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  1. Title: 北京城區地圖

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    Summary: Includes 2 ancillary maps: Beijing cheng zhi bian qian tu -- Beijing cheng qu fa zhan tu. Includes 2 ancillary maps: 北京城址变迁图 -- 北京城区发展图.

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  2. Title: Shanghai jiaotong ditu (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of Shanghai (originally titled '上海交通地圖 / Shanghai jiaotong ditu') that was published in 1995. It is a traffic map of Shanghai. 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. Shanghai Shi ce hui yuan and Virtual Shanghai Project. (2018). Shanghai jiaotong ditu (Raster Image). Virtual Shanghai Project. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/dz245wg8294 This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  3. Title: Neihuan shiqu tu (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of Shanghai (originally titled '内環市區圖 / Neihuan shiqu tu') that was published in 1995. It is a map of Shanghai's Inner Ring. 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. Shanghai Shi ce hui yuan and Virtual Shanghai Project. (2018). Neihuan shiqu tu (Raster Image). Virtual Shanghai Project. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/cs724dy3723 This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  4. Title: China (Cultural Features, 1990)

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    • 1990
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    Summary: This layer contains man made features, including dikes, dams, the Great Wall. The following copyright attribution of the National Bureau of Topography of the People's Republic of China (NBSM) should be made: "Portions of this document include intellectual property of the National Bureau of Topography of the People's Republic of China and are used herein with permission. Copyright © 1998 National Bureau of Topography of the People's Republic of China. All rights reserved." Several additional datasets, metadata, and complete copyright information are available on CD with an accompanying book in the GIS Lab at Rotch Library, call number CDROM G7820 1995.C45. The CD contains data for administrative areas, populated places, railroads, roads, cultural features, hydrography, hypsography, vegetation, land cover, bathymetry and geographic grid.

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  5. Title: China (Roads, 1990)

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    • 1990
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    Summary: This layer contains roads and related features categorized by type. The super highway is the highest class of roads. These roads are multi-lane and the surface is paves with asphalt or concrete. Super highways usually link two major cities, such as Beijing and Tianjin, and Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The inter-province roads are classified as the main roads. These have two lanes and the road surface is paves with asphalt or gravel. Secondary roads are two-lane roads and mostly paved with gravel. The following copyright attribution of the National Bureau of Topography of the People's Republic of China (NBSM) should be made: "Portions of this document include intellectual property of the National Bureau of Topography of the People's Republic of China and are used herein with permission. Copyright © 1998 National Bureau of Topography of the People's Republic of China. All rights reserved." Several additional datasets, metadata, and complete copyright information are available on CD with an accompanying book in the GIS Lab at Rotch Library, call number CDROM G7820 1995.C45. The CD contains data for administrative areas, populated places, railroads, roads, cultural features, hydrography, hypsography, vegetation, land cover, bathymetry and geographic grid.

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  6. Title: 北京市城区街道图

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    Summary: 4 transportation maps of Peking on verso. Includes "在文化大革命中破旧名立新名战国表"（新旧街名对照)

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  7. Title: Zoning Districts, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1983 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Lincoln, Massachusetts, zoning districts, zoning detail by G. Chu. It was published in 1983. Scale [ca. 1:22,500]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also list of zoning amendments and inset of Lincoln village. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  8. Title: Naning tourist map = 南宁导游图

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    Summary: Selected buildings shown pictorially. Panel title. Anncillary maps: Nanhu (South L.) Park -- Renmin (People's) Park --Sketch Tourist Map of Guangxi. Tourist information and "Sketch map of Yiling Cave" on verso.

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  9. Title: Chongqing

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    Summary: Includes 5 ancillary maps: Dazu Stone Sculptures -- Three Gourges of Changjiang R. -- Eling Park -- Nanwenquan Park -- Beiwenquan Park. Tourist information on verso.

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  10. Title: Jinan tourist map = 济南导游图

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    Summary: Panel title. Includes 5 ancillary maps: Daminghu Park--Baotuquan Park--Qianfoshan Park--Qufu--Mount Taishan. Selected buildings are shown pictorially. Tourist information on verso.

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  11. Title: 杭州导游图

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    Summary: Relief shown by shading. Insets: Gushan Hill (Solitary Hill) -- Three Pools Mirroring the Moon -- Lingyin Temple -- Hupao - Hangzhou Zoo. General survey notes, tourist information on verso. "Book no. 12014 -1250".

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  12. Title: 广州导游图 = Guangzhou tourist map

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    Summary: Ancillary maps on recto: Original site of the Peasant Movement Institute -- Memorial garden to the martyrs in the Guangzhou uprising -- Huanghuagang Mausoleum of the 72 martyrs -- Yuexiu Park -- Guangzhou Zoo. On verso: Sketch maps of terminal buildings of the Baiyun airport -- Foshan City]-- Zhaoqing City. Selected buildings are shown pictorially. Includes text and tourist information. "Book no. 120114-1188".

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  13. Title: Qingdao tourist map = Qingdao dao you tu

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    Summary: Panel title. Selected buildings shown pictorially. Ancillary maps: Yantai -- Laoshan Mts. Text and maps of Shandong area and Zhongshan Park on verso. Tourist information on verso.

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  14. Title: 广州导游图 = Guangzhou tourist map

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    Summary: Ancillary maps on recto: Original site of the Peasant Movement Institute -- Memorial garden to the martyrs in the Guangzhou uprising -- Huanghuagang Mausoleum of the 72 martyrs -- Yuexiu Park -- Guangzhou Zoo. On verso: Sketch maps of terminal buildings of the Baiyun airport -- Foshan City]-- Zhaoqing City. Selected buildings are shown pictorially. Includes text and tourist information. "Book no. 120114-1188".

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  15. Title: 桂林导游图.

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    Summary: Relief shown by form lines. Selected buildings shown pictorially. Includes ancillary map: Lijiang River scenic spot. Verso: General survey notes, and tourist information. Sketch map of Lingqu canal.

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  16. Title: Suzhou tourist map = 苏州导游图

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    Summary: Ancillary maps: The vicinity of Sozhou -- Huqui Hill (Tiger Hill) -- Zhouzheng (Humble Administrator's Garden) --Liuyuan Garden (Remaining Garden) -- Shizilin (Llion Grove Garden) Selected buildings shown pictorially. Business District located. Tourist information on verso.

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  17. Title: Dalian

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    Summary: "Book no. 210141190". Includes 4 ancillary maps: Sketch tourist map of Dalian -- The vicinity of Dalian -- Xinghai Park -- Laohutan (Tiger Beach) Park. Text, table of temperatures, and map of Laodong Park on verso.

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  18. Title: Shanghai tourist map = 上海导游图

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    Summary: Selected buildings are shown pictorially. On verso: Sketch map of the terminal buiding, general survey notes, and tourist information. Includes 3 ancillary maps: Shanghai Zoo -- Hongkou Park -- Yuyuan Garden. Tourist information and map of Shanghai Hongqiao Airport on verso.

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  19. Title: Wuhan

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Inset: Guiyuan Temple. Selected buildings are shown pictorially. Text and table of temperature on verso. Business District is located.

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  20. Title: Kunming tourist map = 昆明导游图

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    Summary: Selected building shown pictorially. Ancillary maps: The vicinity of Kunming -- Stone Forest -- Xishan (Western Hills) Forest Park -- Daguan Park -- Cuihu (Geen Lake) Park. Descriptive tourist information on verso.

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