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H-ASIA April 13, 2007 China Historical GIS Data sets project available, Harvard University ************************************************************************ From: H-Net Announcements <announce@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>: China Historical GIS datasets Date Submitted: 2007-04-10 Announcement ID: 156320 CHGIS China Historical Geographic Information System [Version 4] We are pleased to announce the release of the China Historical GIS - Version 4, providing a fully documented database of historical administrative units in China. The new datasets may be downloaded free of charge for academic use. Contents of the new release include: Updated! Time Series datasets (from 222 BCE to 1911 CE) for the region covered by modern Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Hunan and partial coverage for Guangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan & Zhili Qing Dynasty Datasets circa 1820. Updated! Late Qing Datasets circa 1911 for the region covered by Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang, Zhili (Including more than 35,000 town and village points) New! ChinaW Dataset (with more than 150 variables related to Cities, County Seats, and Yamen) circa 1820-1893, produced by Regional Systems Analysis Project (G. W. Skinner, Zumou Yue, Mark Henderson at UC Davis) New! Physiographic Macroregions of China produced by Regional Systems Analysis Project (G. W. Skinner, Zumou Yue, Mark Henderson at UC Davis) Updated! CITAS 1990 data (Provinces, Prefectures, and Counties) joined with basic census statistics. New! USGS Geographic Names Data circa 1990 for all Provices (over 140,000 named features) New! Digital Elevation Model plus Topographic Background Image (derived from GTOPO-30). Frontier Regions datasets (circa 1875 – 1900) covering areas in Tibet, Qinghai, Xinjiang, and Mongolia, as digitized from Russian historical maps. Digital Scans of Southwest China Maps by Joseph Rock The complete contents of the datasets listed above are available for free download by registering your name, institution and email address at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis CD-ROM is available ..... For price and postage information please contact CHGIS... Editors:: Peter K. Bol [pkbol@fas.harvard.edu] and Jianxiong Ge Executive Editors: Merrick Lex Berman [mberman@fas.harvard.edu] and Zhimin Man Chair, China Historical Geographic Information System Project Center For Geographic Analysis Institute for Quantitative Social Science 1737 Cambridge Street Harvard University +1 617-496-6222 Email: pkbol@fas.harvard.edu Visit the website at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis H-Net reproduces announcements that have been submitted to us as a free service to the academic community. If you are interested in an announcement listed here, please contact the organizers or patrons directly. Though we strive to provide accurate information, H-Net cannot accept responsibility for the text of announcements appearing in this service. Send comments and questions to H-Net Webstaff: <webstaff@mail.h-net.msu.edu> H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences Online Hosted by Matrix at Michigan State University. Copyright (c) 1995-2007 ************************************************************************ To post to H-ASIA simply send your message to: <H-ASIA@h-net.msu.edu>. For holidays or short absences send post to: <listserv@h-net.msu.edu> with message: SET H-ASIA NOMAIL Upon return, send post with message SET H-ASIA MAIL H-ASIA WEB HOMEPAGE URL: http://h-net.msu.edu/~asia/
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