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  1. Title: Bowles's new pocket plan with the cities of London & Westminster with the borough of Southwark : comprehending the new buildings and other alterations to the year 1783 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This raster layer is a georeferenced image of a map originally created by Carington Bowles in 1783. The scanned map file was georectified for use in the web application, Authorial London. Authorial London is a literary geography, mapping references to places within London found in literary works by writers who lived in London for an extended period. Place references can be searched and browsed by multiple dimensions, including author, genre, literary form, and neighborhood. This historic paper map provides an historical perspective of the cultural and physical landscape during this time period. The wide range of information provided on these maps make them useful in the study of historic geography. As this map has been georeferenced, it also can be used as a background layer in conjunction with other GIS data. The horizontal positional accuracy of a raster image is approximately the same as the accuracy of the published source map. The lack of a greater accuracy is largely the result of the inaccuracies with the original measurements and possible distortions in the original paper map document. There may also be errors introduced during the digitizing and georeferencing process. In most cases, however, errors in the raster image are small compared with sources of error in the original map graphic. The RMS error for this map is 221.645 meters. This value describes how consistent the transformation is between the different control points (links). The RMS error is only an assessment of the accuracy of the transformation. 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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  2. Title: U.S. Neighborhoods greenness measures and social variables

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    Summary: This polygon shapefile includes neighborhood boundaries supplied by Zillow.com, the Los Angeles Times and the City of Denver, and variables related to (A) parks, open space, greenness, and "pavedness" (impervious surface) together with (B) a number of demographic variables from the 2010 U.S. census. The project, titled City Nature (http://citynature.stanford.edu) was undertaken by researchers at Stanford University, led by Jon Christensen. This data was developed by Karl Grossner, assisted by Noemi Alvarez.This dataset is the product of a 2013 study seeking to explain the significant variation in areas of parks, open space and "park-level greenness" in 38 large U.S. cities, at the scale of neighborhoods.

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  3. Title: Översiktskarta över södra Sveriges myrmarker : (boggy ground in southern Sweden)

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale 1:500,000 (E 10°58ʹ--E 17°10ʹ/N 60°40ʹ--N 55°20ʹ). "... efter de Geologiska kartbladen.” "A.-B. Kartografiska Institutet"--lower right margin. "Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning Ser. Ba. Nr 11." Title and legend in Swedish and English. Contents: Norra bladet -- Södra bladet. 1 map on 2 sheets : color ; 56 x 100 centimeters and 73 x 100 centimeters Scale 1:500,000 General Map Collection

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  4. Title: Superior National Forest, Minnesota, fourth principal meridian, 1920

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:250,000. Below title: The playground of a nation. "Henry S. Graves, forester." "Minnesota Game and Fish Department, Carlos Avery, Commissioner, St. Paul, Minn." "Before taking trips outlined obtain information from the secretary of the Ely CommercialClub or the U.S. Forest Service, Ely Minn." Relief shown by hachures. Shows canoe routes starting and ending at Ely and outline of Superior State Game Refuge. 42 x 82 centimeters 1:250,000 General Minnesota Maps

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  5. Title: The Belcher Islands

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    Summary: Relief indicated by spot height. Indicates course of ship "Laddie," 1914-1915. From: The Geographical Review, volume V, No. 6, 1918, pl. IV. 22 x 14 centimeters Scale 1:1,500,000 General Map Collection

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  6. Title: Minnesota National Forest, Minnesota : fifth principal meridian.

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:126,720]. "Henry S. Graves, forester." 66 x 56 centimeters 1:126,720 General Minnesota Maps

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  7. Title: Alaska (Prince of Wales Island), Copper Mountain and vicinity

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    Summary: Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Surveyed in 1908." In lower right corner: "Alaska sheet no. 540B." At center of top margin: Topography. "Contour interval 100 feet." 21 x 18 centimeters Scale 1:62,500 General Map Collection

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  8. Title: Plan der Stadt Strassburg, 1881 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan der Stadt Strassburg. It was published by: K. J. Trübner in 1881. Scale [ca.1:7,200].. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 32N (EPSG: 32632) coordinate system. All map features and collar and inset information are shown 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 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 geographies, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  9. Title: Ohio Range: Antarctica

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    Summary: Projection: National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929; Series: USGS 1:250,000 Geologic Reconnaissance Series

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  10. Title: Atlas zur kirchengeschichte.

