China: A Provincial Atlas
The State of China Atlas, 2009
Places
in the News: Tianjin, China
The
Ball State University Libraries’ GIS Research and Map Collection (GRMC) on the
second floor of Bracken Library includes hundreds of maps of China, including
the harbor city of Tianjin, where a series of huge explosions occurred in a warehouse
this week. The Atlas Collection also
includes many new and historic resources covering China.
Tianjin
is a major seaport city along the west coast of the Bohai Gulf southeast of
Beijing (see top inset map; click to enlarge). Manufacturing is the largest
and fastest-growing sector of Tianjin’s economy. The maps above from The State of China Atlas show Tianjin with a leading gross domestic
product, a major natural gas producer, and a leading manufacturer of cars and
cell phones. Tianjin also possesses one
of the largest urban populations in China—with over 75% of the population
living in an urban area.
The
final map shows the harbor area of Tianjin.
The map was produced by a tourism bureau in Tianjin and printed in
English.
Maps
from the GRMC circulate for two weeks or longer. Atlases from the Atlas Collection circulate
for 28 days or longer.
For
more information, please contact the GRMC at 765-285-1097.
1 comment:
The New York Times has some close-up maps now: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/08/13/world/asia/tianjin-china-explosions-maps.html
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