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Ciolek, T. Matthew. 2006. Georeferenced data set (Series 2 - Significant Nodes): Funduks/fondacos/residential loggias, hospices/inns, and caravanserais/khans (code RHSE = resthouses) in Eurasia and Northern Africa c. 500 BCE-2000 CE. OWTRAD Dromographic Digital Data Archives (ODDDA). Old World Trade Routes (OWTRAD) Project. Canberra: www.ciolek.com - Asia Pacific Research Online.
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Old World Trade Routes (OWTRAD):
Funduks/fondacos/residential loggias, hospices/inns, and caravanserais/khans
(code RHSE = resthouses)
in Eurasia and Northern Africa c. 500 BCE-2000 CE.

Dr T. Matthew Ciolek, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies,
Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
tmciolek@ciolek.com
http://www.ciolek.com/PEOPLE/ciolek-tm.html

Data set created: 10 Oct 2006. Last updated: 17 Dec 2009.

Please note that on 17 Dec 2009 the caravanserai data that were published at this site
have been temporarily taken down for maintenance, corrections, and updates.

Anyone who previously has copied any portion of the OWTRAD's caravanserai materials
(e.g. text, numbers, or images) to their computer, is kindly requested
to refrain from making ANY public use of them until he/she obtains from tmciolek@ciolek.com written advice
on what would constitute - in their case - an acceptable and permissable use of the OWTRAD-owned information.

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This document comprises a georeferenced data set belonging to the Old World Trade Routes (OWTRAD) project. It can be used for historical research (e.g. validation of some set of facts); analyses of distances/ travel times/ modes of travel/ cargo moved along particular transportation corridors; construction of an electronic map, or GIS model of the movement/ transport/ communication circuits in a given area and time-period.

The data originate in the studied analogue source(s) (indicated below). Here they are disambiguated, subjected to georeferencing, and re-stated in a highly standardised manner. Consequently, OWTRAD data are easier to crossreference, share, analyse and manipulate. Also, they are more precise, and easier to test and correct than the original sources.

Although careful judgement has been applied in constructing this body of electronic data, it is still possible that some oversights or errors may be lurking in it still. Therefore, please treat OWTRAD data as sets of plausible hypotheses, i.e. bodies of statements which always are in need of further refinement, and further testing. Whenever necessary, do test and cross-validate OWTRAD routes/tracks (and their nodes) against each other, as well as against books, maps and georeferenced data sets published by other researchers, or agencies. Please be mindful of discrepancies or contradictions (and their likely sources) between these various bodies of information. Also, whenever possible, please test all such georeferenced materials against the detailed primary historical/ geographical/ anthropological/ logistical information about the region/time-period in question.

To keep OWTRAD data a source of dependable research information, please email tmciolek@ciolek.com with any corrections, addenda, or comments. Your input, dear reader, is always warmly welcome and highly appreciated.

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Metadata [DublinCore] describing this data set

dc.title Funduks/fondacos/residential loggias, hospices/inns, and caravanserais/khans (code RHSE = resthouses) in Eurasia and Northern Africa c. 500 BCE-2000 CE.
dc.creator.PersonalName T. Matthew Ciolek
dc.creator.PersonalName.Address RSPAS, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia [tmciolek@ciolek.com]
dc.subject trade routes
dc.subject methodology
dc.subject historical data
dc.subject historical maps
dc.subject cultural databases
dc.description 703 data points in MapInfo, Google Earth (KML), and CSV formats with details of names and location of the three main types of resthouses (i.e. funduks, hospices/inns, sarais) in Eurasia and Northern Africa.
dc.publisher www.ciolek.com
dc.publisher.address Canberra, Australia
dc.date 2006-10-10
dc.type Data set
dc.format WWW pages - static
dc.identifier http://www.ciolek.com/OWTRAD/DATA/tmc-nodes-RHSE.html
dc.relation.type IsBasedOn
dc.relation.identifier A large number of printed and online sources. They are listed in: Ciolek, T. Matthew. 2004-present. A Catalogue of Georeferenced Caravanserais/Khans. Old World Traditional Trade Routes (OWTRAD) Project. Canberra: www.ciolek.com - Asia Pacific Research Online. Version 5.0 (Nov 2006). www.ciolek.com/OWTRAD/caravanserais-catalogue-00.html, as well as they are additionally referenced in the 'SCR' field of each record. For discussion of functions served by these resthouses, and related terminology, and see: Ciolek, T. Matthew. 2006-present. A Glossary of Architectural, Geographical, and Historical Terms Relating to Long Distance Trade, Communication, and Pilgrimage Routes. Old World Traditional Trade Routes (OWTRAD) Project. Canberra: www.ciolek.com - Asia Pacific Research Online. Version 1.0 (Nov 2006). www.ciolek.com/OWTRAD/trade-routes-glossary.html
dc.relation.type IsGeoReferencedBy
dc.relation.identifier www.fallingrain.com: www.fallingrain.com/world/
dc.relation.identifier www.satelliteviews.net: www.satelliteviews.net
dc.relation.identifier TGN: shiva.pub.getty.edu/tgn_browser/
dc.relation.identifier ADL: fat-albert.alexandria.ucsb.edu:8827/gazetteer/
dc.relation.identifier OWT: http://www.ciolek.com/owtrad.html
dc.language en - English
dc.coverage.x.min -20.00
dc.coverage.x.max 130.00
dc.coverage.y.min 00.00
dc.coverage.y.max 65.00
dc.coverage.t.early -500
dc.coverage.t.late 2000
dc.coverage.periodname Antiquity to 2000 CE
dc.coverage.placename Eurasia and Northern Africa
dc.coverage.spatial.resolution n/a (text-based information only)
dc.rights Copyright (c) 2006 - present by T. Matthew Ciolek. Please direct comments, questions or requests about OWTRAD license policy to tmciolek@ciolek.com
owtrad.notes Trustworthiness of the source: [v.high - high - moderate - low - v.low]: v.high
owtrad.notes Geographic names follow the source's format
owtrad.notes Symbols and abbreviations follow the OWTRAD Notation

