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Shaanxi Province Placenames, 1990
- 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
- Publication Date
- Jan 2007
- Title
- Shaanxi Province Placenames, 1990
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- China Historical Geographic Information System
- Issue Identification
- Version 4
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Cambridge, MA
- Publisher
- CHGIS, Harvard Yenching Institute
- Online Linkage
- https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/chgis_v4_gns_shaanxi_gbk.zip
- Online Linkage
- http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/
- Abstract
- Shaanxi Province Placenames, 1990 is a point theme representing populated places and natural features in Shaanxi Province, China (circa 1990)
- Purpose
- Projected for use with CHGIS Version 4 [Gauss Kruger Xian 1980 Zone 19]
- Supplemental Information
- Toponymic information is based on the Geographic Names Data Base, containing official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names and maintained by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. More information is available at the Maps and Geodata link at www.nga.mil. CHGIS Editor's Note: Chinese Placenames in GNS files were extracted from numerous map sources. Romanizations are mixed (Pinyin, Wade-Giles, ad hoc). Hierarchical Administrative Unit information, found in all of the FIELDS to the right of NM_ASCII (in the attribute table) are derived from spatial joins with COUNTY level units, circa 1991, and match the National Standard Codes (GuoBiao Codes) in the publication GBT / 2260 1991. Therefore the data can be sorted by Prefectural Level Unit (using the PREF_ID field) or by County Level Unit (using the CNTY_ID field). A digital table of the GBT 2260 codes can be downloaded from CHGIS.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- sources from various dates up to 1990
- Time Instant
- 1990
- Bounding Box
- West
- 105.111593
- East
- 111.183944
- North
- 39.450006
- South
- 31.646909
- Theme Keyword
- placenames in Shaanxi China
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- USGS GeoNames Feature Types
- Theme Keyword
- location
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Theme Keyword
- GNS
- Geographic Names service
- CHGIS
- Place names
- Geographic names
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Place Keyword
- China
- Shaanxi Sheng (China)
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temporal Keyword
- 1990
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- For current Columbia affiliates only.
- Use Restrictions
- For educational, non-commercial use only.
- Status
- complete (Jan 2007)
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- None planned
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- CHGIS, Harvard Yenching Institute
- Delivery Point
- 1737 Cambridge St, N321
- City
- Cambridge
- State
- MA
- Postal Code
- 02138
- Contact Telephone
- 617-496-6222
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- mberman@fas.harvard.edu
- Credit
- "GNS Country Files, China." Geographic Names Database U.S. Board on Geographic Names, 2000.
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.0.1324
- Cross-Reference
- Originator
- China Historical Geographic Information System
- Publication Date
- Jan 2007
- Title
- GNS China 1990 Placenames in Shaanxi Province
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- China Historical Geographic Information System
- Issue Identification
- Version 4
- Other Citation Details
- (c) Harvard Yenching Institute Cambridge, MA (USA)
- Data Quality Information
- Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Assessment
- Quantitative Horizontal Positional Accuracy Assessment
- Lineage
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Vector
- Point and Vector Object Information
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- Entity point
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 6151
- 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_gns_shaanxi_gbk
- Entity Type Definition
- populated places and natural features
- Attributes
- CNTY_CH
- Name of County Level Unit in Chinese Characters [applies to Time Slice Towns Data only, Time Series hierarchy in Part Of Table]
- PARENT
- Parent record
- 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
- RC
- Region Font Code. A code that determines the character mapping used in the SHORT_FORM, Generic, and Full_Name fields
- 1
- Americas/Western Europe
- UFI
- Unique Feature Identifier. A number which uniquely identifies a Geoname feature
- 2
- Eastern Europe
- UNI
- Unique Name Identifier. A number which uniquely identifies a name.
- 3
- Africa/Middle East
- DLAT
- Latitude of the Geoname feature in decimal degrees; DD;
- 4
- Russia/ Central Asia
- DLONG
- Longitude of the feature in decimal degrees; DD
- 5
- Asia/Pacific
- LAT_DMS
- Latitude of the Geoname feature in degrees, minutes, and seconds
- 6
- Vietnam
- LONG_DMS
- Longitude of the Geoname feature in degrees, minutes, and seconds
- MGRS
- UTM
- Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate grid reference
- JOG
- Joint Operations Graphic reference.
- FC
- Feature Classification
- A
- Administrative region type feature
- P
- Populated place type feature
- V
- Vegetation type feature
- L
- Locality or area type feature
- U
- Undersea type feature
- R
- Streets, highways, roads, or railroad type feature
- T
- Hypsographic type feature
- H
- Hydrographic type feature
- S
- Spot type feature
- DSG
- Feature Designation Code. A two to five-character code used to identify the type of Geoname feature a name is applied to.
- PC
- Populated Place Classification. A graduated numerical scale denoting the relative importance of a populated place. (1 to 5)
- CC1
- Primary Country Code. A two alphabetic character code uniquely identifying a geopolitical entity (countries, dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty).
- ADM1
- First-order administrative division code. A two alpha-numeric code from the FIPS 10-4 Standard describing a primary administrative division of a geopolitical entity
- ADM2
- Second-order administrative division. The name of a subdivision of a first-order administrative division
- NT
- Name Type
- C
- Conventional name
- N
- BGN Standard name
- NS
- BGN Standard name in non-Roman script
- P
- Provisional name
- PS
- Provisional name in non-Roman script
- H
- Historic name
- HS
- Historic name in non-Roman script
- D
- Not verified or daggered name
- DS
- Not verified name in non-Roman script
- V
- Variant or alternate name
- VS
- Variant name in non-Roman script
- SHORT_FORM
- A part of the full name that could substitute for the full name
- GENERIC
- The descriptive part of the full name
- SORT_NAME
- A form of the full name that allows for alphabetical sorting of the file into gazetteer sequence
- NAME
- The full name is the complete name that identifies a named feature
- NM_ASCII
- Name in ASCII characters
- PROV_PY
- Province in Pinyin
- PREF_ID
- Prefecture Identifier
- PREF_PY
- Prefecture in Pinyin
- CNTY_PY
- Name of County Level Unit in Pinyin
- CNTY_ID
- County Identifier
- SHE_INT_ID
- SHE_EXT_ID
- Distribution Information
- Distributor
- CHGIS, Harvard Yenching Institute
- Name
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20070709
- 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