The GB Codes of China dataset was produced by the team let by Prof. William Lavely ( Director of CITAS - China in Time and Space - Project and Associate Professor at University of Washington) and Ms. Alana Boland (Research Assistant, CITAS-U niversity of Washington). Professor Yao Xurong (Director of Cartography Department at Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Beijing, China) and Dr. Liu Chuang (Information Scientist at CIESIN) checked and edited the dataset based on the documentation of GB code changes of China.
Ms. Alisa Chang (Research Assistant, CITAS-University of Washington), Ms. Jie Guo (Research Assistant, CITAS-University of Washington), Ms. Ning Gu (Research Assistant, CITAS-University of Washington), Mr. Jianxue Huang (Associate Director of Information Department at Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping and Visiting Scholar at University of Washington), Dr. Qin Tang (CITAS Database Manager at University of Washington), and Ms. Kathy Yuan (Research Assistant, CITAS-University of Washington) joined the team for data entry and data checking. Professor G. William Skinner (Professor at University of California-Davis) provided overall consultation.
Mr. Richard Cicone (Director of the Information Resources and Technology, CIESIN) coordinated the project support by CIESIN in 1994 and 1995.
The SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Application Center) China task group coordinated data management at CIESIN. Contributors included: Dr. Liu Chuang (China Task Leader) for coordinating between CIESIN and CITAS, and within the China task group; D r. Karen C. Sullivan (Information Specialist) for the metadata records; Mr. Xiaoshi Xing (Data Systems Specialist) for archiving the data; Mrs. Clara J del Valle (Data Specialist) for permission of the data dissemination; Dr. Liu Chuang and Dr. Darryl Charache (Information Scientist) for the World Wide Web (WWW) site; Mr. Richard L. Robinson (User Services Manager) and Mr. Jack M. Evans (Data Specialist) for user support; Dr. Robert Chen ( Director of Data Center Services and SEDAC Project Manager) provided overall project guidance.
CITAS - University of Washington
(China in Time and Space --- University of Washington, USA)