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  1. Title: Map of the City and County of San Francisco: carefully compiled from recent surveys ... Drawn for the San Francisco News Letter and the Pacific Mining Journal. By James Butler 1864. (Raster Image)

    • Not specified
    • 2021
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of San Francisco from 1864. A scanned version of this map was georeferenced as part of the Imagined San Francisco project. This project traces the history of urban planning in San Francisco, placing special emphasis on unrealized schemes. Rather than using visual material simply to illustrate outcomes, Imagined San Francisco uses historical plans, maps, architectural renderings, and photographs to show what might have been. By enabling users to layer a series of urban plans, the project presents the city not only as a sequence of material changes, but also as a contingent process and a battleground for political power. Savvy institutional actors--like banks, developers, and many public officials--understood that in some cases to clearly articulate their interests would be to invite challenges. That means that textual sources like newspapers and municipal reports are limited in what they can tell researchers about the shape of political power. Urban plans, however, often speak volumes about interests and dynamics upon which textual sources remain silent. Mortgage lenders, for example, apparently thought it unwise to state that they wished to see a poor neighborhood cleared, to be replaced with a freeway onramp. Yet visual analysis of planning proposals makes that interest plain. So in the process of showing how the city might have looked, Imagined San Francisco also shows how political power actually was negotiated and exercised. Butler, J. (2021). Map of the City and County of San Francisco: carefully compiled from recent surveys ... Drawn for the San Francisco News Letter and the Pacific Mining Journal. By James Butler 1864.. (Raster Image). Stanford University. Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/xj983zr6622 This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

  2. Title: San Francisco, California, 1863 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2012
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the City & County of San Francisco : carefully compiled from recent surveys, including all new additions of cities, towns, and villas, delineating the lines of ranchos, private claims water works, railroads, &c. &c., drawn for the San Francisco News Letter and the Pacific Mining Journal by James Butler. It was published by Britton & Co. in 1863. Scale [1:15,840].The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the California State Plane NAD 1983 coordinate system (Zone III) (in Feet) (Fipszone 0403). 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, shoreline features, property lots, numbers and landowner names, reserved government properties, ranchos, city boundaries, cemeteries, water works, 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.

  3. Title: Map of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.

    • Not specified
    • 1873
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "12"--Lower right. Though likely produced in 1873, county boundaries shown date from some time in the 1860s. Likely from: The people's pictorial atlas / Jones and Hamilton, 1873. 42 x 30 centimeters

  4. Title: Map of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta

    • Not specified
    • 1906
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    Summary: Shows main political divisions and dominion electoral divisions.; Relief shown by spot heights.; "Corrected to May 1st, 1905." 96 x 197 centimeters

  5. Title: New Brunswick Charlotte, St. John, Kings, Queens, Sunbury, York, Carleton, Victoria, Northumerland, Glouceater and portions of Albert, Westmorland, Kent, Restigouche and Madawaska counties

    • Not specified
    • 1905
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    Summary: Standard topographical map. Sheet 13 at head of map.; Depths shown in fathoms. 80 x 52 centimeters

  6. Title: Relief map of the Dominion of Canada

    • Not specified
    • 1904
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    Summary: Shows existing railroads and connecting lines in the United States. 44 x 93 centimeters

  7. Title: Explorations in northern Canada and adjacent portions of Greenland and Alaska, 1904

    • Not specified
    • 1904
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    Summary: Includes lists of coast explorations and track expeditions. 63 x 90 centimeters

  8. Title: Assiniboia

    • Not specified
    • 1903
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    Summary: Map shows land district boundaries in Assiniboia District, which is now Saskatchewan. Relief shown by shading and spot heights.; Inset: Hawaiian Archipelago, scale [approximately 1:9,500,000].; Includes table of distances "from Honolulu to the principal ports of the Pacific." 50 x 99 centimeters

  9. Title: Plan of Fort Donelson, Tennessee, 1862 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of Fort Donelson and its outwork, surveyed under the direction of Lieut. Col. J. B. McPherson, A.D.C. & Capt. of Engineers, by Lieuts. Janney and Kossak in February 1862. Published by authority of the Hon. the Secretary of War, office of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1875. It was published by Bell Bros., Photo-Lithographers in 1875. Scale [ca. 1:7,200].The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Tennessee State Plane NAD 1983 (Fipszone 4100) 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, roads, cities and other human settlements, shoreline features, fortification, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also vegetation, houses, fences, a plan of Dover, fallen timber, enemy's tents and log huts, water batteries, entrenchments, Grant's headquarters, and the location of the divisions of General Smith, General Wallace, and General McClernand. A profile of the fort, another profile of the rifle pits, and one of the water battery appear on the left side of the map.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.

