Historical GIS of China and Taiwan
in Progress
I-Chun Fan , Hsiung-Ming Liao
Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Chinese Civilization in Time and Space,
CCTS
‧Using Prof. Tan＇s《 The Historical Atlas of
China 》and contemporary《Arc/China,1:1M
Scale》to construct a spatio-temporal framework
for more than two thousands years.
The Historical
Atlas of China
Arc/China
User Interface
Time Scale of CCTS Database
Tan’s Historical Atlas of China
500 B.C.
1000 A.D.
1900 A.D.
1950 A.D.
The Atlas of Shen
Newspaper
2000 A.D.
2000 A.D.
Digital Map Database
(ArcChina)
Digitized Administrative Boundaries of the Tang Dynasty
Taiwan History and Culture in Time and
Space, THCTS
‧ 《Atlas of the historic administrative pau division of Taiwan》
(1904) ,《Atlas of the topography of Taiwan during the period of
Japanese rule》(1920) and the newly published “Topography
of Taiwan＂ and remote sensing images, constitute the main
body of base maps. These base maps cover four different
periods of Taiwan history: the“Dutch and Spanish Period＂,
the“Chengs＇ Dynasty＂, the “Qing Dynasty＂, the
“Japanese Colonized Period＂and After WW II.
《Atlas of the historic administrative
pau division of Taiwan》
《 Topography of Taiwan 》
User Interface
Time Scale of THCTS
•Dutch and Spanish Period
•Koxinga Period
•Qing Dynasty
•Japanese Colonization Period
•After WW II Period
Spanish Koxinga Period
1600 A.D.
Dutch
1700 A.D.
Japanese Ruled Period
Qing Dynasty
After WWⅡ
1800 A.D.
1900 A.D.
2000 A.D.
Tainan City in 300 Years
Historical GIS and National Digital
Archives Program
Application
Integrated
Systems
Projects of the National Digital Archives
Program
Linguistics Coordinate
Spatio-Temporal Coordinate
IT
Historical GIS
Database of
Basic Map
Archiving Historical Maps and
Remote Sensing Images of China
and Taiwan
Content
Project of Archiving Historical Maps and
Remote Sensing Images of Modern China
• This project is part of
the National Digital
Archives Program,
which primarily
archives maps and
remote sensing
images.
b
Taichung City,1948/06/26
Taipei City,1947/09/15
Digital Archives Output
Item
Name
Map
Records
Subtotal
2002
2003
2004
2005
Digital Map archives, Institute of Modern History,
Academia Sinica
15,102
2,950
7,786
4,366
0
Digital Map archives, Ministry of the Interior
30,372
8,054
16,062
6,256
0
Digital Map archives, Water Resources Agency
12,777
0
3,671
6,662
2,444
Irrigation Association
45
0
0
0
45
The Cover of Water Resources Agency
150
0
0
0
150
Topographic Maps, China
6,641
0
6,641
0
0
Forestry Bureau
3,759
0
0
1,420
2,339
Air Force Related Maps
12,814
9,397
3,417
0
0
Land Survey Bureau
2,519
0
0
0
2,519
478
0
0
0
478
84,657
Other (Digital Photographs)
Aerial
Photo
U2 Aerial Photos
25,788
6,623
6,590
10,718
1,857
Digital Aerial Photo archives in Taiwan, Energy
and Resources Laboratories
3,379
0
0
3,379
0
Flight Paths Map
9,664
0
0
0
9,664
336
0
0
0
336
11,249
0
0
0
11,249
135,073
27,024
44,167
32,801
31,081
SPOT
50,416
Forestry Bureau
Subtotal
Total
135,073
Google Earth
Server
Touch Panel
Plug-in
UserDefined
Geo-Data
Plasma TV
Internet
Conversion
Conversion
Tools
Tools
Specific
Support
Rack
Display
Touch
Google Earth
Interface
電腦
PC Server
Geodatabase
Digital
Digital
Archives
Archives
Contents
Contents
The Solution of Digital Earth interface
Lightweight Web-GIS
Searching Interface of Aerial Photos and
Satellite Images
Data Searching
Data Sharing
Data Comparing
Taipei Old Map(1922) v.s. Old Aerial photo(1947)
3D Interface
Interactive Interface
Project of Space and Time Coordinate
Integration of Digital Archive Project
with Historical GIS
清代地方誌檢索
清代地方誌檢索
漢籍全文檢
漢籍全文檢
索
索
圖書聯合目
圖書聯合目
錄查詢
錄查詢
人物資料庫
人物資料庫
查詢
查詢
The Technique Framework for
Space-Time Coordinate
Precise Interface
Fuzzy Interface
•Digital Map*
•Time Bar
Search Interface
•Placename criteria
•Dynasty or Period criteria
Query Cube
(Bounding Box + Time Span)
Spatail and
Temporal
Calculation
Calculation
GeoCoding
TimeCoding
Chronological
Database
Time & Location Attribute
Metadata Entry
＊ Related to Temporal Informtion
Gazetteer*
Location、Address
Metadata
Digital Archive
Biodivisity Project(1)- Plants
Biodivisity Project (2)- Fish
10*10 KM2
Digital Archives Project of Geological
Specimen Collection in NTU
Digital Archives Project of Formosan
Aborigines
Digital Archive Project of Rubbings and
Archaic Texts
Union Catalog of National Digital
Archives Program
The Aims of GIS Lab of Academia
Sinica
‧Creating a Virtual Center of Sinological
Studies
‧Open Lab served for China and Taiwan
Studies
New Policy on System and Data
Accessibility
‧ The Web service of THCTS is opened to the public
‧ CCTS will open the Web service to the public and open
the data access to the authorized members.
open
Web Site
Web Site
restricted
Web Service
Web Service
WFS
close
WFS
Geospatial
Database
Geospatial
Database
now
2006
Metadata
Service
WMS
Maps and Remote
Sensing Images
Database
Conclusion
‧ Domain Knowledge managed by Historical GIS
to create a Dynamic Digital Earth to depict the
patterns of human and natural interaction in
the past, present and future.
Academic Cooperation
‧
Map Collection of Library of Congress
Historical Map of China, 1723
Historical Map of Taiwan, 1845