AtlantGIS Dataset

Bruhn, Kai-Christian

doi:10.5281/zenodo.20181640

Published 2026 | Version 1.0.0

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AtlantGIS Dataset

Bruhn, Kai-Christian (Project leader)

Contributors

Data collector (6):

1. University of Applied Sciences Mainz
2. Gerda Henkel Foundation
3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
4. Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA)

AtlantGIS is a fictional GIS dataset simulating an island in the Atlantic for educational purposes in archaeology and related fields. The dataset provides vector data, raster data, tables, QGIS project files, templates, linked data resources, and documentation for teaching, exercises, workshops, and self-study materials.

The dataset is designed as an artificial but coherent spatial data environment. It refers creatively to the story of Atlantis as told by Plato, while avoiding any claim of geographical identification. Its purpose is to support the teaching of GIS concepts, spatial data handling, and geodata-based reasoning in the humanities and cultural heritage disciplines.

Version 1.0.0 is the first stable release of the AtlantGIS dataset. It introduces a revised repository structure and standardizes all file names, attribute names, and attribute values in English. This improves consistency across the dataset and makes it easier to use in multilingual teaching contexts, documentation, and software workflows.

Starting with version 1.0.0, the primary repository of AtlantGIS is hosted on Codeberg.

Notes

Version 1.0.0

This release marks the transition of AtlantGIS from a preliminary teaching dataset to a stable, citable dataset release.

Main changes in version 1.0.0:

Standardized all file names in English.
Standardized all attribute names in English.
Standardized all attribute values in English.
Revised the repository structure for clearer reuse in teaching, exercises, workshops, and self-study materials.
Prepared the dataset as a stable release on Codeberg and Zenodo.

Repository migration

The former GitHub repository is no longer the primary repository. Future development and releases take place on Codeberg:

https://codeberg.org/AtlantGIS/atlantgis_data

The former GitHub repository is retained as an archived reference.

Disclaimer

AtlantGIS is a fictional dataset. The data are not based on any geographical identification of Atlantis. They must not be used as evidence for or against scientific or non-scientific hypotheses about the location of Atlantis.

Citation

Please cite this dataset using the metadata provided by Zenodo. For references to the evolving dataset as a whole, use the Zenodo concept DOI. For reproducible references to this specific release, use the DOI of version 1.0.0.

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