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Heatmap of ceremonial paths (14) of the 18th century (base maps: Nuova Topografia di Roma and Bing Satellite).

Heatmap of ceremonial paths (14) of the 18th century (base maps: Nuova Topografia di Roma and Bing Satellite).

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Figure 1: a) A section of the strada della Valle as depicted in Nolli's...
Figure 2: Result of the vectorization of all analysed paths by GIS...
Figure 3: a) List of ten paths of private citizens passing through a...
Figure 4: a) Vectorized paths around piazza della Rotonda; b)...
+1 Figure 5: Heatmap of ceremonial paths (14) of the 18th century (base...
Ago, Renata, and Domizia D’Erasmo. 2021. ‘Analysis of Urban Mobility in 18th Century Rome: A Research Approach through GIS Platform’. In ArcheoFOSS XIV 2020. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference 15-17 October 2020, edited by Julian Bogdani, Riccardo Montalbano, and Paolo Rosati, 44–54. Archaeopress Archaeology. Archaeopress
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  • Jan 2021
The Geographic Information System (GIS) has been commonly used to analyse and elaborate the big data of urban mobility in modern cities. At the same time a range of studies has been utilizing it to examine various kinds of movements in old times, especially those on a large territorial scale. This article aims to highlight the use of GIS in the stu...
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... results highlighted through the GIS platform between what this grid seems to suggest about the set of ceremonial processions along the streets are striking ( Figure 5). As mentioned before, the booklets which had registered the itinerary of imperial processions, make the mapping of these movements possible and helped to compare them with the existing mobility. ...
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... is noteworthy that all the heatmaps, linked with any sort of movement, demonstrate the revealing direction of north-south compared to east-west which was taken during the ceremonial events ( Figure 5). In other words, the city of daily affairs did not coincide with that of formal occasions which were highlighted by a few significant points of attraction such as Vatican, Campidoglio, and Quirinale. ...