Title: Central America, Costa Rica--west coast, Golfo Dulce (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2009
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Stanford)
Dates
- Issued: 2009
- Coverage: 1998
Publishers
- Land Info (Firm)
Summary
This layer is a digital raster graphic (DRG) of a scanned nautical chart titled "Golfo Dulce." It was originally published by the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (Chart number: 21562. 14th Ed., Jan-85; Scale:1:200000). Geographic areas covered by this map include the coast of Antarctica. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced maps from the Branner Library Map Collection at Stanford University. Historic paper maps can provide an excellent view of the changes that have occurred in the cultural and physical landscape. The wide range of information provided on these maps make them useful in the study of historic geography, and urban and rural land use change. As this map has been georeferenced, it can be used in a GIS as a source or background layer in conjunction with other GIS data. Land Info and United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency. (2006). Central America, Costa Rica--west coast, Golfo Dulce (Raster Image). Land Info. http://purl.stanford.edu/jb669wx9678 This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
Subjects
- North Pacific Ocean
- Pacific Coast (Costa Rica)
- Dulce, Gulf of (Costa Rica)
- Nautical charts
- Coasts
- Harbors
- Maps
- Imagery and Base Maps
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-83.4915701, -83.0748974, 8.7642363, 8.2500416)
- Geometry: BBOX (-83.4915701, -83.0748974, 8.7642363, 8.2500416)
Provider
Stanford
Rights
- Access rights: Restricted
Citation
Land Info (Firm), United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Central America, Costa Rica--west coast, Golfo Dulce (Raster Image). Land Info (Firm). Raster data. https://purl.stanford.edu/jb669wx9678
Format
GeoTIFF
Languages
- English