toponyms and feature classifications for the china historical gis
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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: QianpingXian PinglangChangguansi Yunnan Fu. Query elements. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Toponyms and Feature Classifications for the China Historical GIS
PNC - ECAI, Hong Kong, Jan 2001
Merrick Lex Berman
Distributed Digital Gazeteers
Geographic Names Service
Query elements
Feature Name: Feature Type:
Qianping Xian
Pinglang Changguansi
Yunnan Fu
Robert Hartwells “China History Project GIS”
Ambiguous Placenames
Ming Counties
total: 1626 recs
2 places: 186
3 places: 81
4 places: 12
6 places: 6
7 places: 7
total shared: 292
unique names
ambiguous names
Coding to distinguish unique places
CHGIS Historical Administrative Codes
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]
Tables in RDBMS
Administrative Feature Table
Historical Administrative Code Table
Variant Name Table
Feature Classification Table
AFT
HACT
VNT
AHTAdministrative Hierarchy Table
FCT
Variant Name Table
field data type description
Multiple Administrative Hierarchies
Tlt,,51,,22,,,Tnz,,11,,,,,
Administrative Hierarchy Table
field data type description
Feature Classification
Names: Types:
Qianping Xian
Pinglang Changguansi
Yunnan Fu
Mingyongqia binghe
Xiao Ganlanba gangkou
Yunnanyi Cun
Tiger Line Files - Feature Identifiers
Feature Direction Prefix (N Adams Ave)
Feature Name (Walnut Street)
Feature Type (Sunset Blvd)
Feature Direction Suffix (Carlisle St NE)
CHGIS Feature Classifications
Feature Name Descriptive Prefix Nan Guanfang hutong
Feature Name Xincheng Xian
Feature Name Descriptive Suffix Xinjiekou wai dajie
Feature Type Baiyun feijichang
Feature Classifications Input: Online
query existing data
submit new data
return query results
accept new data
China Historical GIS Project
website: fas.harvard.edu/~chgis
tables: fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/design/tables