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  1. Title: A map of China prepared for the China Inland Mission

    • Image data
    • 1911
    Contributors:

    Summary: "Stanford's Geogl. Estabt., London." "China Inland Mission stations with resident missionary are underlined in red." Originally issued folded in cover 26 x 11 cm.

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  2. Title: Burma

    • Not specified
    • 1910
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale 1:3,225,000 or 50.9 mi. = 1 in. Includes insets of the southern tip of Burma, and of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. 57 x 31 centimeters

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  3. Title: Rail road map of the southern states : shewing the southern & southwestern railway connections with Philadelphia

    • Not specified
    • 1862
    Contributors:

    Summary: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by Thomas Kimber Jr.; Inset: Southern part of Florida. 25 x 18 cm.; Map depicts rail lines, roads, cities and towns, state and county boundaries, and rivers. 1863 edition published by Willis. P. Hazard is listed as Civil War Maps entry no. 44.; Description derived from published bibliography. 79 x 134 centimeters

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  4. Title: China (Cultural Features, 1990)

    • Line data
    • 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)

    • Line data
    • 1990
    Contributors:

    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: A Commercial Map of China and its Dependencies : Showing the Areas Owned or Leased by Foreign Powers, 1903

    • Raster data
    • 1903
    Contributors:

    Summary: This is a scanned version of the 9103 paper map entitled: A Commercial Map of China and its Dependencies : showing the Areas Owned or Leased by Foreign Powers, issued by The China League.. The map was scanned at 300 dots per inch and is in the TIFF format.

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  7. Title: Natural Reserve Area Boundaries (Digital Map Database of China)

    • Line data
    • 1998
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    Summary: This polyline layer describes nature reserve boundaries throughout China.

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  8. Title: Populated Place Areas (Digital Map Database of China)

    • Polygon data
    • 1998
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    Summary: Polygon coverage of urban areas in China with populations greater than 500,000.

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  9. Title: Flood Relief Areas (Digital Map Database of China)

    • Polygon data
    • 1998
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    Summary: This theme is a comprehensive vector basemap of the flood relief areas associated with large urbanizations throughout China.

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  10. Title: Hydrographic Features - Points (Digital Map Database of China)

    • Point data
    • 1998
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    Summary: This layer contains hydrographic point features, such as wells, springs and areas of water bodies whose areas are less than 1.5 square millimeters on the source map.

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  11. Title: Vegetation Features - Points (Digital Map Database of China)

    • Point data
    • 1998
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    Summary: This coverage contains vegetation features throughout China, represented by points. Vegetation polygons less than 1.5 square millimeters on the source map are represented as points. These features include mangrove forests, economically exploited forests (bamboo, coffee, etc.), shrub and grassland areas. Not all vegetation types found in China are represented in this coverage.

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  12. Title: County Administrative Boundaries (Digital Map Database of China)

    • Polygon data
    • 1998
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    Summary: This layer contains administrative boundaries (described to the county level) and islands of China.

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  13. Title: Offshore Bathymetry (Digital Map Database of China)

    • Line data
    • 1998
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    Summary: This feature class contains bathymetric contour lines for offshore and ocean areas. The contour intervals are irregular.

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  14. Title: Cultural Features - Dikes, Dams, Great Wall (Digital Map Database of China)

    • Line data
    • 1998
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    Summary: This point and line layer describes man-made cultural features, specifically dikes, dams and the Great Wall of China.

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  15. Title: Ocean Features, Navigation Lines (Digital Map Database of China)

    • Line data
    • 1998
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    Summary: This line coverage contains coral reef and navigation line ocean features for the national and international waters of China. Lines represent actual shipping lanes or serve as representative paths in open water where no defined shipping lanes exist.

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  16. Title: Hydrographic Feature Areas (Digital Map Database of China)

    • Polygon data
    • 1998
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    Summary: Polygon coverage which displays the area of a variety of hydrographic features including double line rivers, lakes, reservoirs, glaciers and islands of China. Shorelines and coastlines are also included.

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  17. Title: Hydrographic Feature Outlines (Digital Map Database of China)

    • Line data
    • 1998
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    Summary: Line coverage which displays the outline of a variety of hydrographic features including double and single line rivers, lakes, reservoirs, streams, glaciers, canals and irrigation ditches. Shorelines and coastlines are also included.

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  18. Title: Landscape Features - Points (Digital Map Database of China)

    • Point data
    • 1998
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    Summary: This coverage contains physiographic features represented by points. Features included are mountain passes, sink holes and craters.

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  19. Title: Cultural Features - Points (Digital Map Database of China)

    • Point data
    • 1998
    Contributors:

    Summary: This point layer describes man-made cultural features, specifically towers, temples and other cultural relics throughout China.

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  20. Title: Railroads (Digital Map Database of China)

    • Line data
    • 1998
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer describes railway routes and railway bridges throughout China represented by lines and annotation.

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