Kenneth Pye
Associates
Ltd.
Scientific Research,
Consultancy and Investigations
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Historical map analysis
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Some parts of the UK have been mapped for over 500 years. The first systematic survey of England and Wales was carried out by Christopher Saxton in the 1570s. In the following decades, maps became increasingly accurate. The first relatively accurate maps were published at the end of the eighteenth century by the Ordnance Survey. The one-inch 'Old Series' maps are accurate to within 100 metres, while the later six-inch 'County Series' maps are accurate to within a few tens of metres. The examples below show a range of historical maps for the coastline between Southwold and Aldeburgh in Essex. Maps can be scanned and the coastline position digitised using computer software. The historical coastline positions can be overlaid on modern maps or aerial photographs, and finally reconstructions of the coastline can be generated showing how coastal features have changed over time.
Click here for a summary of our coastal projects Recent Publications Pye,
K. and Blott, S.J.
(2006). Coastal processes and morphological change in the Dunwich - Sizewell
area, Suffolk, UK. Journal of Coastal Research 22, 453-473. Blott,
S.J., Pye, K.,
van der Wal, D. and Neal, A. (2006). Long-term morphological change and its
causes in the Mersey Estuary, NW England. Geomorphology 81, 185-206. van der Wal, D. and Pye,
K. (2003). The use of historical bathymetric
charts in a GIS to assess morphological change in estuaries. Geographical
Journal 169, 21-31. van der Wal, D. and Pye,
K. (2003). The use of historical bathymetric
charts in a GIS to assess morphological change in estuaries. The Hydrographic
Journal 103, 3-9. van der
Wal, D., Pye,
K. and Neal, A. (2002). Long-term morphological
change in the Ribble Estuary, northwest England. Marine
Geology 189, 249-266. |
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