Monthly Training Webinars on Research Data (4): Understanding Administrative Maps and Regional Geography

Monthly Training Webinars on Research Data: Sources, Tools and Applications

Co-Sponsored by China Data Institute, Future Data Lab, and RMDS Lab

4. Understanding Administrative Maps and Regional Geography

Shuming Bao¹ and Tao Hu²

¹China Data Institute & Future Data Lab

²Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University

English Session: 11:00AM-12:00PM, Thursday, December 17, 2020 (US Eastern Time)

Chinese Session: 10:00AM-11:AM, Friday, December 18, 2020 (Beijing Time)

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Abstract:

This webinar will introduce the yearly regional statistics of China integrated with GIS maps at province, city and county levels and discuss the following topics: (1) data sources, collection, category, definition, and interpretation of China administrative map data; (2) alternative data sources; (3) comparison of the difference between the US and China data; (4) discussions of pros and cons; (5) workflow-based data analysis case studies.