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CHGIS Map — MBTiles
This dataset contains a MBTiles file of raster PNG tiles generated from the natural geography shapefiles of the China Historical GIS (CHGIS) Version 6 project.
Source
CHGIS Version 6 is produced by:
- Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University
- Center for Historical Geographical Studies, Fudan University
Published December 2016. Project homepage: https://chgis.fas.harvard.edu/data/chgis/v6/
Recommended citation:
CHGIS, Version: 6. © Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies of Harvard University and the Center for Historical Geographical Studies at Fudan University, 2016.
Contents
| File | Description |
|---|---|
chgis_map.mbtiles |
Raster (PNG) tiles derived from CHGIS v6 natural geography shapefiles. |
Coverage
- Temporal scope: Historical China through ~1911
- Layers: Natural geography only — DEM, hillshade, rivers, lakes. Does not include administrative divisions.
- Tile format: PNG (raster)
- Zoom levels: 3–8
- Projection: EPSG:3857 (WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator, Web Mercator)
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0).
Free for academic research. No commercial use, resale, or redistribution permitted.
Usage
The .mbtiles file can be served with tools such as:
Or accessed programmatically via any SQLite client (MBTiles is a SQLite database).
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