Tōa gojūmanbun no ichi zu, Maps Index
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This polygon shapefile is an index to 1:500,000 scale maps of East Asia, titled 'Tōa gojūmanbun no ichi zu/東亞五十万分一圖: 1:50,000 Map of East Asia.’ This map series was originally produced by the Japanese Land Survey Department of the General Staff Headquarters between 1923 and 1944. Stanford University Libraries holds a large collection of Japanese military and imperial maps, referred to as gaihōzu, or "maps of outer lands." These maps were produced starting in the early Meiji (1868-1912) era and the end of World War II by the Land Survey Department of the General Staff Headquarters, the former Japanese Army. The Library is in the process of scanning and making available all of the maps in the collection. To create this index, footprints were generated using the fishnet tool, and metadata were supplied for the digitized paper maps by Stanford University Libraries. After the footprints were created, the shapefile was trimmed and labeled according to the sources.
- Purpose
- This layer provides an index map that can be used to locate individual scanned map sheets.
Description
| Alternative title | East Asia, 1:500,000 Maps Index |
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| Type of resource | cartographic, software, multimedia |
| Form | Shapefile |
| Extent | 0.042 |
| Place | Stanford, California, |
| Publisher | Stanford Digital Repository |
| Publication date | 2016 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
| Map data | Scale not given. ; E 87°30ʹ--E 145°/N 56°40ʹ--N 18°20ʹ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326 |
Creators/Contributors
| Creator | Stanford Geospatial Center |
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Subjects
| Subject | Military maps |
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| Subject | Topographic maps |
| Subject | Index maps |
| Subject | Grids (Cartography) |
| Subject | Asia |
| Subject | 1923-1944 |
| Subject | Boundaries |
| Subject | Military |
| Genre | Geospatial data |
| Genre | Cartographic dataset |
Bibliographic information
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| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/xz278xc9073 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
- Copyright
- This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- Stanford Geospatial Center. (2016). Tōa gojūmanbun no ichi zu, Maps Index. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/xz278xc9073.
Collection
Gaihozu Index Maps
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