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  1. Title: Wilmington and Topsail Sound Region, North Carolina, 1865 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic, paper manuscript map entitled: Map of country between the N.E. Cape-Fear River and Topsail sound, made under the direction of Capt. Wm. H. James, Chf. Engineer, by B.L. Blackford, Top. Engrs. It was drawn in 1865. Scale 1:40,000. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the North Carolina State Plane NAD 1983 coordinate system (in Meters) (Fipszone 3200). 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, bridges, drainage, troop camps, lines of defense, selected buildings with names of landowners, mills and salt works, ground cover, swamps, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also ill. of Confederate soldier with a plane table and Confederate flag, at left within margin. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of the Civil War from the Harvard Map Collection. Many items from this selection are from a collection of maps deposited by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts (MOLLUS) in the Harvard Map Collection in 1938. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features, in particular showing places of military importance. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  2. Title: Liberia, 1879 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the republic of Liberia : constructed from authentic charts & original surveys by Benj. Anderson, Monrovia 1879. It was published in 1879. Covers Liberia and portions of Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Cote d'Ivoire. Scale 1:1,013,760.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Miller Cylindrical 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 drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, land acquisitions with dates, exploration routes, and more.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.

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  3. Title: A map of the peninsula of India : from the 19th degree north latitude to Cape Comorin, MDCCXCII

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:1,300,000] (E 73°00'--E 82°00'/N 19°15'--N 7°48'). Coverage includes northern Sri Lanka. Relief shown by hachures."Printed for W. Faden, geographer to the King and to the Prince of Wales, Charing Cross, Jan'y 1st, 1799." Second edition. 99 x 79 centimeters Scale [1:1,300,000] Ames Library of South Asia Maps

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  4. Title: Map of Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota : [with course of the Cornell-Pennsylvania race]

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    Summary: Date from race (July 8, 1893) between Cornell University and University of Pennsylvania rowers.; Subtitle from map proper.; Course in red; remainer of map in black.; Lots include owner names.; Includes ill. lower right corner. 36 x 50 centimeters Scale not given General Map Collection

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  5. Title: Geological map of Rice County, Minn.

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    Summary: "Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota. Report of 1877." -- upper left.; Includes townships, ranges, and sections. 32 x 37 Centimeters Scale not given Minnesota County Maps, Plat Books, and Atlases

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  6. Title: Hamburg, Germany, 1803 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Hamburg, B. Baker, sculps ; C.L.B. Mirbeck. It was published by C. L. B. Mirbeck, Aug. 10, 1803. Scale [ca. 1:9,000]. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS84 UTM Zone 32N 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, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. 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.

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  7. Title: Plan de la Bataille de Waterloo, ou, de Mont-St-Jean. : réduction du grand plan de cette bataille dressé et publie en 1816

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    Summary: Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815--Maps

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  8. Title: Geology of the Cloquet quadrangle, Carlton County, Minnesota, Plate 1

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    Summary: Interpretations of bedrock geology (distribution of rock at the land surface and beneath surface sediments) of Cloquet Quadrangle, Carlton County, Minnesota, scale 1:24,000.

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  9. Title: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1900 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: New map of the city of Philadelphia, 1900 : from the latest city surveys : prepared for Gopsill's directories 1900. It was published by J. L. Smith in 1900. Scale [ca. 1:21,500]. Covers Philadelphia and a portion of surrounding cities. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Pennsylvania South State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 3702). 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, canals, city wards, parks, cemeteries, wharves, selected public buildings, and more. Includes street directory, statistical notes, and list of elevations. 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.

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  10. Title: Solar Insolation, Minnesota] (2006-2012)

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    Summary: The Minnesota Solar Suitability Analysis attempts to provide solar insolation analysis for the entire State of Minnesota. As far as we are aware, it is the only project of its scale in existence; similar studies have been limited to metro areas or focus on rooftop insolation. The project's existence is feasible because of statewide, freely available aerial lidar coverage. And the commitment of the team to work long hours on this unfunded project. The project finds itself at the intersection of renewable energy, big data analysis, geospatial technology, and open data availability. This data provides a measure of incedent solar radiation as it is intercepted by the earth surface, or features (such as vegetation and buildings) standing above the earth surface. The data is intended to be used to assess the suitability of a site for solar panel (photovoltaic cell) installations. The analysis used to produce this dataset looks at geographic location, surface slope, surface aspect, and the effects of shading based on local topography and adjacent structures. A digital surface model was generated from raw LiDAR data. Then, using this DSM, an individual locations on a grid surface were assessed for the amount of direct and indirect radiation that reaches the surface. This analysis was conducted at a 1m resolution for the entire state of Minnesota.

