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Title: Brookline, Massachusetts, 1983 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2013-11
  • Coverage: 1983

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the Town of Brookline, Massachusetts, William T. Griffiths, Commissioner of Public Works. It was published by The Commissioner in 1983. Scale [ca. 1:9,600]. 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads, railroads, town boundaries, parks, selected public buildings, and more. Includes also indexes on verso.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
  • Brookline
  • Maps
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Villages
  • Landforms
  • Bodies of water
  • Land use
  • Infrastructure (Economics)
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-71.189701, -71.080144, 42.366564, 42.285734)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-71.189701, -71.080144, 42.366564, 42.285734)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Brookline (Mass.). Commissioner of Public Works., Griffiths, William T. Brookline, Massachusetts, 1983 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g3764-b9-1983-b7

Format

GeoTIFF