Geolocalization of 19th-century villages and cities mentioned in geographical dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland

Abstract

This article presents a method of the rough estimation of geographical coordinates of villages and cities, which is described in the 19th-Century geographical encyclopedia entitled: »The Geographical Dictionary of the Polish Kingdom and Other Slavic Countries«[18]. Described are the algorithm function for estimating location, the tools used to acquire and process necessary information, and the context of this research.