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Copyright of the Chinese Civilization in Time and Space (CCTS)
The creation of the Chinese Civilization in Time and Space (CCTS) was mainly based on Professor Tan Qixiang's The Historical Atlas of China (Tan's Atlas) and the 1:1,000,000 Digital Map Database of China (Arc/China). The copyright of the Tan's Atlas belongs to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The Academia Sinica has been exclusively authorized to vectorize it, and no other person or organization is allowed to do so again. The copyright of the vectorized Tan's Atlas belongs to the Academia Sinica and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The copyright of the Arc/China belongs to the National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, P.R.C. The Academia Sinica has been authorized to integrate it with the vectorized Tan's Atlas, and makes it available to the specific organizations and persons for academic purpose. The copyright of the above mentioned dataset should not be infringed in any form. Users of the CCTS should acknowledge the copyright as the follows:
Academia Sinica, Chinese Civilization in Time and Space, Version 1, (Taipei, September 2002).
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