Title: A map of the foreign settlements at Shanghai (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2018
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Stanford)
Dates
- Issued: 2018
- Coverage: 1900
Publishers
- Virtual Shanghai Project
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of Shanghai that was published in 1900. It shows historical city data including roads and neighborhoods. Text on the map reads, "Published for the North China Herald and North China Daily News Offices, Shanghai." The original map was created by Stanford's Geographical Establishment (Edward Stanford Ltd.). Virtual Shanghai is a research and resource platform on the history of Shanghai from the mid-nineteenth century to nowadays. It incorporates various sets of documents: essays, original documents, photographs, maps, quantitative data, etc. The objective of the project is to write a history of the city through the combined mobilization of these various types of documents. The implementation of this approach relies on the use of digital and GIS technologies. On the research side, the platform offers various ways to step into the history of the city and follow its course at different levels over time. On the resource side, apart from providing original textual and visual documents, it develops a powerful cartographic tool for spatial analysis and real-time mapping. The authors of the present project subscribe to the idea of sharing scholarship and research tools for the benefit of scholars, students, and citizens at large. Edward Stanford Ltd. and Virtual Shanghai Project. (2018). A map of the foreign settlements at Shanghai (Raster Image). Virtual Shanghai Project. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/vs137cg7196 This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
Subjects
- Society
- Structure
- Transportation
- Shanghai (China)
- Maps
- Historical geography
- Imagery and Base Maps
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (121.3902106, 121.5595809, 31.2962351, 31.1722442)
- Geometry: BBOX (121.3902106, 121.5595809, 31.2962351, 31.1722442)
Provider
Stanford
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Virtual Shanghai Project, Edward Stanford Ltd. A map of the foreign settlements at Shanghai (Raster Image). Virtual Shanghai Project. Raster data. https://purl.stanford.edu/vs137cg7196
Format
GeoTIFF
Languages
- English