin được giữ lại bởi không có khác bằng văn bản hoặc minh họa nguồn, tái tạo cảnh quan ba chiều bổ sung môi trường cuộc sống trước đây được thu thập từ các kho lưu trữ | 18 A Method for Visualizing the Landscapes of Old-Time Cities Using GIS Eihan Shimizu and Takashi Fuse CONTENTS Rubber-Sheet Transformation of Historical Comparison of Maps from Different Reproduction of a Digital-Elevation Model from a Historical Analysis of the Relationship between Land Use and Reproduction of a Bird s-Eye View of Old Reproduction of the Landscape of Edo Introduction Reproducing three-dimensional landscapes of old-time cities using contemporary maps and pictures brings precious information to historical studies. Since these documents often hold information retained by no other written or illustrated sources the reproduced three-dimensional landscapes complement previous life environments gathered from the archives. Reproduced three-dimensional landscapes are more than complements to recorded history. They provide researchers with a new tool for understanding the ancient life pattern of a city. In the reproduced conurbation scholars are now able to virtually live next to the people of that time and they can observe the ambience of that environment by going along the city streets 265 Copyright 2006 Taylor Francis Group LLC 266 GIS-based Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences using a walk-through simulation. Historians can experience past life space and this experience enhances their vision of contemporary studies. Although reproducing three-dimensional landscapes possibly provides a new tool for historical studies this is not always an easy task since old manuscripts are not usually geographically precise and are often distorted. The most difficult task in reproducing three-dimensional landscapes is to superimpose such distorted historical maps onto the precise maps of today. It is important to point out here that research .
