The Best of The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: May 2009

* tmc * in patientia vestra habetis animam vestram * tmc *

Dear Reader,

The ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR
(including all its subsidiary (and/or sister) pages on "coombs.anu.edu.au" server) has permanently ceased its publishing operations on Friday 21st January 2011.

All of the online resources reported here have been thoroughly checked at the time of their listing. However, it is possible that, with the with the passage of time, many of the originally reported materials might have been removed from the Internet, or changed their online address, or varied the scope and quality of their contents.

Fortunately, in several cases it is possible to access many of the older versions of the resources listed in the MONITOR. This can be easily done via the free services of the "The Internet Archive" http://web.archive.org/, a remarkable brainchild of Brewster Kahle, San Francisco, CA.

- with warm regards -

Editor, Dr T. Matthew Ciolek.

Canberra, 21 January 2011.

27 May 2009

Beyond the Strait: PLA Missions other than Taiwan (a 2009 free download E-book)

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=910

4star

27 May 2009

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI), U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, PA, US

Supplied-note:
"As the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) capabilities increase in tandem with China's rising power and expanding national interests, the PLA is involved in an increasing number and variety of missions in addition to its traditional focus on contingencies in the Taiwan Strait. Beyond the Strait explores these other missions and objectives, which include disaster and humanitarian relief, United Nations peacekeeping operations (UNPKO), counterterrorism and other border defense, and outer space and cyberspace security."

Self-description:
"Beyond the Strait: PLA Missions other than Taiwan. [2009]. Edited by Mr. Roy Kamphausen, Dr. David Lai, Dr. Andrew Scobell.
While preventing independence likely remains the central aim of the PLA vis-a-vis Taiwan, Chinese foreign policy objectives worldwide are rapidly growing and diversifying. This volume analyzes the PLA's involvement in disaster and humanitarian relief, United Nations peacekeeping operations (UNPKO), counterterrorism and border defense, security in outer space and cyberspace, and the level of activity in regional 'joint' operational contingencies. On the whole, the volume provides a discerning analysis of these varied PLA developments and how they affect policy towards both Taiwan and the entire Asia-Pacific region. While the significance of China has long been understood, the nation's rise to prominence on the world scene is becoming more acutely felt. An understanding of the PLA's growing roles both within China and internationally is of critical importance to the United States."

Table of Contents:
* Foreword - Admiral Dennis C. Blair (Ret.); * Introduction - David Lai and Marc Miller; * How China Manages Taiwan and Its Impact on PLA Missions - Andrew Scobell; * How China Manages Internal Security Challenges and Its Impact on PLA Missions - Murray Scot Tanner; * China's Expanding Presence in UN Peacekeeping Operations and Implications for the United States - Bates Gill and Chin-hao Huang; * PLA Missions in Frontier Security and Counterterrorism - Robert O. Modarelli III; * Strategic Deterrence beyond Taiwan - Brad Roberts; * Prospects for China's Military Space Efforts - Dean Cheng; * PLA Computer Network Operations: Scenarios, Doctrine, Organizations, and Capability - James Mulvenon; * China's Regional Power Projection: Prospects for Future Missions in the South and East China Seas - Mark Cozad; * PLA "Joint" Operational Contingencies in South Asia, Central Asia, and Korea - Larry M. Wortzel.

[A PDF document, approx. 2.4MB strong - ed.]

URL http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=910

Link reported by: The National Bureau of Asian Research (nbr--at--nbr.org)

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

21 May 2009

Wolfram Alpha - Computational Knowledge Engine

http://www.wolframalpha.com/

4star

21 May 2009

Wolfram Research, Inc., Champaign, IL, US / Oxfordshire, UK

Self-description:
"Goals -
Wolfram|Alpha's long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. We aim to collect and curate all objective data; implement every known model, method, and algorithm; and make it possible to compute whatever can be computed about anything. Our goal is to build on the achievements of science and other systematizations of knowledge to provide a single source that can be relied on by everyone for definitive answers to factual queries.

Wolfram|Alpha [launched May 15, 2009 - ed.] aims to bring expert-level knowledge and capabilities to the broadest possible range of people -- spanning all professions and education levels. Our goal is to accept completely free-form input, and to serve as a knowledge engine that generates powerful results and presents them with maximum clarity. Wolfram|Alpha is an ambitious, long-term intellectual endeavor that we intend will deliver increasing capabilities over the years and decades to come. With a world-class team and participation from top outside experts in countless fields, our goal is to create something that will stand as a major milestone of 21st century intellectual achievement.

