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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: May 2008, Vol. 15, No. 5 (279)

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05 May 2008
4star
Chinese Civilization in Time and Space (CCTS) [WebGIS]
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Self-description: "[...] In response of the demands of interdisciplinary research applications, this system aims to construct an integrated GIS-based application infrastructure within the spatial extent of China, in the timeframe of Chinese history, and with the contents of Chinese civilization. Although target users are primarily scholars, academic experts, and school teachers, it is also our goal to provide general spatial- and temporal-based applications This, we hope, will establish a feedback mechanism of continuously collecting research and application results to fertilize the contents of this system and elaborate the value of information integration This system consists of three major components: basic geospatial materials, WebGIS integrated application environment, and thematic information. The fundamental base maps are based on Dr. Tan's "The Historical Atlas of China". "The Historical Atlas of China" provides users with Chinese historical features, covering Chinese history over the past 2000 years, from the ancient time to Qing dynasty. Furthermore, various historical atlas and remote sensing imagery are persistently geo-referenced and overlaid into the system to broaden the spatial and temporal scope."
Site contents: * Introduction; * Team & People; * Copyrights; * Framework (CCTS System; CCTS Image System, Animation [incl.: Changes of the Administrative Boundaries, Changes of the Place Names, Changes of the Yellow River, Changes of the Capital of China, Changes of China, Changes of the Culture of China]); * Integration (incl.: Historical GIS Database on the Songjiang Region in Late Ming China, Scripta Sinica, The Bibliography of Chinese Local Gazetteers); * Search; * Research (incl.: Buffer Analysis for the Flooding of the Yellow River, Overlay Analysis of the Ming-Qing Jiangnan Market Towns, Distribution of the Han Tombs & Temples, Integration with Fu Shi-Nien Library, Mapping the Journeys of the Song-dynasty Poet Su Dongpo]; * Publications (online documents in Cn., Jap., and En. including: Introduction to Chinese and Taiwan Historical GIS, Chinese and Taiwan Historical GIS briefing, CCTS System User's Guide); * News and Events; * Links; * Mirror Site; * Forum; * Contact Us.
URL http://ccts.sinica.edu.tw/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://ccts.sinica.edu.tw/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at-coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

03 May 2008
3star
[Electronic] Historical Atlas of South India
Institut Francais de Pondicherry / French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP), Pondicherry, India
Self-description: "[...] The first phase [of the project - ed.] was completed early in 2005 and the outcome was a prototype for the Pudukkottai (Central Tamil Nadu) region, which works both from a CD-Rom and on the Internet. This work provided the team an opportunity to explore multidisciplinary approaches in research using IT&C, with History and Archaeology on one hand and GIS and Informatics on the other hand. The prototype CD-Rom has already been used to present the project at various seminars and workshops, and has also been sent to scholars who would be interested in working with us in the future phases. In the current phase of the project (starting from 2005 May onwards), we intend to extend the scope to the entire states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, as well as two pilot areas in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka [...]. The idea behind initiating the two new pilot areas is to prepare for the extension of the project area further north so that the entire South India could be covered during the subsequent phase. The primary source of data for Tamil Nadu will be contributed by the Department of Epigraphy and Archaeology, Tamil University, Thanjavur. [...]
[Web version of the prototype on Historical Atlas of South India] "The bulk of the basic materials comes from the epigraphic records (nearly 9,000) for the period from AD 600 to 1600. Archaeology provides resources for the pre-600 period. Literature is useful as a supplementary source. Besides these original sources, there are a few secondary works, particularly on art, which provide data for the maps. The photo collection of IFP provides also material for illustrations. Clicking next, you will now have an overview of the Atlas, but with information on Pudukottai area only."
Site contents: * Time Line (Stone Age, New Stone Ahe, Iron Age [(Megalithic], Ancient History I [Sangam], Ancient History II [Pre-Pallava], Medieval I [Pallava], Medieval II [Chola], Medieval III [Vijayanagar]); * Knowledge (Political, Cultural, Social, Economic); * Team (Subbarayalu, Y. (French Institute of Pondicherry - IFP) - Project Co-ordinator, Rajan, K. (Tamil U., Thanjavur), Aloka Parasher Sen (Central U., Hyderabad), Rajan Gurukkal. P.M. (Mahatma Gandhi U., Kottayam), Kesavan Veluthat (Mangalore U.), Balasubramanian, D. (IFP), Frederic Borne (IFP)); * Sources [a bibliography over 90 books and articles in English - ed.]
URL http://www.ifpindia.org/histatlas/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ifpindia.org/histatlas/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at-coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info./ Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30