Chinese Studies WWW Virtual Library

Geography, Maps & Travel

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Geograpical Information System (GIS)

• Australian Centre of the Asian Spatial Information and Analysis Network (ACASIAN). AIS, Griffith Univ., Australia.
• China Dimensions. This site offers access to a unique data collection which covers a wide range of natural science and socioeconomic research and educational activities. Contains a variety of socioeconomic data in this site, including Geographic Information System (GIS) databases that cover the administrative regions of China, presented at a scale of 1:1,000,000. These databases may be integrated with agricultural, land use, environmental, and socioeconomic data to track China's economic growth, population increases, and environmental change.
• China Data Center
• China Historical GIS
• China In Time And Space (CITAS) 中国时空
• Di li xin xi xi tong lun tan 地理信息系统论坛
• Geographic Information Services for China,from Diamond Bay Research.
• Hong Kong Geographic Information System Association 香港地理信息系统网页
• International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development. This site provides a fairly comprehensive searchable  of information resources on ICIMOD and sustainable development issues in mountain areas, including catalogues, databases, and links to the global information network.
• Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System (LREIS)资源与环境信息系统国家重点实验室
• LAND USE databases - CHINA, from IIASA-LUC GIS Database

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Geography

• China cities, from China today
• Guo jia di li. 国家地理
• Zhongguo cheng shi fa zhan wang (GB) 中国城市发展网

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Local Gazetteers

• Shu zi fang zhi : di fang zhi zi yuan ku 数字方志: 地方志资源库
• Zhongguo da lu ge sheng di fang zhi shu mu cha xun xi tong. (Big 5) 中国大陆各省地方志书目查询系统.

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Maps

• Administrative Divisions of the People's Republic of China 中华人民共和行政区划
• Antique Maps Database : the Antique Maps of China collection.
• Asia maps. From The Perry-Casta³ da Library Map Collection, the University of Texas at Austin.
• Buddhist sites in Gansu Province
• China Maps, Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
• Chongqing ti tu wang. 重庆地图网
• Dian zi di tu. 电子地图
• Digital Beijing. 数字北京行天下
• Digital Map of Tibet . Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
• Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
• From Tibet to Altai : Russian Historical Maps of China
• Map of the Silkroad
• Maps of Guangxi
• Lao Beijing hu tong xiang xi tu.老北京胡同详细图
• [Old Beijing map, 1750] 清北京城, 1750.
• Shenyangshi ti tu.沈阳市地图
• Shu zi Wuhan di tu. 数字武汉地图
• Taiwan Maps. 台湾电子地图服务网
• Wang shang Shandong.网上山东
• Xinjiang di tu. 新疆地图
• Zhongguo ti tu chu ban she. 中国地图出版社
• Zhonghua di tu wang. 中华地图网

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Reference works

• Bibliography of Chinese Administrative geography. From China Dimensions
• Classified Bibliography of Reference Works on Chinese Historical Geography, by Thomas H. Hahn, Cornell University.
• CIA the World Factbook 2002 : China
• Romanization of Chinese Geographic names in descriptive and subject headings, March 29, 2002.
  

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Regional Resources

• Harbin 100 years. 哈尔滨百年特辑
• Shanghai in images
• Shanghai International Settlement
• Taiwan di qu di fang wen xian shu wei hua xi tong. (Big 5) 台湾地区地方文献数位化系统.
• Taiwan wen xian cong kan zi liao ku. 台湾文献丛刊资料库
• Thai-Yunnan project.

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Travel

• China - A Trip Along the Silk Road, by Lynn Salmon, Spring 1991.
• China tour, from China today
• Photos of Tibet in the early1940's Contents: Introduction, Lhasa, People, Places, Monasteries, The Karmapa, Fauna, Our Party, Tibet Photo Sites.
• Silkroad Foundation Home Page, Silkroad Foundation was established in 1996 to promote the study and preservation of cultures and arts on the Silkroad. Contents: Foundation Information; Silk Road Chronology; Dunhuangology; Travel; News/Events ; Lectures; Articles and Bibliography; Music; CD-ROM.
• Travel China Guide
• Xuanzhuang xi yu xing 玄奘西域行
• Zhejiang, China

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