• naƟonal archives
• departmental archives
• state engineers
Archive
identification
Selection
criteria
Checking
digitalisation
GIS
analysis
Document
extraction
STEPS
• IGN Géoportail
digitalised maps
• maps
• charts
• profiles
• drawings
• [etc.]
• historical context
• river uses
• river works
• river surroundings
• [etc.]
• river basin coverage / local image
• image size
• Elements represented
• accuracy / precision
other sources
• georeferencing
• digitalisaƟon
• shape ediƟng
• ArchiSeine database
• Etat-Major maps
• 1900 maps
• 1950 maps
Aquatic habitats
• in main
channel
• wetlands
• floodplain
water bodies
• bank
descriptors
• connecƟvity
River uses and
works
• navigaƟon
• energy
• fisheries
• Water
supply
• agriculture
• recreaƟon
Floodplain
• extensions
• ConnecƟvity
• landcover
• surface
water –
ground
water
exchanges
Channel forms
• width
• depth
• slope
• sinuosity
• [etc.]
River
state
and dynamics
River-related elements
• punctual : mills, ponds, fords, riverworks etc.
• linear: streams, ditchs, canals, dikes, levees etc.
• surfacic : river channel, floodplain, islands etc.
Fig. 2 Schematic steps of the analysis of historical cartographic documents on water bodies to
quantify the their morphology, uses and water works as well as aquatic habitats and their dynamics
The Evolution of the Seine Basin Water Bodies Through Historical Maps
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