http://www.ciolek.com/owtrad.html05 Apr 2006
Asia Pacific Research Online, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "This site [est 7 Jul 1999 - ed.] supports online research in the field of dromography [= the study of history, geography and logistics of communication and trade routes - ed.] and provides a public-access electronic archive of geo/chrono-referenced data on land, river and maritime trade routes of Eurasia and Africa during the period 10,000 BCE - circa 1820 CE."
Site contents:
* Introduction; * Reference Tools; * Data sets [in early Apr 2006 there were 58 GIS-ready datasets including] * Africa trade and pilgrimage routes data sets [...] * Asia & the Middle East data sets (# Karakoram and Pamir,1900 CE, major travel routes [17 data points; Src: Walker 1995; georeferenced] # NW China, 100 CE-1400 CE, 'Silk Road' trade routes [45 data points; Src: Anonymous-4 1991; georeferenced] # Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan, 680 CE-1950 CE - dataset 1, 'Tea and Horse' routes [16 data points; Src: Yang Fuquan 2004a; georeferenced] # Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan, 680 CE-1950 CE - dataset 2, 'Tea and Horse' routes [18 data points; Src: Yang Fuquan 2004b; georeferenced] # Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan, 680 CE-1950 CE - dataset 3, 'Tea and Horse' routes [27 data points; Src: Beijing Portal 2004; georeferenced] # China, 1368 CE-1644 CE, Imperial courier (I-chan) routes [458 routes' segments; Src: Hoshi 1971 and Elvin 1982; georeferenced] # NW China,1920 CE, major roads and caravan routes [111 data points; Src: Cable and French 1947; georeferenced] # Tibet, 1900-1950 CE, trade and transportation routes - dataset 1 [150 data points; Src: Baumann 1988; georeferenced] # Tibet, 1900-1950 CE, trade and transportation routes - dataset 2 [14 data points; Src: Norbu & Turnbull 1976, Gyatso 1992, Norbu 1997; georeferenced] # Hellenistic countries, 350 BCE, trade routes [52 data points; Src: Scarre (ed.) 1988; georeferenced] # Middle East, 600-500 BCE, trade routes [13 data points; Src: Cohen and Yisrael 1995; georeferenced] # India,1550-1710 CE, major roads [88 data points; Src: Farooque 1977; georeferenced] # Persia, 550 BCE-450 BCE, major roads [18 data points; Src: Lockhart 1966; georeferenced] # Persia, 50 BCE-300 CE, trade routes [92 data points; Src: Davies 1959; georeferenced] # Kyrgyzstan, 100 BCE-1400 CE - dataset 1, 'Silk Road' routes [37 data points; Src: Artrek n.d.; georeferenced] # Kyrgyzstan, 100 BCE-1400 CE - dataset 2, 'Silk Road' routes [16 data points; Src: Unusaliev and Tabaldiev 1998; georeferenced] # Kyrgyzstan, 100 BCE-1400 CE - dataset 3, 'Silk Road' routes [42 data points; Src: Artrek 2001; georeferenced] # Kyrgyzstan, 100 BCE-1400 CE - dataset 4, 'Silk Road' routes [32 data points; Src: ITMC Tien Shan n.d.; georeferenced] # Kyrgyzstan, 100 BCE-1400 CE - dataset 5, 'Silk Road' routes [57 data points; Src: Kolobova n.d.; georeferenced] # Cambodia [Khmer], 1200 CE, major roads [35 data points; Src: Hatano 2002; georeferenced] # Tajikistan, 400 CE-800 CE - dataset 1, 'Silk Road' routes [104 data points; Src: Tajikistan Development Gateway Team. n.d. (1) & (2); georeferenced] # Tajikistan, 400 CE-800 CE - dataset 2, 'Silk Road' routes [53 data points; Src: Jonboboev & Mamadambarova. n.d. (1); georeferenced] # Anatolia, 1200 CE-1400 CE, trade routes [191 routes' segments; Src: Anonymous-5. n.d; georeferenced] # The Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia and China, 1200 CE-1400 CE, trade routes [121 routes' segments; Src: Anonymous-6. n.d; georeferenced] # Turkey, 1300 CE-1600 CE, trade routes [174 routes' segments; Src: Inalcik 2000; georeferenced] # Iran and China, 200 BCE-500 CE, 'Silk Road' routes [27 data points; Src: Klimkeit 1988; georeferenced] # The Mediterranean, Iran and China, 200 BCE-1400 CE, 'Silk Road' routes [55 data points; Src: Klimkeit 1988; georeferenced] # Central Asia, 700-1000 CE, 'Silk Road' routes [59 data points; Src: Whitfield 1999; georeferenced] # Central Asia, 1 CE-1400 CE, 'Silk Road' routes [45 data points; Src: Foltz 1999; georeferenced] # Central Asia, 1 CE-1400 CE, 'Silk Road' routes [40 data points; Src: Anonymous-4 1991; georeferenced] # Middle East and India,1300 CE-1600 CE, trade and pilgrimage routes [149 data points; Src: Michell 1978; georeferenced]); * Europe trade and pilgrimage routes data sets [...]); * The OWTRAD Gazetteer (A list of online Lat/Long Gazetteers, Georeferenced Nodes - coordinates and other details of 12,500 variant names for 3,130 unique places in Eurasia and Africa]; * Catalogue of Georeferenced Caravanserais/Khans [Details of 607 caravanserais/khans and other built facilities (bedestans/qaysariyyas, bridges, forts, lighthouses/beacons, markets/bazaars, hospices, etc.) supporting long-distance communication routes]; * Trade-Routes--at--mm.isu.edu scholarly forum [Historical Transport/Communication/Pilgrimage Networks forum] * The OWTRAD Notation System (Introduction, Details of the formal language); * Trade Routes Resources Blog; * Useful Bibliographies.
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