Received: from frosty.irss.unc.edu (frosty.irss.unc.edu [152.2.32.82]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with SMTP id HAA10747 for ; Thu, 1 May 1997 07:29:47 -0600 (MDT) Received: (from cassell@localhost) by frosty.irss.unc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.10) id JAA22064; Thu, 1 May 1997 09:28:41 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 09:28:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Cassell To: sos-data@frosty.irss.unc.edu cc: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion Subject: China Dimensions Website (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII FYI; should be useful for folks interested in China. - Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James Cassell Institute for Research in Social Science e-mail: cassell@irss.unc.edu University of North Carolina Ph: 919/962-0782 Fx: 919/962-4777 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3355 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 97 18:04:04 EDT From: CIESIN Information To: jwcassell@UNC.EDU Subject: China Dimensions Website CIESIN and its Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) are pleased to announce on-line availability of the China Dimensions World Wide Web site. This site offers access to a unique data collection that has been designed to facilitate a wide range of natural science and socioeconomic research and educational activities. It enables both researchers and the general public to obtain accurate and timely information on the world's most populous country. The China Dimensions URL is: http://plue.sedac.ciesin.org/china Highlights of the China Dimensions WWW site include the following data resources: (1) China Administrative Regions GIS Data: 1:1M, County Level, 1990. (2) GB (Guo Biao -- National Standard) Codes for the Administrative Divisions of the People's Republic of China. (3) Fundamental GIS: Digital Chart of China, 1:1M, Version 1. Includes layers for roads, railroads, drainage system, contours, populated places and urbanized areas. (4) Interactive access to the China Census of Population, 1% Sample, 1982. (5) County-Level Data on Population and Agriculture, 1990: Keyed to 1:1M GIS Map. (6) County-Level Data on Provincial Economic Yearbooks, 1990-91: Keyed to 1:1M GIS Map. (7) Agricultural Statistics of the People's Republic of China, 1949-94. (8) County-Level Data on Hospitals and Epidemiology Stations, 1950-85. (9) Priority Program for China's Agenda 21. In addition, nation-level statistics on China are available through interactive access to the World Bank's Social Indicators of Development, Trends in Developing Economies and Monitoring Environmental Progress, and World Resources Institute's World Resources 1996-97 . For more information, please contact CIESIN User Services by e-mail at ciesin.info@ciesin.org or by telephone at 517/797-2727. This service is provided by the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) under contract to the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the development and operation of the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). SEDAC is one of the data centers in NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). SEDAC's mission is to develop and deliver information products and services that integrate social and natural science data in ways useful for decision making. Many of the data resources have been developed in collaboration with the China in Time and Space (CITAS) project based at the University of Washington. CIESIN is a registered trademark of the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network.