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Subject: FW: [OR-Announce] [ICPSR] China Data Center and ICPSR announce
partnership
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:01:33 -0400
From: Grabach, Kenneth A. Mr. <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
I received this from a colleague, just a few minutes ago. This is
interesting news, and a potentially useful set of resources.
Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
Maps Librarian Phone: 513-529-1726
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, Ohio 45056 USA
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Jen-Chien Yu
*Sent:* Thursday, July 12, 2012 9:55 AM
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*Subject:* Fwd: [OR-Announce] [ICPSR] China Data Center and ICPSR
announce partnership
FYI - China Data Center (CDC) is a good place for census-type data and
GIS data from China. There some free data and shape files on CDC website
for non-members: http://chinadatacenter.org/Data/FreeDataDownload.aspx
jen
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From: *Dan Meisler* <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Date: Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 10:15 AM
Subject: [OR-Announce] [ICPSR] China Data Center and ICPSR announce
partnership
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ICPSR is pleased to announce a partnership with the University of
Michigan China Data Center (CDC) effective July 1, 2012. CDC integrates
historical, social, and natural science data on China and offers an
online geographic analysis system. The center provides a rich array of
information on China and offers comprehensive statistics, census data,
and spatial data of China online and on CD.
CDC will be housed at ICPSR headquarters in the Institute for Social
Research at the University of Michigan and operated as an independent
data service.
“We are extremely excited to welcome the China Data Center and its
Director, Shuming Bao,” said ICPSR Director George Alter. “The CDC
brings important new dimensions to ICPSR, both in its extensive
collection of data about China and in Dr. Bao’s expertise in geographic
information systems and spatial analysis. We expect both ICPSR and CDC
to benefit from this new collaboration.”
Membership in CDC and ICPSR remain separate, but Alter expects synergies
between the two organizations to result in added value for both. For
example, technology behind the CDC’s online China Geo-Explorer may be
applied to ICPSR data.
CDC, which was established in the University of Michigan’s International
Institute in 1997, will report to an executive committee appointed by
the University of Michigan’s Vice President for Research. Under a new
agreement, ICPSR provides staff and administrative support for CDC.
CDC’s Web site is chinadatacenter.org <http://chinadatacenter.org>.
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Dan Meisler, editor
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
University of Michigan
734-615-7904 <tel:734-615-7904>
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu
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