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
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Distributed Digital Gazeteers
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Geographic Names Service
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Feature Name Feature Type Qianping Xian Ping
lang Changguansi Yunnan Fu
Query elements
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Robert Hartwells China History Project GIS
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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
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Coding to distinguish unique places
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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
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CHGIS Historical Administrative Codes
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Administrative Feature Table
AFT
Historical Administrative Code Table
HACT
Variant Name Table
VNT
Administrative Hierarchy Table
AHT
Feature Classification Table
FCT
Tables in RDBMS
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field
data type
description
Variant Name Table
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Tlt,,51,,22,,,
Tnz,,11,,,,,
Multiple Administrative Hierarchies
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field
data type
description
Administrative Hierarchy Table
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Names Types Qianping Xian Pinglang Changguans
i Yunnan Fu Mingyongqia binghe Xiao
Ganlanba gangkou Yunnanyi Cun
Feature Classification
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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
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Feature Name Descriptive Prefix Nan Guanfang
hutong Feature Name Xincheng
Xian Feature Name Descriptive Suffix
Xinjiekou wai dajie Feature Type Baiyun
feijichang
CHGIS Feature Classifications
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query existing data submit new data
return query results accept new data
Feature Classifications Input Online
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China Historical GIS Project
website fas.harvard.edu/chgis
tables fas.harvard.edu/chgis/design/tables