NDLI: Spatial study of religion with spatial religion explorer

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Shuming Bao Changzhen Wang Miao Shui
Copyright Year	2014
Description	Author affiliation: China Data Center, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (Shuming Bao) \|\| LIESMARS Wuhan Univ., Wuhan, China (Changzhen Wang; Miao Shui)
Abstract	Scholars, policy makers, and journalists are requesting comprehensive information about the geographic locations, religious services, and socio-economic environments of Chinese religions. As an effort to promote international collaborations on spatial studies of Chinese religions and society, a spatial information network for the studies of Christianity in China has been established by a group of scholars from several institutions in the U.S. and China. The objectives of the project include: (1) to establish a centralized information infrastructure; (2) to provide effective tools and technical support for interested users through spatial intelligence information technology; (3) to create an online research forum designed to promote information sharing and improve understanding of Christianity in China; and (4) to render comprehensive information about teaching, learning, and training on the studies of Chinese Christianity. This paper will present some results from the project, including an online spatial information platform, which will integrate data, methodology and research references for the studies of Chinese Christianity. This paper will discuss the information structure, methodology, and technology applied in this system. The system allows easy access to comprehensive demographic, economic, and religious information in China as well as some online tools for spatial data analysis. It will demonstrate how space-time data of different formats and sources can be integrated, visualized, and reported in a web based system for religious studies. Some case studies for Chinese religions and future directions will be discussed.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	8
File Size	2291330
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	2161024X
e-ISBN	9781479957149
DOI	10.1109/GEOINFORMATICS.2014.6950848
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2014-06-25
Publisher Place	Taiwan
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Economics Graphics Spatial Analysis Education Religion Browsers Spatial Intelligence
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geography, Planning and Development Computer Networks and Communications Information Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Software

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
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