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