Status -
That it should be possible to build Wolfram|Alpha as it exists today in the first decade of the 21st century was far from obvious. And yet there is much more to come. As of now, Wolfram|Alpha contains 10+ trillion of pieces of data, 50,000+ types of algorithms and models, and linguistic capabilities for 1000+ domains. Built with Mathematica -- which is itself the result of more than 20 years of development at Wolfram Research -- Wolfram|Alpha's core code base now exceeds 5 million lines of symbolic Mathematica code. [...]

Future -
Wolfram|Alpha, as it exists today, is just the beginning. We have both short- and long-term plans to dramatically expand all aspects of Wolfram|Alpha, broadening and deepening our data, our computation, our linguistics, our presentation, and more. [...]."

Site contents:
* Examples (# Mathematics -- Elementary Math, Numbers, Plotting, Algebra, Matrices, Calculus, Geometry, Trigonometry, Discrete Math, Number Theory, Applied Math, Logic, Functions. # Statistics & Data Analysis -- Data Analysis, Regression, Statistical Distributions, Probability. # Physics -- Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism, Optics, Relativity, Nuclear Physics, Quantum Physics, Particle Physics, Statistical Physics, Astrophysics, Physical Constants. # Chemistry -- Elements, Compounds, Ions, Quantities, Solutions, Chemical Thermodynamics. # Materials -- Alloys, Minerals, Plastics, Woods, Bulk Materials. # Engineering -- Acoustics, Aeronautics, Electric Circuits, Fluid Mechanics, Steam Tables, Structures. # Astronomy -- Star Charts, Planets, Moons, Minor Planets, Comets, Eclipses, Stars, Galaxies, Astrophysics. # Earth Sciences -- Geology, Geodesy, Earthquakes, Tide Data, Standard Atmosphere. # Life Sciences -- Animals & Plants, Dinosaurs, DNA Sequence Lookup, Genes, SNPs, Proteins. # Technological World -- Communications, Satellites, Space Probes. # Transportation -- Aircraft, Airports, Bridges, Tunnels. # Computational Sciences -- Cellular Automata, Fractals, Functional Programming. # Web & Computer Systems -- Website Data, IP Lookup, Data Transfer, Port Numbering, String Processing, Hashing, Unicode Lookup. # Units & Measures -- Conversions, Calculations, Comparisons, Dimensional Analysis, Industrial Measures, Batteries, Bulk Materials, Paint. # Money & Finance -- Stock Data, Indices, Mutual Funds, Mortgages, Present Value, Currency Conversion, Bonds, Derivatives Valuation, Wages, Sales Tax. # Dates & Times -- Date Computations, Time Zones, Calendars, Holidays, Geological Time. # Places & Geography -- Maps, Projections, Geodesy, Navigation, Distances, Geomagnetism, Geocoding, Countries, Cities, Elevation Data, Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, Islands, Mountains. # Socioeconomic Data -- Countries, U.S. States, Cities, Demographics, Economics, Trade, Salaries, Unemployment. # Weather -- Current & Historical Weather, Forecasts, Wind Chill, Hurricanes, Clouds, Standard Atmosphere. # Health & Medicine -- Body Measurements, Growth Charts, Exercise, Diseases, Mortality Data, Medical Test Data, Vision, Drug Data, Hospitals. # Food & Nutrition -- Foods, Dietary References. # Words & Linguistics -- Dictionary Lookup, Anagrams, Word Puzzles, Morse Code, Soundex, Languages, Number Names. # Culture & Media -- Books, Periodicals, Movies, Songs, Awards. # People & History -- People, Genealogy, Names, Occupations, Political Leaders, Historical Dates, Historical Countries, Historical Numerals, Historical Money. # Education -- Universities, Standardized Tests. # Organizations -- Universities, Companies, Hospitals, Foundations, International Organizations. # Sports & Games -- Football, Baseball, Lotteries, Card Games. # Music -- Musical Notes, Intervals, Chords, Scales, Songs. # Colors -- Color Names, Color Addition, Color Systems, Temperatures, Wavelengths);
* About;
* FAQS ([...] # Is Wolfram|Alpha a search engine? - No. It's a computational knowledge engine: it generates output by doing computations from its own internal knowledge base, instead of searching the web and returning links.
# Is Wolfram|Alpha free to use? Yes, it's free for personal noncommercial use as described in its Terms of Use. Subscriptions will be available in the near future with enhanced features for large-scale and commercial use.
# Who is Wolfram|Alpha for? Everyone! Its goal is to bring expert-level knowledge to everybody. [...]);
* Blog [http://blog.wolframalpha.com/];
* Community;
* Downloads (Toolbars,Search Engine Add-ons, etc. etc.);
* More.

