HISTORICAL JAPANESEMAPS ONLINEPRESERVATION AND ACCESSAT STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Julie Sweetkind-Singer
Stanford University
March 3, 2018

OUTLINE• Explanation of the military and imperial maps
• What’s held at Stanford• How the maps arrived at Stanford and the United States• The project• Organizing• Cataloging• Scanning• Discovery• Resources

GAIHOZU MAPS: HISTORY

Hyakumanbunnoichi Kōkūzu.
百万分一航空圖1939
https://purl.stanford.edu/gv396hb8458

GAIHOZU MAPS: HISTORY

Shinkoku[nijūmanbunichi zu]
清國[二十万分一圖]1884
https://purl.stanford.edu/jr178ws
4012

STANFORD’S HOLDINGS• Scales:• Topographic maps— 1:20,000; 1:25,000; 1:50,000; 1:100,000; and 1:200,000• Aeronautical charts— 1:1,000,000 and 1:2,000,000• Estimated Amount:
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Manchuria— over 4,000 maps
Korean Peninsula— 3,000 ~ 4,000 maps
Siberia, East Russia, and Mongolia— over 2,000 maps
Japan (including Hokkaido and Ryukyu Islands)— over 2,000 maps
Taiwan— over 1,000 maps
Mainland China (excluding Manchuria and Mongolia)—over 500 maps
Pacific Islands— over 200 mapsPhilippines— 200 maps
South and Southeast Asia— to be determined

TOPOGRAPHIC

Yokohama, Japan
五万分一地形圖
1:50,000
Map series began 1888-

https://purl.stanford.edu/pp860cp5236

AERONAUTICAL CHARTS

Papua NewGuinea
1:2,000,000
1943
https://purl.stanford.edu/kn202rj1662

CITY PLANS

Shanghai, China
1:5,000 (approx.)1941

https://purl.stanford.edu/qk468mx2283

CITY PLANS

Changchun, China
1:10,0001938
https://purl.stanford.edu/xc630mh2565

CITY PLANS

Changchun, China
1:10,0001938
https://purl.stanford.edu/xc630mh2565

CITY PLANS

Changchun, ChinaGoogle Earth
CNES, 2018

Changchun, China
1:10,0001938
https://purl.stanford.edu/xc630mh2565

ROAD NETWORKS

Road networks around Xingan(now Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia)

ANNOTATIONS

Sakhalin Island andthe Sea of Okhotsk

MILITARY USE

Vladivostok, Russia
1938-1941

MAPS TO STANFORD
Army
Map
Service
Library ofCongress
Library
MuseumDirectlyfromJapan

US INSTITUTIONS INITIALLY
RECEIVING MAPS
Auburn University

University of
Arizona

University of
Arkansas

UC, Berkeley

Claremont
College

Stanford
University

San Diego Public
Lib.

CA AcademySciences

University ofColorado

Yale University

National Geo.
Society

University ofGeorgia

University ofHawaii

University ofChicago

Northwestern
University

University of Iowa

Louisiana State
Univ.

Harvard
University

Clark University

University ofMichigan

Carleton CollegePrinceton
University

Univ. of New
Mexico

AGS: Uni. Wis.Madison

New York Public
Lib.

Cleveland Public
Lib.

Oberlin College

University ofOklahoma

Oklahoma State
Library

Oregon State
Univ.

University ofPittsburgh

University ofTennessee

Southern
Methodist Uni.

Univ. ofWashington

Library ofCongress

INTERNATIONAL AND OTHERINSTITUTIONS HOLDING MAPS
Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Ochanomizu University, Japan

Gifu Prefectural Library, Japan

Osaka University, Japan

Kyoto University, Japan

Tohoku University, Japan

National Library of Australia
University of Illinois
Washington State University

University of Texas

CREATING ACCESS: ORGANIZINGEast Asia
LibraryHoover
LibraryUniversity
Library(main library)

Branner Library(branch)

CREATING ACCESS: ORGANIZING• Center for East Asian Studies• Academia Sinica, Taiwan• Dr. Kobayashi, Osaka University• Stanford Geospatial Center• Individuals• Meiyu Hsieh, The Ohio State University• Sayoko Sakakibara, Stanford• Shizuka Nakazaki, Stanford

CREATING ACCESS: CATALOGING

https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/8917597

CREATING ACCESS: SCANNING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdLcrNeWjIs&t=57s

CREATING ACCESS: SCANNING

https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/11298997

CREATING ACCESS: PRESERVATION

https://library.stanford.edu/research/stanford-digital-repository

Scalable, Robust, Shared
Management andPreservation Services

CREATING DISCOVERY: THE OLD WAY

CREATING DISCOVERY: THE OLD WAY

CREATING DISCOVERY: THE NEW WAY
INTERACTIVE INDEX MAPS

http://bit.ly/2w8VYKJCREATING DISCOVERY: THE NEW WAY
INTERACTIVE INDEX MAPSCREATING DISCOVERY: THE NEW WAY
INTERACTIVE INDEX MAPSCREATING DISCOVERY: THE NEW WAY
UNIVERSAL VIEWER
https://purl.stanford.edu/yy001yg8733

CREATING DISCOVERY: THE NEW WAY
UNIVERSAL VIEWER

https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10293361

CREATING DISCOVERY: THE NEW WAY
UNIVERSAL VIEWER

CREATING DISCOVERY: THE NEW WAY
UNIVERSAL VIEWER

CREATING DISCOVERY: THE NEW WAY
UNIVERSAL VIEWER

CREATING DISCOVERY: THE NEW WAY
UNIVERSAL VIEWER

CREATING DISCOVERY: THE NEW WAY
EARTHWORKS

https://earthworks.stanford.edu

CREATING DISCOVERY: THE NEW WAY
EARTHWORKSCREATING DISCOVERY: THE NEW WAY
EARTHWORKSTOPIC GUIDE

http://library.stanford.
edu/guides/gaihozujapanese-imperial-maps

TOPIC GUIDENEXT STEPS: INTEGRATION

NEXT STEPS: TRANSFORMATION

http://www.davidrumsey.com

NEXT STEPS: VISUALIZATION

NEXT STEPS: COLLABORATION

NEXT STEPS: COLLABORATION

http://www.oldmapsonline.org/

NEXT STEPS: COLLABORATION

https://mapwarper.h-gis.jp/

NEXT STEPS: COLLABORATION

https://hgis.pref.miyazaki.lg.jp/hinata/hinata.html#l5FnrBVF0W8h

LINKS TO RESOURCES• ArcGIS Index Maps Online• http://bit.ly/2w8VYKJ• Searchworks (Library Catalog)• https://searchworks.stanford.edu• Earthworks (Geospatial Catalog)• https://earthworks.stanford.edu• Topic guide for Gaihozu maps
• http://stanford.io/1MFfq7i• Contact information• juliets@stanford.edu