Land Survey Maps of China, 1895-1944

INSTITUTION

Max Planck Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Academia Sinica

ACCESS

open access

URL

https://chmap.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/lgtu-new/

DESCRIPTION

Land Survey Maps of China (CHMap) provides access to 4,088 historical land survey maps from 1895-1944 (at 1:50,000 scale), produced by Chinese central and provincial governments and the Japanese Army's land survey department. Through a trilateral collaboration between Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Academia Sinica, the project provides access to large-scale maps with geographic coverage, with detail of terrain, settlements, infrastructure, and land use during the late Qing and Republican periods. CHMap's interface allows users to search by location, browse by region, compare historical maps with modern satellite imagery, and download high-resolution images.

SOURCE LIST

ACLS Open Database Resource Guide

LAST MODIFIED

2026-01-16