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Subject: China Historical GIS
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:31:03 -0600
From: Sam Otterstrom <[log in to unmask]>
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From: Peter Bol [[log in to unmask]]
Date sent: 10 Apr 2007
CHGIS China Historical Geographic Information System [Version 4]
New Release of Version 4 Datasets (Jan 2007)
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 $10.00 (including shipping to USA, Canada,
Mexico) or $15.00 (including shipping to Europe). For other areas
please contact CHGIS for price including shipping.
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Editors:: Peter K. Bol [[log in to unmask]]
and Jianxiong Ge
Executive Editors: Merrick Lex Berman
[[log in to unmask]] and Zhimin Man
CHGIS Website: www.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis
Mailing Address: CHGIS, Center for Geographic Analysis,
1737 Cambridge Ave N321,
Cambridge MA 02138 USA
Telephone: +1 617-496-6222
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