{"id":1692,"date":"2019-07-19T09:30:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T09:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/?page_id=1692"},"modified":"2019-11-17T11:41:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T11:41:35","slug":"mapping-oikonyms-in-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lietuvoskartografija.lt\/metrastis\/mapping-oikonyms-in-lithuania\/","title":{"rendered":"Plants and Animals in the Oikonyms of Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Plants and Animals in the Oikonyms of Lithuania<\/h3>\r\n
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\r\n\r\nInteractive toponymical map<\/a> presented here shows 2332 inhabited places of Lithuania that have\u00a0names (oikonyms) associated with vegetation and animals. The map and the dataset are the\r\noutcomes of a project that is aimed at combining the outcomes of professional onomastic research\u00a0with popular presentation and an environment that fosters exploration. The oikonyms were\u00a0extracted from the reference base dataset of Lithuania by means of an automated algorithm created\u00a0for that purpose. Original cartographic signs have been designed for depicting categories and\r\nspecies. The multiscale map application, makes it easy to see spatial\u00a0distribution of geographic names related with particular groups of plants and animals. Analysis of\u00a0map data enables the assertion that local toponymy reflects a distribution of species that were\u00a0characteristic to the territory over past centuries. The maps are supplemented by comparative\u00a0density maps and statistical charts. The reference scale of the main maps is 1: 500,000.\r\n

\r\n\r\nInteractive toponymical map<\/a> is a part of open access research article: Plants and Animals in the Oikonyms of Lithuania<\/a>.\r\n\r\n

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