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Description
Gaihouzu (Produced by Japanese Army)
CSEAS holds about 40,000 sheets of maps of Southeast Asia and the surrounding
areas of India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, China, Korea Peninsula,
Australia, Pacific Islands and Japan. The publication dates of these maps
vary from the pre-war period to more recent years when the aerial survey
became available.
The CSEAS staff has been collecting satellite images since 1978, and today
the Center holds about 3,500 scenes. In anticipation of the establishment
of a new geographical information system, these maps – as well as other
data – are now being digitalized.
Aerial photos of Southeast Asia and environs, Human Ecology Files and the
CSEAS DVD collections are also available in the CSEAS Map Room. For the
details of each collections, see “The CSEAS Map Room Collections and Databases”
in the next section.
The CSEAS Map Room Collections and Databases
Map
Number of maps: 40,000
- Gaihouzu
- Maps called “Gaihouzu” are historically valuable Japanese Army topographical
maps and nautical charts covering South and East Asia as well as Southeast
Asia and prepared before and during World War II. About 16,000 Gaihouzu in the CSEAS Map Room comprise one of the foremost collections in Japan.
The maps are classified by areas. On “Catalogue of Map Collections”, they
are referred to by the words “Japanese Army Map Service” or “Japanese Navy.”
- Other Maps
- Besides Gaihouzu, there are also 24,000 topographic, geological maps, land-use, vegetation,
administrative, and road maps in the CSEAS Map Room.
- ＊The topographic maps cover areas like Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar
and parts of Gaihouzu are digitalized and available to the public on a
limited basis. These data are also searchable in the Center’s database
systems, the “CSEAS Topographic Map Atlas” or the “SEATMD” (Southeast Asia Topography Maps Database) in the Southeast Asian Topographic Map Databases.
- When requesting to obtain digital data on Southeast Asian Topographic Map
Databases, please follow the “User’s Guide to Southeast Asian Topographic Map Databases.”
- Wall Maps
- There are about fifty (50) topographical, mineral product, geological,
and vegetation maps on Japan, the former Manchuria, Taiwan, and the Korea
Peninsula.
- Maps of British Parliament Papers
- For more information about these maps, please see the “Kyocera Collection
of the British Parliamentary Papers” on the Center for Integrated Area Studies website.
Satellite Images
CSEAS holds about 3,500 scenes of MOS-1 MESSR, JERS-1 SAR and Landsat-MSS/TM
images (prints or digital data) covering Southeast Asia and surrounding
areas that include India, Bangladesh, Southern China, and Japan.
Aerial Photographs
- The Williams-Hunt Collection
- About 5,800 aerial photographs acquired by Peter Williams-Hunt during and
after the World War II and organized by Dr. Elizabeth Moore at the School
of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. The collection mainly
covered Cambodia (Angkor Wat), Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia and Singapore.
CSEAS has about 4,000 sheets of the collection, and their scanned images
are also available. On-line data service is available at the “Geo-spatial Digital Archive Project” developed by CRMA (Thailand), CSEAS (Kyoto University), SOAS (University
of London) and UNINET (Thailand). This include a demonstration system by
Dr. Surat LERTLUM, visiting fellow of CSEAS on how to use the collection.
For the details of the Williams-Hunt Collection, see this PDF file.
- An Ariticle (PDF file) on the Williams-Hunt Collection is appeared on BiblioAsia （National Library
Board, Singapore) issed on April 2009.
- *Note: All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore 2009. Reproduced
with permission from the National Library Board Singapore. This article
was first published in BiblioAsia (Vol 5, Issue 1, April 2009), the quarterly
news journal of the National Library, Singapore.
Besides the Williams-Hunt Collection mentioned above, CSEAS also has about
3,500 aerial photos on Japan published by the Japan Geographical Survey
Institute and about 2,200 photos in Laos and Indonesia.
