| Abstrakt: |
This paper investigates the use of geographical information systems (GIS) in numismatics. Up to now, geographical information systems have rarely been used in numismatics, although neighboring disciplines such as archaeology have applied this technology successfully with many advantages. Some of the methods used by archaeologists can be applied to numismatics as well. The basis for every GIS application is geo-referenced data. This paper focuses on numismatic data and its applicability for use in a GIS. Data from the Austrian coin database dFMRÖ serves as an example. The limitations of this dataset concerning accuracy and precision,which are not up to the standards desired for usage within a GIS, will be highlighted.Subsequently the effects of data quality on the resulting models will be estimated.Predictive site modeling and least-cost paths serve as examples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
