Hi Sue and everyone, I'm glad you enjoyed the blog. The more regularly shaped lines are the result of modern consolidation. The jagged lines are the remnants of feudal stuff. Here is an excerpt that explains it better. 2. Land Development on Croatian Territory In the Croatian areas, the first consolidation of the feudal estates emerged in the late 17th century as simple land consolidation (“land arondation”). Feudal lords snatching land from the peasants and the lower nobility implemented this grouping: this continued into the 18th century. Karl VI prohibited this kind of enlargement of feudal arable land, which was followed by a series of similar interventions made by Empress Maria Theresa. An urbarium (comprehensive register of farms) was made for three counties in 1756 and by 1780 for an additional three counties. These registers regulated land distribution among individual peasants’ families [6]. From 1956–1980, land consolidation was performed on more than 650,000 hectares in 420 consolidation boulders. Most of the land consolidation works (Figure 1) refer to the area of Eastern Slavonija and Baranja (around 60% of the total). Source: International Journal of Geo-Information Land Consolidation Suitability Ranking of Cadastral Municipalities: Information-Based Decision-Making Using Multi-Criteria Analyses of Official Registers’ Data Hrvoje Tomi´c * ID , Siniša Masteli´c Ivi´c and Miodrag Roi´c ID Faculty of Geodesy, University of Croatia, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; [log in to unmask] (S.M.I.); [log in to unmask] (M.R.) * Correspondence: [log in to unmask]; Tel.: +385-1-463-9522 Received: 5 February 2018; Accepted: 7 March 2018; Published: 9 March 2018. Open access. Angie ________________________________ From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Hawkins, Susan A (DOT) <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 8:11 AM To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [MAPS-L] Cataloging, sleuthing and land consolidation in Croatia Good morning, MAPS_Lers- Angie, are what we see in those maps medieval strip fields? Or are they evidence of later farming? Either way, very nifty blog post. ---Sue Hawkins From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Rebecca Seifried Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 7:05 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Cataloging, sleuthing and land consolidation in Croatia ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails. Hi Angie, This is a cool set of maps! I had the pleasure of working with an archaeological team in a little valley in Dalmatia where the major hydrologic reshaping took place in the 1950s, but unfortunately I don’t know about the chronology of that kind of work in Slavonia. This may not be of any direct help, but the Državne geodetske uprave (State Geodetic Administration) geoportal (https://geoportal.dgu.hr/<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprotect2.fireeye.com%2Fv1%2Furl%3Fk%3D9ca02f9a-c33b1681-9ca2d6af-0cc47a6d17e0-8fbcc797db442f5b%26q%3D1%26e%3D202ab88f-e10c-4b15-b085-bab4784551f3%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fgeoportal.dgu.hr%252F&data=04%7C01%7Cacope%40UWM.EDU%7Caa96270c25bf4fc10d6d08d8a1042376%7C0bca7ac3fcb64efd89eb6de97603cf21%7C0%7C0%7C637436386441730843%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=Otp1LE0m5%2BAKckYHXMipZw2veCyKfzlyuB%2BkC6u1Eks%3D&reserved=0>) is a fun resource to explore for anyone interested in the area. The language can be toggled to English on the right-side menu (look for the EN button). One of the basemaps is an aerial orthophoto from 1968 (very cool), and zooming in to 1:5,000 displays the current parcel data. Clicking the menu icon (upper-right corner) brings up more options: notably, “data and services” has some general information about the digital cadastral map (DKP), which is accessible by WMS to registered users (though I haven’t checked it out myself!). Best, Becky -------------------------------------------------- Rebecca Seifried, PhD Geospatial Information Librarian University of Massachusetts Amherst [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Pronouns: she/her/hers From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> On Behalf Of Angela R Cope Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 1:12 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Cataloging, sleuthing and land consolidation in Croatia If you need a short distraction, I wrote a little blog about a recent cataloging effort. https://agslibraryblog.wordpress.com/2020/12/08/land-consolidation-in-croatia/<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fagslibraryblog.wordpress.com%2F2020%2F12%2F08%2Fland-consolidation-in-croatia%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cacope%40UWM.EDU%7Caa96270c25bf4fc10d6d08d8a1042376%7C0bca7ac3fcb64efd89eb6de97603cf21%7C0%7C0%7C637436386441730843%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=Tr2lTQHRZwAyvuLOuoFp6bSbyR2cmWyATsOUqI3WgUU%3D&reserved=0> [https://agslibraryblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/attach0_13.jpg]<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fagslibraryblog.wordpress.com%2F2020%2F12%2F08%2Fland-consolidation-in-croatia%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cacope%40UWM.EDU%7Caa96270c25bf4fc10d6d08d8a1042376%7C0bca7ac3fcb64efd89eb6de97603cf21%7C0%7C0%7C637436386441740792%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=T%2Fe1hE3PJpUoxhVQyql%2FShj6MKHnwvkpIEiaeEHiP6A%3D&reserved=0> Land Consolidation in Croatia<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fagslibraryblog.wordpress.com%2F2020%2F12%2F08%2Fland-consolidation-in-croatia%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cacope%40UWM.EDU%7Caa96270c25bf4fc10d6d08d8a1042376%7C0bca7ac3fcb64efd89eb6de97603cf21%7C0%7C0%7C637436386441740792%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=T%2Fe1hE3PJpUoxhVQyql%2FShj6MKHnwvkpIEiaeEHiP6A%3D&reserved=0> by Angie Cope Recently I’ve been cataloging a back log of maps from Eastern Europe. If you’re familiar with the AGS Library’s situation, all our maps are cataloged – in an old fashioned card … agslibraryblog.wordpress.com Angie Cope AGS Library, UW Milwaukee Libraries 2311 E. Hartford Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211 http://uwm.edu/libraries/agsl/ M-F 8:00am-4:30pm [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> (414) 251-7608 or (414)229-6282 43°03'8"N 87°57'21"W