Human Ecology Files（HEF）
Materials on human ecology like abstracts of academic conferences, bulletins,
reports articles of newspapers and journals throughout the world were collected
and compiled into 5,600 files by Professor Terry Rambo at East-West Center,
Hawaii, and were transferred to CSEAS in 2000. These plus files on Agro-forestry,
and Watersheds, total of 9,200. They are collectively called the “Human
Ecology Files” (HEF.) For the details of HEF, see the Excel files below.
Human Ecology Files 2009: Excel 2003(4.81MB) / Excel 2007(1.77MB)
CSEAS DVD
About 4,400 of topographical maps including the Gaihouzu, as well as 4,000 of aerial photos from the Williams-Hunt Collection are
digitalized while about 170 satellite images are digitalized and stored
in DVDs.
- Digitalized topographical maps and satellite images can be partially retrieved
at the “Southeast Asian Topographic Map Databases” system and the “Satellite Image Collection,” while aerial photos in the Williams-Hunt Collection can be retrieved
in the Geo-Spatial Digital Archive Project website.
- When requesting access to the digital data on Southeast Asian Topographic
Map Databases, please follow the “User’s Guide to Southeast Asian Topographic Map Databases.”
User's Guide to CSEAS and CIAs Map Room
Hours
- Open
- Monday - Friday 10:00 - 17:00 (Closed: 12:00 - 13:00)
- Closed
- Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays
June 18 (Anniversary of Establishment of Kyoto University）
Year-end and New Year holidays
Summer Holidays: August 11 - 20
About the Collection
Users may access all collections in the CSEAS Map Room except for some
restricted materials. All materials at the CSEAS Map Room are for internal use only. However, users can borrow materials temporarily and make photocopies as
long as this does not infringe on their copyrights.
All materials are to be used only for non-profit purposes such as research
or education.
A part of digital data (CSEAS DVD) may be duplicated in the CSEAS Map Room
as long as this does not infringe on their copyrights. Users must bring
brand-new CD-Rs or DVD-Rs for duplication.
Photocopying Materials
- Hours
- 10：30 - 16：30, weekdays except Wednesdays
- Users are requested to contact the staff in advance if they want materials
to be photocopied.
- Contact： CIAS & CSEAS MAPS
46 Shimoadachi-cho Yoshida Sakyo-ku
46Kyoto, JAPAN 606-8501
Tel&FAX: +81-75-753-9650
E-mail: map@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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- Users are requested to fill out the photocopy form with information that
include their names, institutes, contact addresses, purpose(s) of usage,
etc.
- Users will be asked for an official student or employee ID or driver's
license to photocopy it. Their personal records will never be used for
any other purpose.
- Users are requested to return the materials to the CSEAS Map Room as soon
as they are finished with the photocopying.
List of Materials at the CSEAS Map Room
| Materials |
Availability |
| Maps |
Gaihouze |
○ |
| Other Maps |
○* |
| Wall Maps |
○ |
| Maps of British Parliamentary Papers |
△ |
| Aerial Photos |
Aerial Photos |
△ |
| Williams-Hunt Collection |
△ |
| Satellite Images |
Photos |
○ |
| Films |
×
（In Preparation） |
| Human Ecological Files (HEF) |
○ |
| CSEAS DVD |
Maps |
○ |
| Williams-Hunt Collection |
○ |
| Corona Films |
○ |
| Satellite Images |
○ |
* Some files are not allowed to be taken out temporarily
○ = Available and allowed to be taken out temporarily △ = Internal use
only × = Not available
For more details of materials at the CSEAS Map Room, please see the section
on "The CSEAS Map Room Collections and Databases" or check the website of the Center for Integrated Area Studies.
To take out large number of items, users must obtain prior permission from
the relevant CSEAS committee. Users are then requested to contact the CSEAS Map Room in advance to apply
for permission.
User's Guide to Southeast Asian Topographic Map Databases
When you request access to the digital data on Southeast Asian Topographic
Map Databases, please follow the “Guidelines for Users of CSEAS Databases.” Fill up the “CSEAS Digital Data Application Form (Word/PDF),” and send this by email to map@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp. After screening your application, the CSEAS Map Room staff will then give you a password that will allow you to access the collections through the internet.
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