elenafalomo / Eilands-of-Kortrijk

A work in progress database which documents the historic moated farmsteads of Kortrijk

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Eilands of Kortrijk

A work in progress database which documents the historic moated farmsteads of Kortrijk

In Islands Inventory you will find our own database in csv and xlsx format, for each moated farmstead you will find the following values:

  • id: a numeric id that uniquely identifies each island
  • xcoord: latitude coordinate
  • ycoord: longitude coordinate
  • name: name by which the farmstead is known by
  • address: the place where the farmsteads is located in the format "Street nr, ZIP City" (e.g. Izegemsestraat 362, 8501 Kortrijk)
  • isolation: proximity towards urban agglomeration (i.e. urban morphological zone), the values can be:
    • isolated: far from urban fabric
    • semi-isolated: in a peri-urban area
    • not-isolated: close to the city
  • moat situation:
    • intact moat: moat in the original status
    • eroded moat: parts of the moat landfilled
    • no moat: moat has been completely landfilled
  • open area: the farmstead ground has transformed to an open area such as a park or a field
  • water retention basin: indicates the presence of a water retention basin close to the moat or made out of what remains of the original moat
  • relevant buildings: indicates the presence of buildings related their original use

In Islands Documentation you will find a folder for each island named after the "name" field of the database, it contains the following assets:

  • read me: text document which gives an overiew of each island, it usage, its history, it also contains links to external sources
  • historical documents: scans of book and text documents published more than 10 years ago
  • recent documents: scans of book and text documents published more than 10 years ago
  • historical images: photos, schemes and drawings older than 1990 collected from various sources
  • recent photos: photos collected during our field trips
  • georeferenced images: images that are georeferenced
  • footage: camera and drone footage of each island

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A work in progress database which documents the historic moated farmsteads of Kortrijk

License:MIT License