STATUS OF THE DATA FILE

  • nodes georeferenced data assembled - DONE
  • nodes data checked for formal integrity - DONE
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    VERSION AND CHANGE HISTORY

  • when necessary, details will be supplied here
  • 03 Dec 2006 - the number of recorded resthouses is now increased to 703
  • 30 Oct 2006 - Additional variable "FUNCTION_PRECISION" added
  • 16 Oct 2006 - the number of recorded resthouses is now increased from the original 389 cases (on 10 Oct 06) to 474
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    DATA PROBLEMS CATALOG

  • when necessary, details will be supplied here
  • P001 - a possible resthouse as suggested by the place's name, i.e. by its toponym. Such a data point is to be treated with caution, and its truthfulness, whenever possible, verified.
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    OWTRAD data in Mapinfo® interchange format

    The files listed below are published as the "Mapinfo Interchange" files. This means that their "native" format is a Mapinfo® map.
    The MapInfo Interchange files (*.mif, *mid) can be imported directly into other software, such as, for example, ArcGIS. The MIF file contains the graphics, while the MID file contains the textual data. The MIF file header contains the details of the coordinate system and bounds of the data set.

    Copyright restrictions applicable to the OWTRAD Project data are stated at the end of this web document.

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    OWTRAD data in Google Earth® Data Exchange (KML) format

    The KML files are published in "Keyhole Markup Language" format. This means that they can be immediately used (e.g. displayed, shared, juxtaposed, analysed, combined with other OWTRAD data sets) via the Google Earth® software. These files represent a dual attempt. Firstly, they are an attempt at the basic clean up of collected raw data. Secondly, they are an attempt at a guess/reconstruction of the most plausible geography of the movement/transport/communication circuit in question.

    Comments

    OWTRAD KML files use the following terminology:

    Access on the Web "filename-data.kml.txt" file & save it as the Google-Earth-ready "filename-data.kml" file.

    Copyright restrictions applicable to the OWTRAD Project data are stated at the end of this web document.

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    OWTRAD data in Comma Separated Value (CSV) File Format

    All data listed below are stored in the CSV File Format. The top line of each group of records provides the fieldnames. Records are published on separate lines, one record per line. Fields within records are separated by a comma. The last field in each record provides a record number indicating the data set it belongs to and the record's ID number. Fieldnames (= variable names) and their values follow a convention adopted in the OWTRAD Notation.

    All records are designed to be copied from the screen and used as an input for subsequent word-processing, email, database, spreadsheet, or GIS operations. Copyright restrictions applicable to the OWTRAD Project data are stated at the end of this web document.

    Travel nodes: Funduks/Fondacos/Residential Loggias (i.e. Resthouses Type 1: dedicated structures with long-term lodging, warehouses, and sale spaces for commercial travellers, and stabling for a small number of their saddle/draft/pack-animals) - georeferenced and GIS-ready data

    Please note that on 17 Dec 2009 the caravanserai data that were published at this site
    have been temporarily taken down for maintenance, corrections, and updates.

    Anyone who previously has copied any portion of the OWTRAD's caravanserai materials
    (e.g. text, numbers, or images) to their computer, is kindly requested
    to refrain from making ANY public use of them until he/she obtains from tmciolek@ciolek.com written advice
    on what would constitute - in their case - an acceptable and permissable use of the OWTRAD-owned information. 

    "NAME","LOCATION","COUNTRY","TYPE","LONG1","LAT1","EARLYDATE","LATEDATE","LONG/LAT_PRECISION","NAME/PLACE_IDENTITY","FUNCTION_PRECISION","SRC","PROBL","DATAID"
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