Table 1 Input data sources.
Title | Description | Format | Access | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Analog building schematic | Each volume includes the buildings from two or more city districts and characterizes them by e.g. building number, street name as well as number of floors. A showcase page from volume IX is given in Fig. 4a. | Online. Free of charge. | ||
Google street view | An online service providing front-side images of current buildings. It offers an address-based search function for individual buildings. | Online service | Online. Free of charge. | |
Statistical yearbook 1914 | The statistical yearbook of 1914 includes building counts by the number of floors. | Online. Free of charge. | ||
Statistical yearbook 1929 | The statistical yearbook of 1929 includes the latest census data from 7 March, 1923 with building counts by urban district. | Online. Free of charge. | ||
Address register | Address data including the address name (traffic area and building number), the coordinates of the access to the property and the building address (location of building entrances). | SHP | Online. Free of charge. | |
Wien Geschichte Wiki | The wiki is a historical knowledge base of the city of Vienna. It gathers information from city authorities and the general public. It also records street names and potential name changes in the past. It offers an address-based search function. | Online service | Online. Free of charge. | |
Administrative borders | The Federal Office of Meteorology and Surveys provides a geospatial dataset for urban districts and cadastral communities in Vienna | SHP | Online. Free of charge. | |
City map 2010s | The online map includes buildings and building numbers as well as street names. It offers an address-based search function. | Online service | Online. Free of charge. | |
Building periods | The city administration maps the age of individual buildings. The dataset covers only specific city areas. | SHP | Online. Free of charge. | |
Catastral-Plan | Published in 1893, the city map covers 25 pages that show properties and buildings at a scale of 1:5000. The map overview, which shows the entire city, includes the names of cadastral communities at this time. | Online. Free of charge. | ||
Land register | The land register is a public access registry recording properties and property rights. It also includes area coverage data for different land use types on a property. It offers a property-based querying function. | Online service | Online. Behind a paywall. | |
Fire brigade map 1920s | The map was published in 1930. It maps the buildings and their addresses as well as infrastructure (water pipes, hydrants) for the fire brigade. | TIF | Personal order. Digitization fee. | |
Cadastral maps 1920s | The “Franziszeische Kataster” is the first complete Austrian cadaster, published between the 1810s and 1870s. Later on, the cadastral map sheets were continuously updated to document, among other information, building footprints and plot boundaries. | TIF | Personal order. Digitization fee. | |
City map 1920s | The urban districts maps were published around 1921. They map buildings and their addresses. The scale is 1:5000. | TIF | Personal order. Digitization fee. | |
Construction plans | The city’s building authority archives construction plans for buildings that are present today. The construction plans of demolished buildings proceed to the city archive, which further decides to store or dispose of the documents according to their relevance for urban history research. | Paper-based documents | Personal inspection in the archive. Free of charge for research purposes. |
