CHGIS Map: Historical Geography Raster Tiles of China

A MBTiles file of raster PNG tiles generated from the natural geography shapefiles of the China Historical GIS (CHGIS) Version 6 project. The dataset is produced by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University and the Center for Historical Geographical Studies at Fudan University. It was published in December 2016.

Use Cases

• Create historical map visualizations based on the natural geography shapefiles.
• Analyze changes in China's historical landscape using the raster tile format.
• Integrate historical geographic layers into modern GIS applications.
• Study the natural geography features of historical China as defined by the CHGIS project.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative CHGIS Version 6 project by Harvard and Fudan Universities.
• Published in December 2016, providing a stable historical snapshot.
• Format is MBTiles, a standard for storing raster map tiles.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

China Historical GIS (CHGIS) Version 6, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies (Harvard University), Center for Historical Geographical Studies (Fudan University)

Collection Method

Generated from natural geography shapefiles.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-10 07:28:26; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China