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Toponyms and Feature Classifications for the China Historical GIS

Toponyms and Feature Classifications for the China Historical GIS. Merrick Lex Berman. PNC - ECAI, Hong Kong, Jan 2001. Distributed Digital Gazeteers. Geographic Names Service. Feature Name: Feature Type: Qianping Xian Pinglang Changguansi Yunnan Fu. Query elements.

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Toponyms and Feature Classifications for the China Historical GIS

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  1. Toponyms and Feature Classifications for the China Historical GIS Merrick Lex Berman PNC - ECAI, Hong Kong, Jan 2001

  2. Distributed Digital Gazeteers

  3. Geographic Names Service

  4. Feature Name: Feature Type: Qianping Xian Pinglang Changguansi Yunnan Fu Query elements

  5. Robert Hartwells “China History Project GIS”

  6. Ming Counties total: 1626 recs 2 places: 186 3 places: 81 4 places: 12 6 places: 6 7 places: 7 total shared: 292 ambiguous names unique names Ambiguous Placenames

  7. Coding to distinguish unique places

  8. Dynastic Period Prefix (Qeq = Qing, Early Qing) Circuit-Regime Level (AB) Province Level (11) Super-Prefecture Level (AB) Prefecture Level (22) Sub-Prefecture Level (ab) District Level (zy) County Level (33) Sub-county Suffix ( [44,55] ) Example: Qeq,,11,,22,,zy,33[44] CHGIS Historical Administrative Codes

  9. Administrative Feature Table AFT Historical Administrative Code Table HACT Variant Name Table VNT Administrative Hierarchy Table AHT Feature Classification Table FCT Tables in RDBMS

  10. field data type description Variant Name Table

  11. Tnz,,11,,,,, Tlt,,51,,22,,, Multiple Administrative Hierarchies

  12. field data type description Administrative Hierarchy Table

  13. Names: Types: Qianping Xian Pinglang Changguansi Yunnan Fu Mingyongqia binghe Xiao Ganlanba gangkou Yunnanyi Cun Feature Classification

  14. Feature Direction Prefix (N Adams Ave) Feature Name (Walnut Street) Feature Type (Sunset Blvd) Feature Direction Suffix (Carlisle St NE) Tiger Line Files - Feature Identifiers

  15. Feature Name Descriptive PrefixNan Guanfang hutong Feature NameXincheng Xian Feature Name Descriptive Suffix Xinjiekou wai dajie Feature Type Baiyun feijichang CHGIS Feature Classifications

  16. query existing data submit new data return query results accept new data Feature Classifications Input: Online

  17. China Historical GISProject website: fas.harvard.edu/~chgis tables: fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/design/tables

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