USE OF GIS AND WEB MAP SERVICE IN HISTORICAL RESEARCH: CASE STUDY OF THE MONIES, MARKETS, AND FINANCE IN CHINA AND EAST ASIA 1600 - 1900- PROJECT

摘要

While some years ago working with historical data almost exclusively meant using traditional methods, meanwhile the potentials of geoinformatics are known also to historians (GREGORY and ELL 2007). But still these methods are seldom used. An objective within the Monies, Markets, and Finance (MMF) research group (www.monieseastasia.uni-tuebingen. de) is to share competences and facilities to gain better research results. Geographers are applying geoinformatics methods; GIS - analyses, different visualization methods, and a Web Map Service (WMS) were implemented. The MMF- project is supported by the German Research Foundation (FOR 596) and deals with monies, markets and finance in a historical and East Asian perspective.