  10. Title: Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, Tennessee, 1862 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2013
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Sketch showing the relative positions of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson : also the roads connecting the two positions, drawn under the direction of Lieut. Col. J.B. McPherson, A.D.C. & Capt. of Engineers. It was published by Office of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army in 1875. Scale [ca. 1:95,040].The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Tennessee State Plane NAD 1983 (Fipszone 4100) 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, roads, cities and other human settlements, shoreline features, fortification, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also the roads connecting the two positions.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.

  11. Title: London, England, 1851 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2008
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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Reynolds's map of London : with the latest improvements, drawn & engraved by H. Martin. It was published by J. Reynolds in 1851. Scale [ca. 1:16,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the British National Grid coordinate system (British National Grid, Airy Spheroid OSGB (1936) Datum). 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, buildings, parks, docks, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. 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.

  12. Title: Geologic map of the State of California

    • Not specified
    • 1916
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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; Also shows oil fields. 146 x 119 centimeters on 2 sheets 79 x 124 centimeters

  13. Title: Plan of Fort Donelson and its outworks

    • Not specified
    • 1875
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    Summary: Scale [1:7,200]. 200 yds. to 1 in.; 1 map: color; 51 x 44 cm Fort Donelson (Tenn.)--History--Maps

  14. Title: Sketch showing the relative positions of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, also the roads connecting the two positions

    • Not specified
    • 1875
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    Summary: Scale 1:95,040. 1 1/2 miles to an in.; 1 map: color; 40 x 55 cm Fort Henry Region (Tenn.)--Maps

  15. Title: Plan of Fort Donelson and outworks

    • Military maps
    • 1875
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    Summary: Scale 1:7,200. 600 ft. to 1 in.; 1 map; 51 x 43 cm Fort Donelson (Tenn.)--History--Maps

  16. Title: Climate-biome envelope model for the Western Great Lakes Region

    • Vector data ; Raster data
    • 2021
    Contributors:

    Summary: Research Highlights: We modeled climate-biome envelopes at high resolution in the Western Great Lakes Region for recent and future time-periods. The projected biome shifts, in conjunction with heterogeneous distribution of protected land, may create both great challenges for conservation of particular ecosystems and novel conservation opportunities. Background and Objectives: Climate change this century will affect the distribution and relative abundance of ecological communities against a mostly static background of protected land. We developed a climate-biome envelope model using a priori climate-vegetation relationships for the Western Great Lakes Region (Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan USA and adjacent Ontario, Canada) to predict potential biomes and ecotones—boreal forest, mixed forest, temperate forest, prairie–forest border, and prairie—for a recent climate normal period (1979–2013) and future conditions (2061–2080). Materials and Methods: We analyzed six scenarios, two representative concentration pathways (RCP)—4.5 and 8.5, and three global climate models to represent cool, average, and warm scenarios to predict climate-biome envelopes for 2061–2080. To assess implications of the changes for conservation, we analyzed the amount of land with climate suited for each of the biomes and ecotones both region-wide and within protected areas, under current and future conditions. Results: Recent biome boundaries were accurately represented by the climate-biome envelope model. The modeled future conditions show at least a 96% loss in areas suitable for the boreal and mixed forest from the region, but likely gains in areas suitable for temperate forest, prairie–forest border, and prairie. The analysis also showed that protected areas in the region will most likely lose most or all of the area, 18,692 km2, currently climatically suitable for boreal forest. This would represent an enormous conservation loss. However, conversely, the area climatically suitable for prairie and prairie–forest border within protected areas would increase up to 12.5 times the currently suitable 1775 km2. Conclusions: These results suggest that retaining boreal forest in potential refugia where it currently exists and facilitating transition of some forests to prairie, oak savanna, and temperate forest should both be conservation priorities in the northern part of the region. Data included here are the R code used to process the publicly available CHELSA data (see publications for citation) into the biome-climate envelope product (as .R files and .txt files) and the climate-biome envelope product itself (as .tif files).

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