Title: Paris Meridian Survey, France, ca. 1720 (Image 4 of 4) (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2013
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
- Académie royale des sciences (France), publisher, contributor.
- Berey, Claude Auguste, approximately 1651-approximately 1730, engraver.
Dates
- Issued: 2013-11
- Coverage: 1720
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Carte des provinces de France traversées par la Méridiene de Paris : suivant la détermination astronomique et géometrique de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, De Berey, sculpsit. It was published by Académie royale des sciences ca. 1720. Scale [ca. 1:725,000]. This layer is image 4 of 4 total images of the 4 sheet source map, representing the southern portion of the map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Europe Lambert Conformal Conic 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, administrative boundaries, triangulation points and lines, and more. Relief shown pictorially. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.
Subjects
- Location
- France
- Maps
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- Meridians (Geodesy)
- Triangulation
- Surveying
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-0.974485, 7.342643, 45.746024, 40.672522)
- Geometry: BBOX (-0.974485, 7.342643, 45.746024, 40.672522)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Académie royale des sciences (France), publisher, contributor., Berey, Claude Auguste, approximately 1651-approximately 1730, engraver. Paris Meridian Survey, France, ca. 1720 (Image 4 of 4) (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g5831-b3-1720-a31-sh4
Format
GeoTIFF