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  1. Title: Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts, 1861 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of lands on the Back Bay : belonging to the Boston Water Power Co., the Commonwealth, and other parties, showing the system of streets & grades as laid out and recommended by the Back Bay Commissioners, compiled and surveyed under the direction of the Commissioners by James Slade ; H.M. Wightman, surveyor ; E.R. Brown, de. It was printed by A. Meisel, lith., Dec. 31st, 1861. Covers Back Bay and South End, Boston, Massachusetts, and portions of Roxbury and Brookline. 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, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads, drainage, property owners, selected public buildings, parks, radial distances from City Hall, and more. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Massachusetts from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates (1755-1922), scales, and purposes. The digitized selection includes maps of: the state, Massachusetts counties, town surveys, coastal features, real property, parks, cemeteries, railroads, roads, public works projects, etc.

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  2. Title: Adirondack Mountains Region, New York, 1876 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the New York wilderness : to accompany Wallace's Descriptive guide to the Adirondacks, by W. W. Ely. It was published by G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co. in 1876. Scale [1:253,440]. Covers the Adirondack Mountains Region including portions of St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton, Lewis, Herkimer, Hamilton, Essex, Oneida, Warren, and Saratoga Counties. 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, railroads, hotels, and township and county boundaries and more. Relief is shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes inset: [Northeastern states]. 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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  3. Title: Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean Region, 1882 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Behring's Sea and Arctic Ocean : from surveys of the U.S. North Pacific Surveying Expedition in 1855, Commander John Rodgers U.S.N. commanding and from Russian and English authorities, J.C.P. de Kraft, commodore U.S.N. Hydrographer to the Bureau of Navigation ; compiled by E.R. Knorr ; drawn by Louis Waldecker. Corr. & additions to Jan. 1882. It was published by U.S. Navy, Hydrographic Office in 1882. Scale [ca. 1:4,400,000]. Covers the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean region. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a non-standard 'Mercator' projection with the central meridian at 180 degrees west. 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. Note: The central meridian of this map is not the same as the Prime Meridian and may wrap the International Date Line or overlap itself when displayed in GIS software. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, expedition routes, shoreline features, bays, harbors, islands, rocks, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Includes drawing of Wrangel Island 'as seen from Bark Nile of New London ... ; 15 to 18 miles distant'. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  4. Title: [Map of timber land in Western Canada] : to accompany paper on the timber belt of northern Alberta and Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories west of Hudson Bay

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    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights.; Color coded for types of forest, numbers indicate average diameter of trees, includes grid lines, bodies of water, and railroads. 96 x 196 centimeters, folded to 33 x 23 centimeters Scale 1:2,217,600; 1 inch = 35 miles General Map Collection

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  5. Title: Zaliv Lavrentiya, Russia, 1855 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: St. Lawrence Bay showing Lutke's Harbor, by the U.S. Ship Vincennes, Lieutenant John Rodgers ; produced by E.R. Knorr, draughtsman ; sketches by Wm. Brenton Boggs, purser U.S.N. ; engr. by Selmar Siebert ; reduced for engraving by Louis Waldecker. It was published by U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office in 1855. Scale [ca. 1:200,000]. Covers Zaliv Lavrentiya, Russia. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Mercator' 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 drainage, human settlements, shoreline features, bays, harbors, inlets, points, shoals, anchorage points and bottom types, and more. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Includes note on Lutke's Harbor and 2 inset profile views. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  6. Title: Map of Montreal and the Eastern Townships : also showing the South Eastern portion of the Province of Quebec

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    Summary: Shows county and township boundaries, with survey pattern. 58 x 101 centimeters Scale approximately 1:325,000 General Map Collection

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  7. Title: Map of the Eastern Townships of the province of Quebec, and adjacent territory.