URL http://www.wolframalpha.com/

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 69,500 external links

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

19 May 2009

Virtual Shanghai: Shanghai Urban Space in Time

http://virtualshanghai.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/

5star

19 May 2009

Institut des Sciences de l'Homme (ISH), CNRS / ENS-LSH / Universite Lumiere Lyon2, Lyon, France

Self-description:
"Virtual Shanghai is a research and resource platform on the history of Shanghai from the mid-nineteenth century to nowadays. It incorporates four sets of documents: essays, original documents, photographies, and maps. The objective of the project is to write a history of the city through the combined mobilization of these various sets of documents. The implementation of this approach relies on the use of NTIC [Nouvelles Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication - ed.] and GIS [Geographic Information Systems - ed.] technologies. On the research side, the platform will offer various ways to step into the history of the city and follow its course at different levels over time. On the resource side, apart from providing original textual and visual documents, it develops a powerful cartographic tool for both analysis and real-time mapping. The authors of the present project suscribe to the idea of sharing scholarship and research tools for the benefit of scholars, students, and citizens at large.

'Virtual Shanghai: Shanghai Urban Space in Time' is one of the research projects in social sciences and humanities selected in 2005 by the National Research Agency [http://www.gip-anr.fr/] in France. The ANR attributed a three-year grant to support the project."

Site contents:
* Presentation (Project history, Objective, Overview, Methodology, Current State of the project);
* Texts (Articles, Topics, Books, Original Texts, Appendices);
* Images (Images [103 documents], Albums Photos [Cityscapes, Official Institutions, Culture, Religion, Education, Health & Sports, Economy, Civic Organizations, People & Everyday Life, War], Visual Narratives [8 documents]);
* Maps (Source Maps [407 documents], Map Narratives [3 documents], eAtlas [52 documents], Base Maps [15 documents]);
* Live Maps (GoogleEarth, Shanghai Buldings, Raster Data, Vectorial Data);
* References (Bibliography, Thematic Bibliographies, Biography, Repository, Publisher);
* Search;
* Toolbox (Services, Blog Virtual Shanghai [http://virtualshanghai.blogspot.com/], Recommended Links).

URL http://virtualshanghai.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

Internet Archive (web.archive.org)
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://virtualshanghai.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

17 May 2009

Asia Chronicle - The Online Journal of Asian News & Analysis

http://www.asiachroniclenews.com/

4star

17 May 2009

www.asiachroniclenews.com, Murphy, TX, US.

Self-description:
"Asia Chronicle is a daily online journal of news, analysis, and commentary focusing on Asian political, economic, and defense issues. Offering free premium content updated daily, Asia Chronicle aims to serve as the premier English language source of quality intelligence for a diverse audience of business executives, diplomats, government officials, and scholars with a professional interest in Asia.
Asia Chronicle is one of the only news and analysis services that explicitly integrates focused regional analysis with powerful global insights. Recognizing that the fates of Asia and the world rise and fall together, Asia Chronicle connects Asia to the world by identifying how global issues affect Asian interests and how Asian issues affect global interests."

Site contents:
* Front Page;
* News & Discussion (Asia Quick View Daily Discussion (Open));
* Browse By Topic (Defense & Diplomacy, Business & Economy, Politics & Society, Transnational Issues);
* Browse By Country (Greater China, Korea, Japan, South Asia, Southeast Asia, West & Central Asia, Russia & Mongolia);
* Asia Columnists (Become a Columnist, John Feffer, Aetius Romulous, Robert Christian);
* Book Reviews (Suggest a Book);
* About Us (About Us, Website Features, Contact Us, Advertise with Us);
* Write For Us (Be a Guest Writer, Join Our Team);
* ASIA BOOKSTORE (Best Books on Asia, Asia Business Books, Books on Global Affairs);
* RSS News Feeds (Asia Chronicle RSS Feed, NewsTrust RSS Feed);
* Free Email Alerts! (Weekly Highlights);
* This Week's Top Reads (Monday, May 18, 2009 #Front Page - Non-Proliferation and Iran: Lessons from Latin America, Swine Flu Hits Mainland China, The Trend of History Toward the East, North Korea and Malign Neglect, Pope Benedict and Islamic Democracy, Ten Ways for the U.S. to Achieve Its Goals in Afghanistan, Too Soon for U.S. Alliance with Pakistan's Sharif? Lady of Myanmar Deserves More International Fame).

