Tarim Basin Places, 1884 is a point theme representing towns mountains on the routes north and south of the Tarim Basin, from Korla-Aksu and from Qarkilik-Khotan; digitized from H.M. Prezhavalsky "Map of Central Asia" 1884 (first version). Developed by Irina Merzliakova (Inst of Geography) and Alexei Karimov (Inst for the History of Science), Russian Academy of Sciences
Purpose
Projected for use with CHGIS Version 4.
Supplemental Information
English and Russian (codepage win1251)
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Period
Beginning
1884
End
1885
Bounding Box
West
78.428868
East
90.798629
North
41.264441
South
35.697171
Theme Keyword
towns and natural features
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
Alexandria Digital Library, CHGIS specialized feature type vocabularies
Theme Keyword
geoscientificInformation
location
society
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme Keyword
CHGIS
Mountains
Cities
Terrain
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
China
Tarim Basin (China)
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
1884
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
For current Columbia affiliates only.
Use Restrictions
For educational, non-commercial use only.
Status
complete (April 2003)
Maintenance and Update Frequency
None planned
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
CHGIS, Harvard Yenching Institute
Contact Telephone
617-384-7380
Contact Electronic Mail Address
mberman@fas.harvard.edu
Credit
CHGIS, Version: 4. Cambridge, MA (USA): Harvard Yenching Institute, Jan 2007.
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
CHGIS, Version: 4
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Other Citation Details
(c) Harvard Yenching Institute
Cambridge, MA (USA)
Data Quality Information
Lineage
Source
Originator
Prezhavalsky, H.M.
Publication Date
1884
Title
Map of Central Asia
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
map
Type of Source Media
paper
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
59
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_ras_1884_tarim_pts
Entity Type Definition
towns and mountains
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
NAME_RUS
Name of the feature (Cyrillic)
NAME_ROM
Name of the feature
TYPE
Feature type
LAT
Latitude
LONG
Longitude
POS_CERT
DATE_CERT
DATE_
Date of source
MAP_NAME
Name of the source
MAP_CITE
Citation to source
ID
Identifier
RAS_ID
Identifier
Distribution Information
Distributor
CHGIS, Harvard Yenching Institute
Name
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20070716
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
