Routes of Transhumance and historics paths in Abruzzo (Italy)
This work involved in the project of interregional and international cooperation "Routes and Civilization of Transhumance World Heritage" and foresees actions to value the ancient sheep tracks and other roads of historical value.
The project aims is to apprise the value of the the landscape, the typical products, crafts and heritage and architectual, in order to promote tourism and culture in the context in which they are situated.
The realization of the project included activities for the restructuring and georeferencing of ancient tracks through the following steps:
- Collection of relevant publication;
- Obtaining and collection of cartographic material and orthophotos;
- Finding cadastral plans;
- Redial paths and detection of alternative routes via GPS;
- Processing GIS: the routes, POIs and their characteristics were processed through software gvSIG desktop at the end of the reconstruction in the area.
Work on GIS has allowed a rapid and detailed elaboration of the data collected on the ancient paths, thanks to the overlapping of the cadastral's maps that can avoid systematic private lands and private property. This could prevent future disruptions paths.
