Program

Preservation and Access: Preservation/Access Projects

Period of Performance

1/1/2005 - 12/31/2006

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$250,000.00 (approved)
$250,000.00 (awarded)


China Historical Geographic Information System

FAIN: PA-50666-04

President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, MA 02138-3800)
Peter K. Bol (Project Director: July 2003 to April 2007)

The creation of an authoritative common base geographic information system for Chinese history from 221 BCE to 1911 CE, in collaboration with Fudan University of Shanghai. This common base can be used to represent, analyze, and share all Chinese historical data with temporal and spatial attributes.