Historical Travel and Communications in Finland

This dataset contains a proof-of-concept GIS database of over 29,000 individual historical road polyline segments as a shapefile dataset, covering over 11,000 km2 in the western Finland from the city of Turku to northern parts of the province of Satakunta. These polylines capture the regional layout of the overland transport infrastructure of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Finland.本数据集为概念验证型地理信息系统 (Geographic Information System) 数据库，采用形状文件 (shapefile) 格式存储，包含超过29000条独立的历史道路折线要素，覆盖芬兰西部图尔库至萨塔昆塔省北部的11000余平方公里区域。这些折线完整呈现了19世纪末至20世纪初芬兰陆路交通基础设施的区域布局。