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China Provinces (UTF), 1997
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- CHGIS, Harvard Yenching Institute
- Originator
- CITAS and Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Publication Date
- 1997
- Title
- China Provinces (UTF), 1997
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Collection Title
- China Administrative Regions GIS Data, 1990
- Series Information
- Series Name
- CITAS China Dimensions
- Online Linkage
- https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/chgis_v4_1997_prov_pgn_utf.zip
- Online Linkage
- www.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis
- Abstract
- China in Time and Space (CITAS) 1997 China Provinces (UTF) is a polygon theme representing Provinces in the People's Republic of China as of 1997. This dataset employs UTF Encoding for Chinese Characters.
- Purpose
- Redistribution of China in Time and Space (CITAS) GIS dataset in CHGIS projection and format.
- Supplemental Information
- modified to show Chongqing Shi as a Province-Level unit, circa 1997
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 1997
- Bounding Box
- West
- 69.091016
- East
- 136.711544
- North
- 54.218045
- South
- 3.681841
- Theme Keyword
- Provinces, China
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- CITAS
- Theme Keyword
- boundaries
- society
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Theme Keyword
- Administrative divisions
- CHGIS
- CITAS
- China in Time and Space
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Place Keyword
- China
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temporal Keyword
- 1997
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- For current Columbia affiliates only.
- Use Restrictions
- For educational, non-commercial use only.
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- None planned
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- China Historical GIS
- Delivery Point
- Harvard Yenching Inst, 20 Van Serg, 25 Francis Avenue
- City
- Cambridge
- State
- MA
- Postal Code
- 02138
- Credit
- Copyright holders are CIESIN, NASA, CITAS, and Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350
- Collection
- Originator
- CITAS, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Publication Date
- 1990
- Title
- China Administrative Regions GIS Data, 1990
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Online Linkage
- http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/china/
- Cross-Reference
- Title
- CITAS 1997 China Provinces (GBK)
- Series Information
- Series Name
- China Historical Geographic Information System
- Issue Identification
- Version: 4
- Data Quality Information
- Lineage
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Vector
- Point and Vector Object Information
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- G-polygon
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 34
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Planar
- Map Projection
- Map Projection Name
- Transverse Mercator
- Transverse Mercator
- Scale Factor at Central Meridian
- 1.000000
- Longitude of Central Meridian
- 111.000000
- Latitude of Projection Origin
- 0.000000
- False Easting
- 19500000.000000
- False Northing
- 0.000000
- Planar Coordinate Information
- Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
- coordinate pair
- Coordinate Representation
- Abscissa Resolution
- 0.000000
- Ordinate Resolution
- 0.000000
- Planar Distance Units
- meters
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- D_Xian_1980
- Ellipsoid Name
- Xian_1980
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378140.000000
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298.257000
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- v4_1997_prov_pgn_utf
- Entity Type Definition
- Provinces
- Attributes
- FID
- Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- Shape
- Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- GBCODE90
- Identifier
- NAME_PY
- placename in Pinyin Romanized form
- NAME_HZ
- Name in Chinese characters
- Distribution Information
- Distributor
- CHGIS - Harvard Yenching Institute Center for Geographic Analysis
- Name
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20070710
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
- Contact Person
- GIS/Metadata Librarian
- Contact Address
- Address
- 420 W. 118th St., 215 IAB, MC 3301
- City
- New York
- State or Province
- NY
- Postal Code
- 10027
- Country
- USA
- Contact Voice Telephone
- (212)854-6012
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- data@library.columbia.edu
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998