Leading researcher: Dr. Éva Konkoly-Gyuró (University of West Hungary, Faculty of Forestry, Institute of Environmental and Earth Sciences)
Collaborators: Ágnes Tirászi, Pál Balázs, Áron Drüszler (University of West Hungary, Faculty of Forestry, Institute of Environmental and Earth Sciences)

Results:
The following work steps have been completed:

  • Processing of the III. Military Survey’s traced maps (1:200 000) – fitting and transformation of segments into EOV, establishment of vector database, collecting of local statistical information)
  • Processing of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office’s (HCSO) landuse data on county and national level.
  • Aggregation of the Corine Land Cover 2000 (1:100 000) database’s categories in accordance to the categories of historical maps for statistical analysis of changes at national and county level.
  • Comparison of the national land cover information gained from GIS database with the statistical data of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office’s (in past and present)
  • Analysis of the forest cover change on county level (on the basis of III. Military Survey’s traced maps, HCSO database, and CLC 2000 database)