-------- Original Message -------- Subject: China place names Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:14:21 -0500 From: George E. Clark <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> The China Historical GIS may be helpful in this project, though it is not the thing that you are asking for: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/ > A genealogist friend of mine would like to plot old place names on a > shaded relief map of China. He is looking for mapping software > (preferably free or relatively inexpensive) that would allow him > to do this and that would be relatively easy to use. -- George E. Clark, Ph.D. Environmental Research Librarian Harvard University http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~clark5