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Title: Denver, Colorado, 1890 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2011-07
  • Coverage: 1890

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Rollandet's map of the city of Denver, compiled, drawn and published by Edward Rollandet. It was published by Edward Rollandet in 1890. Scale [ca. 1:21,250]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the HARN State Plane Colorado Central Zone NAD 1983 coordinate system (in Feet) (Fipszone 0502). 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, selected buildings, selected names of landowners, additions, subdivisions, township and range, parks, and more. Includes index and views of buildings.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
  • Colorado
  • Denver
  • Maps
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Landforms
  • Bodies of water
  • Land use
  • Infrastructure (Economics)
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-105.087598, -104.849771, 39.807354, 39.630247)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-105.087598, -104.849771, 39.807354, 39.630247)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Rollandet, Edward., Julius Bien & Co. Denver, Colorado, 1890 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g4314-d4-1890-r6

Format

GeoTIFF