Title: Darjiling District, India, 1898 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2011
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
Dates
- Issued: 2011-12
- Coverage: 1898
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Lower provinces of Bengal : district Darjeeling. It was published by Survey of India in 1898. Scale [ca. 1:253,440]. Covers Darjiling District, India.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Kalianpur 1975 India Zone III 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, drainage, cities and other human settlements, fortification, camping grounds, dak bungalow, tea gardens, police stations, Buddhist monasteries, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. 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
- India
- West Bengal
- Darjiling
- Maps
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- Land use
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (87.611862, 89.276873, 27.465194, 26.221483)
- Geometry: BBOX (87.611862, 89.276873, 27.465194, 26.221483)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Survey of India. Darjiling District, India, 1898 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g7653-d37-1898-s8
Format
GeoTIFF