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  11. Title: Digital Surface Model [Minnesota] (2006-2012)

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    Summary: A 1m resolution digital surface model that was generated from raw lidar data. This dataset was an intermediate product of a process to model potential solar insolation for the state of Minnesota. The Digital Surface Model (DSM) was created to represent the terrain and all object present on that terrain. This included buildings, tree cover, roads, and other natural and human-altered landscapes. In effect, the DSM is a three dimensional representation of Minnesota. It was generated using a Streaming Delauney Triangulation process through rapidlasso's LAStools software package. In this process, triangles are iteratively generated using nearby lidar returns and values for each point are determined by extracting interpolated elevation from the surface of the triangle. The result is a 1 meter resolution raster covering the state. Lidar is a form of active remote sensing technology that uses light pulses, most commonly in the near-infrared wavelengths, to collected surface elevation data. A laser scanner, mounted in an aircraft and combined with high-accuracy GPS, collects light returns that are interpolated into a point cloud. Each point represents one return from a laser pulse. The laser pulse has the ability to penetrate vegetation, multiple laser returns can be gathered for each pulse including the returns from below the vegetation.The accuracy of lidar returns allow for a unique, multi-faceted analytical dataset. The first point returns can be used to interpolate a topology of Minnesota that models the objects (i.e. building, trees, etc) and geography resting upon the terrain. The lidar point files for the state of Minnesota used in the study were collected between 2006 and 2012 through an intergovernmental initiative with the primary object of providing improved elevation data for flood mapping. In some regions, existing lidar data was acquired and transformed to new state standards. Areas where data did not exist or could not be transformed, were collected by contracted vendors. The composite data forms a seamless coverage of the state with a resolutions of at least 1.5 meters. Refer to metadata.html for full details.

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  12. Title: Bristol, England, 1743 (Image 2 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of Bristol, survey'd and drawn by John Rocque ; engrav'd by John Pine, 1742. It was published by Benjamin Hickey, Bookseller in 1743. Scale [ca. 1:2,074]. This layer is image 2 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the northeast portion of the map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National Grid' 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, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings and industries, selected landowner names, churches, cemeteries, parks, docks, wharves, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also a brief description of the city and the elevation of the south front of the Exchange building.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.

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  13. Title: Bristol, England, 1743 (Image 4 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of Bristol, survey'd and drawn by John Rocque ; engrav'd by John Pine, 1742. It was published by Benjamin Hickey, Bookseller in 1743. Scale [ca. 1:2,074]. This layer is image 4 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the southwest portion of the map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National Grid' 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, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings and industries, selected landowner names, churches, cemeteries, parks, docks, wharves, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also a brief description of the city and the elevation of the south front of the Exchange building.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.

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  14. Title: Bristol, England, 1743 (Image 3 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of Bristol, survey'd and drawn by John Rocque ; engrav'd by John Pine, 1742. It was published by Benjamin Hickey, Bookseller in 1743. Scale [ca. 1:2,074]. This layer is image 3 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the southeast portion of the map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National Grid' 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, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings and industries, selected landowner names, churches, cemeteries, parks, docks, wharves, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also a brief description of the city and the elevation of the south front of the Exchange building.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.

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  15. Title: Bristol, England, 1743 (Image 1 of 4) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of Bristol, survey'd and drawn by John Rocque ; engrav'd by John Pine, 1742. It was published by Benjamin Hickey, Bookseller in 1743. Scale [ca. 1:2,074]. This layer is image 1 of 4 total images of the four sheet source map, representing the northwest portion of the map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National Grid' 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, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings and industries, selected landowner names, churches, cemeteries, parks, docks, wharves, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also a brief description of the city and the elevation of the south front of the Exchange building.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.

