38 North DPRK Digital Atlas

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http://38northdigitalatlas.org/

Overview

From Paula Curtis Collection[1]: The 38 North DPRK Digital Atlas is based on data collected by Curtis Melvin beginning in 2005. It is the most comprehensive and accurate geospatial dataset available in open sources of North Korea’s political, economic, cultural and security infrastructures, and it is part of 38 North’s on-going effort to provide quality information and analysis on various aspects of North Korea to help policymakers, researchers and the general public better understand this country.

This project is in a beta development phase. The ArcGIS platform allows users to search the data by name (in English and Korean) for cities, villages, factories, schools, government offices, restaurants, shops, markets, etc. However, because this data is generally derived from North Korean sources, Korean and English spellings can differ from South Korean protocol.

  • Institution/Author: The Henry L. Stimson Center
  • Period: Modern
  • Geographic Focus: Korea
  • Access: Open Access

  1. Digital Humanities Resources on East Asia by Dr. Paula R. Curtis ↩︎