Title: Public Transit Map, Massachusetts, ca. 2000 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2013
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
- Metropolitan Planning Organization (Mass.). Central Transportation PlanningStaff.
- Dumas, Kenneth A.
- Transportation Creative Services (Firm)
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
Dates
- Issued: 2013-11
- Coverage: 2000
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Official public transit map :[Boston and vicinity, Massachusetts] : Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority / this map was prepared for the MBTA by the Central Transportation Planning Staff ; cartography by Kenneth A. Dumas, CTPS ; production by Transportation Creative Services. It was published by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ca. 2000. Scale 1:21,120. 1 in. = 1/3 of a mile. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). 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, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also general information on bus, subway, rail, and boat transportation, service frequencies in minutes for bus routes and subway lines, inset of 'MBTA commuter rail system,' inset showing transportational services for Lynn, Salem, Beverly, and vicinity, 18 insets showing transportational services for locales at or near stations, advertisement, manuscript annotations and color illustrations. 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
- Massachusetts
- Maps
- Zoning
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- Land use
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-71.736635, -70.235316, 42.816788, 41.938233)
- Geometry: BBOX (-71.736635, -70.235316, 42.816788, 41.938233)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Metropolitan Planning Organization (Mass.). Central Transportation PlanningStaff., Dumas, Kenneth A., Transportation Creative Services (Firm), Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Public Transit Map, Massachusetts, ca. 2000 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g3764-b6p1-2000-m4
Format
GeoTIFF