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Title: Lyon, France, ca. 1910 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2014-10
  • Coverage: 1910

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Noveau plan topographique de la ville Lyon : comprenant et indiquant toutes les ameliorations en projet et en voie d'execution, par l'agence Fournier, Lyon. It was published by Fournier ca. 1910. Scale [ca. 1:10,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 31N projected 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, railroads and stations, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification, property boundaries, parks, and more. Relief shown by hachures.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

  • Transportation
  • France
  • Lyon
  • Maps
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Land use
  • Landforms
  • Infrastructure (Economics)
  • Bodies of water
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (4.781118, 4.886715, 45.801979, 45.715889)
  • Geometry: BBOX (4.781118, 4.886715, 45.801979, 45.715889)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Fournier (Firm), Erhard Bros. (Firm). Lyon, France, ca. 1910 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g5834-l9-1910-f6

Format

GeoTIFF