Guerra, Francesco
5 THE REFERENCING - CORRESPONDENCE PROCEDURE
This procedure is from an algorithm point of view practically identical to the referencing-transformation, which it
differs from only in two points:
e the interactive management of the correspondences,
e the type of global transformation used.
The procedure of referencing-correspondence is based on the application of a global transformation to which a local
transformation follows; the introduction of this procedure is motivated by the desire to not destroy the image of the
paper in the cases where the transformations to introduce are of an elevated quantity. If, therefore, the purpose that has
motivated the definition of the procedure is the preservation of the form, it is opportune to apply this principle not only
in the local phase, but also in the global phase. Only some types of global transformations are compatible however, the
conform ones. Among these, it was decided to admit the translations, the rotation and the variation of the isotropic
scale.
6 HISTORIC CARTOGRAPHY AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
The 2WIN software aids in identifying corresponding points and therefore also the calculation of the co-ordinates in the
system of the reference map.
These two actions:
e identify points,
e find the co-ordinates of these points,
the fundamental operations which are carried out on the cartography are:
e localisation,
e measurement.
The software designed and implemented in this way realises in a conclusive way the idea of returning to the historic
cartography a strict metric support without however modifying the original aspect. This would suggest reflecting on the
ities offered by the use of informational instruments in the field of , and not of historic nature.
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figure5. 2W user's interface. The crosses in the middle of the windows show the homologous points
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