Geography of WWI sites along the Italian front...
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Geography of WWI sites along the Italian front by means of GIS tools Paolo Plini , Giuliano Fontinovo, Sabina Di Franco, Rosamaria Salvatori Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto Inquinamento Atmosferico 1 st International Conference New Advanced GNSS and 3D Spatial Techniques Trieste, Feb. 20 th 2016 … however, the man who busies himself with the description of the Earth must needs speak, not only of the facts of the present, but also sometimes of the facts of the past, especially when they are notable. Strabo, Geography VI.1.2 (64 a.C. - 19 d.C.)
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Geography of WWI sites along the Italian frontby means of GIS tools
Paolo Plini, Giuliano Fontinovo, Sabina Di Franco, Rosamaria Salvatori
ConsiglioNazionale delle RicercheIstituto InquinamentoAtmosferico
1st International Conference
New Advanced GNSS and
3D Spatial Techniques
Trieste, Feb. 20th 2016
… however, the man who busies himself with the description of the Earth
must needs speak, not only of the facts of the present, but also
sometimes of the facts of the past, especially when they are notable.Strabo, Geography VI.1.2 (64 a.C. - 19 d.C.)
Who?A CNR-IIA research project supported by
the Italian Presidency of the Council of
Ministers.
Why?Realize a unique repository for geographic information dealing with WWI events
along the Italian front;
Develop a tool to manage this information and localise places (base 1:25.000);
Allow public access to information;
Create vector and raster to be used for the production of thematic maps and for
others applications and projects.
What?An integrated system to identify, file, manage
and disseminate the geographic information
about the places involved by the First World War
along the Italian front.
Where?http://luoghigrandeguerra.iia.cnr.it/http://luoghi.centenario1914-1918.it/?tipoluogo=teatrihttp://webgis.iia.cnr.it/GGGIS/
When?Start: end of 2013
End: March 2016
(will continue to be updated)
How?Multilingual: Italian, Slovenian, German and local language/dialect;
Taking into account multiple names, miswritten names, errors;
Developed using an open source GIS platform;
Published through an online GIS.
Documents
Maps
1:100.000 maps of the front line by the
Italian Military Geographic Institute
One of the special issues of 1:25.000 maps of
battlefield areas by the Italian Military Geographic
Institute
Software
Open source GIS software
Web Map Services
OpenLayers Data
Elements of Physical GeographyPeakMountain passMountain ridgeMountain groupSpot elevationGlacierPlace nameValleyDolinaWoodIslandLakeRiver
Waterfall
Spring
Civilian InfrastructureInhabited placeBuilt structureRailway stationChannelPumping plantBridgeRoad
Trail
Quarry
Military InfrastructuresFortStrongholdEmplacementTrenchTrenched lineMilitary roadArtillery batteryObservatoryVillage of warGalleryBunkerCableway
Elements of military operationsVariations of front lines
Cemeteries and MemorialsCemeteryMonumentMemorial
Categorisation
La cima del Sass de Stria
> Borders and Front Lines
foto d'epoca da: http://www.moesslang.net e http://www.lascuolaalpinagdfsiamonoi.it/repartialpini/Trento/legionetrento.html
Forte Monte Interrotto (IT)
Forte Monte Lisser (IT)
Forte Verena (IT)
Forte Luserna (A-U)
Forte Dossaccio (A-U)
Forte Haideck (A-U)
Forte Someda (A-U)
Forte Campolongo (IT)
Batteria "Amalfi"(IT)
Forte Verle (A-U)
> Battle of Forts
Location of Italian and Austro-Hungarian forts along the 1915 border
> Battles along rivers Identified places:• Isonzo > 800
• Tagliamento > 120
• Piave > 400
> Battles along the Isonzo Front (Soška fronta)
1st, 2nd battle VI-VII-VIII 19153rd, 4th battle X-XI, XI-XII 19155th battle III 19166th battle VIII 19167th, 8th, 9th battle IX, X, X-XI 191610th battle V-VI 191711th battle VIII-IX 1917
12th battle (Caporetto) 24.X.1917
L'Isonzo a Caporetto
2150 identified places (height > 1200 m a.s.l.)
> War in the mountains
Immagine del modello digitale delle elevazioni con sovrapposte le cime di altitudine superiore a 1.500 m. s.l.m. posizionate lungo il confine del 1915 e interessate dagli eventi bellici.
Il Passo della Sentinella tra la Croda Rossa di Sesto e Cima Undici
Le Tre Cime di Lavaredo dal Monte Piana
3D Data visualisation
Castelletto e Tofane (BL)
> Air Forces in WWI
251 airports
• 113 Italian Air Force
• 75 k.u.k. Luftfahrtruppen
• 63 It. A.F. k.u.k. after Caporetto
> The remembranceQuesta notte fra Redipuglia e Oslavia,si riaccenderanno i fuochi sopra le alturedove tante volte la battaglia si spense nel sanguee sarà un fluttuare di ombre intorno ai bivacchiperché all’estremità dell’oblio hanno freddo anche i mortiCarlo Delcroix
S. Stefano di Cadore
Oslavia
Timau
Redipuglia
Erma della III Armata
Exhumation zones of the 11 unknown soldiers
Bligny
Aquileia
> Same places, different problems
> Same place, different names
> Results
5900 identified places(Feb. 2016)
http://luoghi.centenario1914-1918.it/?tipoluogo=teatri
http://luoghigrandeguerra.iia.cnr.it/
> Dissemination
> http://webgis.iia.cnr.it/GGGIS/
MS4Wp.mapper 4.3Web Map Services