URL http://www.asiachroniclenews.com/

Link reported by: Markhi Rollins (markhi82--at--yahoo.com)

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) - Archiving of the site is disallowed by the Asia Chronicle's robots.txt file.

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News/ Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

13 May 2009

Circassian World :: Adyghe - Abkhaz History & Culture

http://www.circassianworld.com/new/

4star

13 May 2009

www.circassianworld.com, Ankara, Turkey & Scottsdale, AZ, US.

Self-description:
"The main purposes of the Circassian World website [Est. 21 Feb 2005 - ed.] are: * To generate an informational resource for Circassians and non-Circassians who wish to learn more about the heritage, culture, and history of the Adyghe-Abkhaz people; * To strengthen the Circassian national identity and consciousness through informational resources about the Circassian history and heritage; * To support and work with other organizations to revive the practice of Circassian history, culture, and language; * To collect all types of literature and literary documents about Circassians written in all languages - especially in English and in French - and to translate them into languages spoken by the majority of the Circassian people; * To educate the world about the 1763-1864 war in which the Circassians fought against Russia, but finally defeated. To teach the world that fact that Russian conquest led to the massacre and biggest genocide of the nineteenth century committed against the Circassian nation by Czarist Russia and the eventual forced deportation of the Circassian people to countries throughout the world; * To strengthen communication and relationships amongst Circassians all around the world."

Site contents:
* Articles (Circassians, War and Genocide, North Caucasus, Mythology, General, Diaspora, Language, Art and Literature); * News (latest events, Headlines, Diaspora, Culture, Sport, Interview, Analysis, Key Texts, Events); * Links (News & Information Portals (20), Non-Governmental Organizations (19), Culture & Research (17), Circassian Republics (18), Language (7), Art (16).); * About * Contact * Blog [http://circassianworld.blogspot.com/] * Gallery (Historical (24 pictures), Weaponry (12), Maps (54), Random photos about Circassians (34)); * Search; * Events; * Blog News; * Circassian World (CW) Newsletter (email edition); * Historical Maps.

URL http://www.circassianworld.com/new/

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.circassianworld.com

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News/ Documents/ Study/ Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

11 May 2009

The National Digital Library [of Korea (ROK)]

http://www.dlibrary.go.kr/

5star

11 May 2009

The National Digital Library (DNL), Seoul, South Korea

Self-description:
"The digital library construction business has been promoted, according to the information superhighway construction plan, in three steps since 1996 for three main purposes: Enlargement of national information capacity by linking with domestic major libraries, promotion of balanced regional development, and establishment of an information basis that constructs a distribution system of national documents information connecting nationwide libraries. [...]

DATABASES:
* Antique Book - This database has been implemented with text in the table of content information and with image in the full text information, applying to precious books and rare books of Antique Book collected in National Library of Korea. Essential item for search contains title of Official Notice and Official Notice number, etc. 23,151 volumes have been stored in the database.

* Official Gazette (1894~1945) - This database has been implemented with text in the official notice and with image in the full text information, applying to Imperial Korea Gazette and Japanese Governor's Office Gazette published from 1894 to 1910. Essential item for search includes title of Official Notice and Official Notice number, etc. The database has stored 186,553 articles.

* Data Published by Ministry of Culture & Tourism - This database has been implemented with text in the table of content information and with image in the full text information, applying to culture-related data published by Ministry of Culture & Tourism and its Subsidiary Bodies. Essential item for search contains title of book, name of author, index word and table of content, etc. 550 volumes have been stored in the database.

* Newspaper (Before the Year of 1945) - This database has been implemented with text file in the title of article and with image in the full text information, applying to newspapers published before 1945. Essential item for search includes title of newspaper, title of article and date, etc. The database has stored 918,597 articles.

* Hundred Pieces of Korean Classics - This database has been implemented with text in the table of content information and with image in the full text information, applying to 78 sorts of collections in National Library of Korea out of 'a Hundred Pieces of Korean Classics', of which readers have been inspired, selected by the Donga Ilbo. Essential item for search contains title of book, name of author, index word and table of content, etc. 89 volumes have been stored in the database.

