japan historical gis lex berman - harvard yenching inst
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Japan Historical GISJapan Historical GIS
Lex Berman - Harvard Yenching InstLex Berman - Harvard Yenching Inst
Components of the ProjectComponents of the Project
placename
feature type
coordinates
valid date
source note spatial objects
digital gazetteer GIS layers
Digital GazetteerDigital Gazetteer
placenameadmin unit, populated place, natural feature, religious site, archaeological site, trade route, place where an event occurred, etc
feature type city, village, mountain, temple, ruin, trade route, etc
coordinate latitude and longitude for each feature
source note citation of data source, commentary on feature
valid date date or range of time for which this record is valid
Using the Digital Gazetteer Using the Digital Gazetteer
search by placename, type, date, source
sort by placename, type, date, source
export subsets of records to working tables
GIS Layers and Spatial ObjectsGIS Layers and Spatial Objects
point layers
line layers
grid layers
polygon layers
Browsing the GIS layersBrowsing the GIS layers
Browsing the GIS layersBrowsing the GIS layers
source map for Edo circuits and provincessource map for Edo circuits and provinces
working with scanned mapsworking with scanned maps
identify objects on map imageidentify objects on map image
data entry of all placenames from map imagedata entry of all placenames from map image
georeferenced scanned mapgeoreferenced scanned map
digitize polygons based on map imagedigitize polygons based on map image
tabular data joined with the GIS layerstabular data joined with the GIS layers
selection of labels for spatial objectsselection of labels for spatial objects
thematic mapping of spatial objectsthematic mapping of spatial objects
zoomed out on thematic mapzoomed out on thematic map
thematic mapping of statistical information (raw)thematic mapping of statistical information (raw)
thematic mapping of statistical information (by area)thematic mapping of statistical information (by area)
thematic mapping 1995 census thematic mapping 1995 census
thematic mapping 1995 census (zoom)thematic mapping 1995 census (zoom)
Japan Historical GISJapan Historical GIS
website: www.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/japanwebsite: www.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/japan