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  16. Title: Zoning District Map, Lynnfield, Massachusetts, 1982 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Zoning district map of the town of Lynnfield, Massachusetts : December 1953 / prepared for the Lynnfield Planning Board, Allen Benjamin, municipal planning consultant. It was published by the Board in 1982. Scale [ca. 1:11,000]. 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 zoning districts, notes, and planning board members' names. 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.

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  17. Title: International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean, 500-Meter Resolution GeoTIFF (Version 3.0)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image (GeoTIFF) of a digital bathymetric model (DBM) compiled with all multibeam, dense single beam and land data added at 500 x 500 meters resolution. The original (DBM) was compiled with all multibeam, dense single beam and land data added at 500 x 500 m resolution in a final step using the remove-restore method. Data were compiled from several multibeam cruises in the region dating from 1994 to 2011. The goal of this initiative is to develop a digital data base that contains all available bathymetric data north of 64° North, for use by mapmakers, researchers, institutions, and others whose work requires a detailed and accurate knowledge of the depth and the shape of the Arctic seabed. Jakobsson, M., L. A. Mayer, B. Coakley, J. A. Dowdeswell, S. Forbes, B. Fridman, H. Hodnesdal, R. Noormets, R. Pedersen, M. Rebesco, H.-W. Schenke, Y. Zarayskaya A, D. Accettella, A. Armstrong, R. M. Anderson, P. Bienhoff, A. Camerlenghi, I. Church, M. Edwards, J. V. Gardner, J. K. Hall, B. Hell, O. B. Hestvik, Y. Kristoffersen, C. Marcussen, R. Mohammad, D. Mosher, S. V. Nghiem, M. T. Pedrosa, P. G. Travaglini, and P. Weatherall, The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) Version 3.0, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2012GL052219. [Auxiliary Material] This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  18. Title: International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean, 30 Arc-Second Resolution GeoTIFF (Version 3.0)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image (GeoTIFF) of a digital bathymetric model (DBM) of the Arctic Ocean compiled with all multibeam, dense single beam, and land data added at a resolution of 30 x 30 arc seconds. This is a reprojected version (WGS84) of the 500 meter resolution data layer. The original (DBM) was compiled with all multibeam, dense single beam and land data added at 500 x 500 m resolution in a final step using the remove-restore method. Data were compiled from several multibeam cruises in the region dating from 1994 to 2011. The goal of this initiative is to develop a digital data base that contains all available bathymetric data north of 64° North, for use by mapmakers, researchers, institutions, and others whose work requires a detailed and accurate knowledge of the depth and the shape of the Arctic seabed. Jakobsson, M., L. A. Mayer, B. Coakley, J. A. Dowdeswell, S. Forbes, B. Fridman, H. Hodnesdal, R. Noormets, R. Pedersen, M. Rebesco, H.-W. Schenke, Y. Zarayskaya A, D. Accettella, A. Armstrong, R. M. Anderson, P. Bienhoff, A. Camerlenghi, I. Church, M. Edwards, J. V. Gardner, J. K. Hall, B. Hell, O. B. Hestvik, Y. Kristoffersen, C. Marcussen, R. Mohammad, D. Mosher, S. V. Nghiem, M. T. Pedrosa, P. G. Travaglini, and P. Weatherall, The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) Version 3.0, Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2012GL052219. [Auxiliary Material]

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  19. Title: A new & accurate plan of the City of New York in the State of New York in North America, published in 1797

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows wards, streets, wharves, buildings, and ferry routes with distances. Margin title. "Copied from a Map belonging to G.R. Jackson for D.T. Valentines Manual, 1853."

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  20. Title: A plan of the city and harbour of Macao a colony of the Portugueze, situated at the southern extremity of the Chinese Empire in lat. 22 °12ʹ44ʺ N., long. 113°35ʹ0ʺ east of Greenwich

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Includes index to points of interest. From: An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China ... / by Sir George Staunton. London : G. Nicol, 1797.

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