Digital Humanities Research ›› 2022, Vol. 2 ›› Issue (1): 25-38.

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Reconstruction of Information Dissemination Network in Historical Period:Based Postal Network of Several Provinces in the Yellow River Basin in Modern Times

  

  • Online:2022-02-08 Published:2022-04-26

Abstract: In modern times,the elements of industrialization gradually entered China,and with the help of the modern postal network,the modern Chinese government and people's understanding of time and space was reshaped.In order to obtain the most high-precision network of traffic accessibility and information accessibility in modern times, we digitized the 1936 postal atlas of several provinces in the Yellow River Basin based on GIS technology,and reconstructed the most important civil information network at that time. Based on this successful case,we could believe that the technical processes of the information dissemination network reconstruction in historical periods (such as modern times) has matured.This paper will elaborate on the technical process of information network reconstruction,as well as some successful and failed experiences in basemap selection,vectorization method selection,and multi-data source integration based on this case.

Key words: postal atlas, GIS, information network, visualization