* Korea-Related Data Published in Foreign Language - This database has been implemented with text in the table of content information and with image in the full text information, applying to Korea-related data published in Japan or each overseas before 1945. Thematic field covers the whole area of politics, economy, society and culture. Essential item for search consists of title of book, name of author, index word and table of content, etc. 4,636 volumes have been stored in the database.

* Data of Single Edition (Before 1996) - This full-text database has been implemented with data selected out of the collected data in National Library of Korea that have academic and informative value and were published between 1945 and 1996. Essential item for search contains title of data, name of author, publisher, key word and table of content, etc. The database has stored 139,000 books and 43,000,000 pages.

* Doctoral Dissertation of Humanity Science Field - This database has been implemented with text in the table of content or the abstract and with image in the full text information, applying to Doctoral Dissertation of Humanity Science Field collected in National Library of Korea until 1997. Essential item for search includes title of book, name of author, index word, table of content and abstract, etc. The database has stored 7,537 dissertations.
As data for dissertations are in conflict with a copyright law, they shall be used only through the system in National Library of Korea, and the full text can be printed out in the E-Library (5th floor) or the Dissertation office building.

* Academic Journal - This database has been implemented by a nongovernmental person for commercial use, which National Library of Korea provides as part of comprehensive plans for library informatizing promotion from 2000 on, giving information about names of 1400 sorts of Academic Journals in domestic publication, Vol.No. and articles. Key word search is available by using title of Journal, publisher and name of ISSN.

* Korean Studies and Other Information Center - This database has been implemented by a nongovernmental person for commercial use, which National Library of Korea provides as part of comprehensive plans for library informatizing promotion from 2000 on, and it is possible to inquire every kind of single edition or Web database (approximately 7,970 cases). Key word search is available with title, name of author and name of the place published, and Web database is provided with search by text key word, as well.

* eBook - This database has been implemented by a nongovernmental person for commercial use, which National Library of Korea provides as part of comprehensive plans for library informatizing promotion from 2000 on, displaying 1,880 Full-Text, approximately, on-line out of books of every kind including general books. Using title, name of author and name of the place published enables key word search.

* Article of Treatise - This database is provided with search for the articles and the full text (approximately 280,000 cases) stored in 1400 sorts of Journals in domestic publication. Key word search is available with title of article, name of journalist, title of Journal and name of the place published."

Site contents:
* Simple/Advanced Search (Full Text, Catalogue); * Business Introduction; * Promotion Activities; * Participating bodies (The National Library of Korea, The National Assembly Library of Korea, Supreme Court Library, KISTI [Korea Institute of Science & Technology information], KERIS [Korea Education and Research information Service], Kaist [Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology] Digital Science Library, Korea Agricultural Science Digital Library) & Databases.

[A site with bi-lingual (KR,EN) navigation and Korean-language content. WARNING: not all links published on the English-language pages operate correctly - ed.]

URL http://www.dlibrary.go.kr/

Link reported by: Miyabi "Abbie" Yamamoto (abbie.miyabi--at--gmail.com), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) - the web.archive.org archiving/preservation is disallowed by the DNL's robots.txt file.

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Library
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]
: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact, over 32,600 external links]

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

05 May 2009

Database on Buddhist Temples in Taiwan

http://dev.ddbc.edu.tw/taiwanbudgis/

4star

05 May 2009

Library and Information Center, Dharma Drum Buddhist College (DDBC), Jinshan, Taiwan

Supplied note:
"Those of you doing research on Taiwanese history and religion might be interested in our database of Buddhist temples in Taiwan. [...] What you find at this website is an interface that lets you query the location of temples in various ways, get historical information about them and access an image database. Since part of the data is also referenced in time it is possible to construct queries such as: show which Buddhist temples existed in Taipei in 1900.
The project is at the end of its second year and has one more year to add material, correct mistakes and internationalize the interface, which so far is only in Chinese.
As of April 30th, we have geo-referenced 4626 Buddhist sites. For about 1009 of these we know the foundation date. For 520 we offer short descriptions. More than 1000 CC-licensed images are available for 130 temples. I do not know of any larger database of its kind. [...]
The raw data of this project will - very probably - be made public once the project is concluded next year.
all the best, Marcus Bingenheimer"

[A valuable site, which at present is entirely in Chinese - ed.]

URL http://dev.ddbc.edu.tw/taiwanbudgis/

Link reported by: Marcus Bingenheimer (m.bingenheimer--at--gmail.com),
forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com