Title: Brussels, Belgium, 1839 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2015
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
Dates
- Issued: 2015-01
- Coverage: 1839
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de Bruxelles et des faubourgs : indiquant tous les edifices de cette villes, les bureaux, les messageries, les hotels, et generalement tous les renseignemens qui peuvent etre utiles a l'habitant et a l'etranger qui les visitent. It was published by H. Gerard in 1839. Scale [ca. 1:9,300]. Covers Brussels, Belgium. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Belgian Lambert 1972 coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map.This map shows features such as roads, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification, parks, and more. Includes index.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.
Subjects
- Transportation
- Belgium
- Brussels
- Maps
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Land use
- Landforms
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Bodies of water
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (4.315767, 4.387039, 50.87114, 50.820488)
- Geometry: BBOX (4.315767, 4.387039, 50.87114, 50.820488)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Gerard, H. Brussels, Belgium, 1839 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g6014-b9-1839-g4
Format
GeoTIFF