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Title: Reading, Massachusetts, 1973 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2013-11
  • Coverage: 1973

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Town of Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, prepared by the Board of Public Works, Engineering Division. It was published by Board of Public Works, Engineering Division in 1973. Scale [ca. 1:9,500]. 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 names of streets and physical features. 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
  • Location
  • Massachusetts
  • Reading
  • Maps
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Villages
  • Landforms
  • Bodies of water
  • Land use
  • Infrastructure (Economics)
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-71.14081, -71.070041, 42.56812, 42.494009)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-71.14081, -71.070041, 42.56812, 42.494009)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Reading (Mass.). Engineering Division. Reading, Massachusetts, 1973 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g3764-r3-1973-r4

Format

GeoTIFF