Projects and Metadata

Regional systems analyses are underway for:

China (1:1,000,000) and Shandong Province (1:250,000)

Japan (1:750,000) and the Nobi region (1:50,000) and Owari subregion (1:20,000)

France (1:1,000,000) and the Lot-et-Garrone region (1:100,000 and 1:25,000)


Extensive metadata is provided for GIS coverages developed for the China project, as of 1998, as well as certain GIS procedures. Further data development and documentation for other projects is in progress. All GIS data sets are managed with ArcGIS software (ESRI, Redlands, California). In most cases, UC Davis is not a distribution point for the data files described here--please contact our collaborators who are in the data distribution business.

Chinese Place Names: characters and meanings

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