Search for geospatial/GIS data

Find GIS data held at MIT and other institutions

10,000+ results returned

  1. Title: Madison, Wisconsin, 1893 (Raster Image)

    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Madison, Wisconsin : A.A.A.S. XLII meeting, August 17-24, 1893, compliments of the Local Committee. It was published by Tracy, Gibbs & Co., printer in 1893. Scale [ca. 1:20,000]. Covers a portion of Madison, Wisconsin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Wisconsin South State Plane NAD 1983 coordinate system (in Feet) (Fipszone 4803). 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, street railroads, and stations, drainage, selected buildings, city ward boundaries, and more. Includes list of additions and corrections and inset: [Madison Region]. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

    View full record

  2. Title: Native American lands and communities, 1985

    Contributors:

    Summary: 1 map : col. ; 47 x 72. Based on 1980 census data. Insets: Alaska and Hawaii. Includes text to the left of the map titled, "Rightfully and Legally OURS".

    View full record

  3. Title: Road Map, Long Island, NY, 1925 (Raster Image)

    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Official AAA road map of Long Island. It was published by the American Automobile Association in 1925. Scale [ca. 1:125,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the New York Long Island State Plane NAD 1983 coordinate system (in Feet) (Fipszone 3104) 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, ferry lines, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also indexes to aviation fields, cemeteries, golf and country clubs, parks, race tracks, and yacht clubs. 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.

    View full record

  4. Title: Indiana

    Contributors:

    Summary: "Official AAA road map." Issued as annual. Imprint: Washington, D.C. : AAA, 1929 Dimensions: 92 x 61 cm or smaller; Scale: 1:675,000

    View full record

  5. Title: Minnesota, official AAA road map

    Contributors:

    Summary: Panel title.; Includes advertisements and inset continuation map.; Index and text on verso.; In lower right corner: "3015." 56 x 85 centimeters

    View full record

  6. Title: MassGIS 2000 Cape Cod Endangered Plant Habitat (1990)

    Contributors:

    Summary: This data layer contains Cape Cod's endangered plant habitats

    View full record

  7. Title: Erie Canal, New York, 1821 (Raster Image) (Image 1 of 2)

    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A new map and profile of the proposed canal from Lake Erie to Hudson River in the state of New York, contracted by direction of the Canal Commissioners from the maps of the engineers. It was printed by W. A. Mercein in 1821. Scale [1:253,440]. This layer is image 1 of 2 total images of the two sheet source map, representing the eastern portion of the map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N NAD83 projection. 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, drainage, cities and towns, county boundaries, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes inset profiles: A profile of the extent of the levels and of the places and lifts of the locks between Lake Erie and the Hudson -- A profile of the southern route west of the Genesee River. Includes table of distances. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

    View full record

  8. Title: Erie Canal, New York, 1821 (Raster Image) (Image 2 of 2)

    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A new map and profile of the proposed canal from Lake Erie to Hudson River in the state of New York, contracted by direction of the Canal Commissioners from the maps of the engineers. It was printed by W. A. Mercein in 1821. Scale [1:253,440]. This layer is image 2 of 2 total images of the two sheet source map, representing the western portion of the map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N NAD83 projection. 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, drainage, cities and towns, county boundaries, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes inset profiles: A profile of the extent of the levels and of the places and lifts of the locks between Lake Erie and the Hudson -- A profile of the southern route west of the Genesee River. Includes table of distances. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

    View full record

  9. Title: Maps of the missions of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. September, 1851.

    Contributors:

    Summary: Maps include: West African Mission, South African Mission, Mission to Syria, Mission to the Armenians, Mission to the Nestorians, Mission to the Mahrattas, Madras and Madura Missions, Madura and Ceylon Missions, Mission to Borneo, Missions to China, Fuh-Chau Mission, Mission to the Sandwich Islands. 16 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

    View full record

  10. Title: Guatemala, From Official and Other Sources, 1902

    Contributors:

    Summary: This is a scanned version of the 1902 paper map entitled: Guatemala, From Official and Other Sources. The map was scanned at 300 dots per inch and is in the TIFF format.

    View full record

  11. Title: Guatemala, From Official and Other Sources, 1902

    Contributors:

    Summary: This is a scanned version of the 1902 paper map entitled: Guatemala. The map was scanned at 300 dots per inch and is in the TIFF format.

    View full record

  12. Title: MassGIS 2003 Massachusetts Priority Natural Vegetation Communities : Coastal Plain Pond Systems (April 2003)

    Contributors:

    Summary: This datalayer contains polygons representing Massachusetts Priority Natural Vegetation Communities : Coastal Plain Pond Systems. The data covers only a portion of southeastern Massachusetts. Coastal Plain Pond Systems consist of certain kettlehole ponds and the pondshores developed around their fluctuating water levels. This layer is part of the MassGIS Priority Natural Vegetation Communities dataset, which depicts the distribution of the eight natural community systems identified by the Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program (NHESP) as most critical to the conservation of the Commonwealth's biological diversity (Barbour et al., 1998).

    View full record

  13. Title: Toms River, New Jersey lots

    Contributors:

    Summary: Map published as part of announcement of the auctioning of the lots in Toms River on August 26, 1869. The stated auctioneer was Morris K. Crane of Trusdell and Crane, 35 Hudson St., Hoboken, N.J.

    View full record

  14. Title: Gothenberg Association Map of Portland, Oregon 1909

    Contributors:

    Summary: This map shows a proposed voters' initiative to limit liquor sales and bars to the downtown core of Portland.

    View full record

  15. Title: Map of the Arctic Regions, 1912

    Contributors:

    Summary: This is a scanned version of the 1912 paper map entitled: Map of the Arctic Regions. The map was scanned at 300 dots per inch and is in the TIFF format.

    View full record

  16. Title: Butte County, California land parcels, 2009

    Contributors:

    Summary: The parcel feature class is a polygon feature class representing the individual parcels for Butte County, California, 2009, which was derived from assessor map pages in digital and hardcopy formats. All new parcels are entered from assessor CAD pages registered to orthorectified imagery.

    View full record

  17. Title: New Orleans, Louisiana and vicinity, 1931 (Raster Image)

    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of greater New Orleans, Louisiana. It was published by the New Orleans Association of Commerce in 1931. Scale [ca. 1:32,000]. Covers also adjacent portions of Jefferson and St. Bernard Parishes. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Louisiana State Plane Coordinate System, South NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 1702). 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, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads, canals, levees, drainage, land ownership in outlying areas, cemeteries, parks, Parish boundaries, ferry routes, and more. Includes index in margins. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

    View full record

  18. Title: Indiana Coal Mines located on railroads.

    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows southwestern Indiana from Newport in the north to the Ohio River on the south and from the Wabash River on the west to Morgantown on the east. Includes index to coal mines with their railroads and inset of the entire state of Indiana showing Indiana Coal Deposits. Imprint: Terre Haute, Ind. : The Association, [1947?] Dimensions: 84 x 59 cm; Scale: Scale not given. Coordinates: W0880500 W0844700 N0414500 N0374600

    View full record

  19. Title: Mutual Automobile Ass'n. official auto road map of Minnesota

    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale not given ; Blue line print.Index to trail markings with symbols."Gus. G. Martin Co., Printers." 67 x 53 centimeters

    View full record

  20. Title: Carte métallogénique internationale de lÀfrique

    Contributors:

    Summary: "(2001)." Includes nineteen ancillary maps showing areas at the scale of 1:1,500,000 with important mineral deposits and mines. Library is missing sheet 2 and 3.

    View full record

Need help?

Ask GIS