---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 13.02.1999 New in IGCS - Geography: The Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI) Ed./Corp.: University of California, Berkeley, USA URL: http://www.ias.berkeley.edu/ecai/ Language: English. Self description: "The Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative is a collaborative project, which will combine global mapping, imagery, and texts. ECAI provides scholars and other users with a research resource based on digital technology which can present complex combinations of data from multiple disciplines visually and immediately. [...] The dual mission of the project is to continuously expand the scope of affiliated databases to encompass the many regions and cultures of the world, varied disciplines, and multiple historical periods, while maintaining a high standard of academic research excellence. ECAI is a project developed from and for academic research. [...] It is international in scope and cross-cultural in content. The current group of Affiliate Atlas Groups includes: (1) The Silk Road Atlas; (2) Ancient Palestine Atlas; (3) Euroasian Nomads Atlas; (4) China Atlas; (5) Japan Atlas; (6) Korea Atlas; (7) Circumpolar Atlas; (8) North America (United States and Canada). Other groups being organized include: (1) Mesoamerica Atlas; (2) Austronesia Atlas; (3) Southeast Asia Atlas; (4) India Atlas; and (5) Western Europe Atlas." _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINA STUDIES -- editor http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] containing the following message: SIGNOFF IGCS-L