Modern History Geographical Information Services

MHGIS (Modern History Geographical Information Services) is a historical Archives digitalization and value-added project jointly developed by the Institute of Modern History, and Center for GIS, RCHSS, Academia Sinica. This project aims to transform spatial historical sources into easier-to-use spatial information through geographic information technology, in order to lower the criterion for its use. The platform provides resources include location-corrected historical maps and digital maps of specific themes. The key concept of the platform is “modernity” and “contact zone,” and the information covers trading or treaty ports, concessions (including railway annexes and summer resorts), Customs offices, railway hubs, and metropolitan cities in East and Southeast Asia today. Maps are mainly large scale (1/25,000 and above) maps with city and street information, topographies, maps of water routes, maps of railways, and other thematic maps.

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