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:31,463]. Place names in French. Cover title: Map of the Eastern Township of Canada, 1884-85. Includes table of railway explanations and inset of Huntingdon County. 1 map : color ; 56 x 98 cm. Scale [1:31,463] General Map Collection

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  8. Title: Buildings Brown County, WI 2024

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    Summary: This data represents building footprints for Brown County, Wisconsin in 2024.[This map layer (feature class) depicts the approximate position, size and shape of built structures. Buildings were collected from various sources and years; Check the building feature attribute for source and vintage. Razed buildings are deleted from this layer as time allows. Building feature attribute 'PRIMARY' indicates a structure is believed to be often occupied by humans or frequently serves as a human gathering place (residences, businesses, schools, churches, etc); 'SECONDARY' building attributes indicate the structure is believed to be mostly uninhabited by humans (secondary structures include barns, garages, storage sheds, etc). This map layer is updated by Brown County only on occasion as new data sources become available and as time permits.]

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  9. Title: Zoning Brown County, WI 2024

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    Summary: This data represents zoning for Brown County, Wisconsin in 2024. and includes the layers 'Brown_Airport_2024' and 'Brown_Shoreland_2024.'

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  10. Title: Parks Brown County, WI 2024

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    Summary: This data represents parks for Brown County, Wisconsin in 2024. [This layer depicts public parks, open spaces, greenways, and other special-use recreational areas in Brown County Wisconsin. Refer to the attribute field TYPE for more information about each park. This layer tracks many of the activities typically allowed.]

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  11. Title: Trails Brown County, WI 2024

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    Summary: This data represents trails for Brown County, Wisconsin in 2024.

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  12. Title: PLSS Brown County, WI 2024

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    Summary: This data represents public land survey system (PLSS) corners for Brown County, Wisconsin in 2024.

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  13. Title: Recreation Brown County, WI 2024

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    Summary: This data represents recreation sites in Brown County, Wisconsin in 2024.

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  14. Title: Roads Brown County, WI 2024

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    Summary: This data represents roads for Brown County, Wisconsin in 2024.

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  15. Title: Land Use Brown County, WI 2024

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    Summary: This data represents land use for Brown County, Wisconsin in 2024.

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  16. Title: Hydro (Polygon and Line) Brown County, WI 2024

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    Summary: This data represents hydrography for Brown County, Wisconsin in 2024 and includes the layers 'Brown_Hydro_2024_LINE' and 'Brown_Hydro_2024_POLY.'

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  17. Title: Addresses Brown County, WI 2024

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    Summary: This data represents addresses for Brown County, Wisconsin in 2024.[This point layer (feature class) depicts addressed structures and common places in Brown County, Wisconsin. Address points are generally placed on the structure rooftop or, in the case of larger buildings, near the addressed doorway/structure access. Most addressed structures in this feature class are building structures, but address points and/or common names are also assigned to landmarks or other points of reference used by 911 dispatch and others. Address numbers are assigned by municipal addressing administrators and provided to Brown County for inclusion in this countywide database.]

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  18. Title: Parks Brown County, WI 2023

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    Summary: This data represents parks for Brown County, Wisconsin in 2023. [This layer depicts public parks, open spaces, greenways, and other special-use recreational areas in Brown County Wisconsin. Refer to the attribute field TYPE for more information about each park. This layer tracks many of the activities typically allowed.]

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  19. Title: Addresses Brown County, WI 2023

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    Summary: This data represents addresses for Brown County, Wisconsin in 2023. [This point layer (feature class) depicts addressed structures and common places in Brown County, Wisconsin. Address points are generally placed on the structure rooftop or, in the case of larger buildings, near the addressed doorway/structure access. Most addressed structures in this feature class are building structures, but address points and/or common names are also assigned to landmarks or other points of reference used by 911 dispatch and others. Address numbers are assigned by municipal addressing administrators and provided to Brown County for inclusion in this countywide database.]

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  20. Title: Recreation Brown County, WI 2023

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    Summary: This data represents recreation sites in Brown County, Wisconsin in 2023.

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