Addressing quality issues of historical GIS data: an example of Republican Beijing

Figures & data

Figure 1. Hutongs and 20 police districts (1912) of Republican Beijing.

Figure 2. Temples in wuwanghou hutong

in the database and the hutong on the 1937 map.

Figure 3. Three records of temple in the shitou hutong

, the hutong on the 1937 map (a) and the 1916 map (b).

Figure 4. The temple record for caishenmiao

, guloudong dajie

shown on the 1937 map (a) and the 1916 map (b).

Figure 5. Two temple records for zhong'sitiao

, the hutong on the 1937 map (a) and on the 1916 map (b).

Figure 6. Three temple records for xiaoshi dajie

, the hutong on the 1937 map (a) and the 1916 map (b).

Figure 7. Temple records for the Picai hutong

, the hutong on the 1937 map (a) and the 1916 map (b).

Figure 8. Boundaries of the 11 police districts and the 80 synthetic districts (a) and nonresidential polygons in the city (b).

Figure 9. Population counts of 11 police districts (a) and 80 synthetic districts (b), 1937, using quantile classification method.

Figure 10. Population density levels of the 11 police districts (a) and the 80 synthetic districts (b).