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    Summary: Historical Atlases

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  11. Title: Eisenbahn- und Dampfschiffrouten- Karte von Europa

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    Summary: Map of Europe showing railroad and steamship routes. Originally folded in covers 21 x 13 cm. Ferro meridian at top margin, Paris meridian at bottom.

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  12. Title: Karte des Nordens von America, ca. 1791 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Karte des Nordens von America : zur Beurtheilung der Wahrscheinlichkeit einer nordwestlichen Durchfahrt. It was published by: Carl Jäck? ca. 1791. Scale ca. 1:9,500,000. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 World Mercator (EPSG: 3395) coordinate system. All map features and collar and inset information are shown 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 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 geographies, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  13. Title: Balkan Peninsula, 1903 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Die Staaten von Sudost=Europa :Rumanien, Serbien, Montenegro, Bulgarien, Kreta, Europ. Turkei, Griechenland, Redigiert v. Dr. K. Peucker ; Rudolph Maschek sculps ; Kartogr. Anst. v. Th. Bannwarth. It was published by Artaria in 1903. Scale 1:3,000,000. Covers Southeastern Europe including the Balkans and a portion of Turkey. Map in German. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a modified 'Europe Lambert Conformal Conic' projection with a central meridian of 24 degrees East 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, cities and other human settlements, forts, roads, railroads, canals, territorial and provincial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Islamic Heritage Project. Maps selected for the project represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes. The Islamic Heritage Project consists of over 100,000 digitized pages from Harvard's collections of Islamic manuscripts and published materials. Supported by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and developed in association with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University.

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  14. Title: Berlin, Germany, 1803 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Grundriss der koniglichen haupt und residenzstadt Berlin :nach der vom konigl. policeijdirectorio veranstalteten neuen bezeichnung der strassen und platze im Jahre 1803, zusammengetragen von D.F. Sotzmann. It was published by gestochen von Carl Jattnig in Berlin 1880. Scale [ca. 1:8,145]. Covers a portion of Berlin, Germany. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Deutsches Hauptdreiecksnetz (DHDN) 3-degree Gauss-Kruger Zone 4 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, buildings, churches, ground cover, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes indices and legend. 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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  15. Title: Plans of Nineveh, Troy, Carthage, Alexandria, and Constantinople

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Title from Contents. At head of map: Dr. William Smith's Ancient atlas. 43. Plate 43 from: Atlas of ancient geography, biblical and classical ... / ... drawn by Dr. Charles Müller ... ; edited by William Smith and George Grove. Historic Maps copy imperfect: top portion of map, showing Nineveh, wanting.

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  16. Title: Kingdoms of the successors of Alexander in the middle of the third century

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. At head of map: Dr. William Smith's Ancient atlas. 5. Plate 5 from: Atlas of ancient geography, biblical and classical ... / edited by William Smith and George Grove. London : J. Murray, 1874. Insets: Kingdoms of the successors of Alexander after the division at Babylon (323) and Triparadisus (321) -- Kingdoms of the successors of Alexander after the battle of Ipsus (301 B.C.) Historic Maps copy imperfect: lower edge trimmed with loss of imprint.

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  17. Title: Rome in the time of the emperors : The Forum Romanum under the empire and the Imperial Fora : Rome during the Republic : The Forum before the time of Julius Cæsar : Environs of Rome

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. At head of map: Dr. William Smith's Ancient atlas. 18, 19. Plates 18 and 19 from: Atlas of ancient geography, biblical and classical ... / edited by William Smith and George Grove. London : J. Murray, 1874.

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  18. Title: Ægyptus

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. At head of map: Dr. William Smith's Ancient atlas. 33. From: Atlas of ancient geography, biblical and classical ... / edited by William Smith and George Grove. London : J. Murray, 1874. Inset: Æthiopia supra Ægyptum.

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  19. Title: Italia

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Title supplied by cataloger. At head of map: Dr. William Smith's Ancient atlas. 15. Plate 15 from: Atlas of ancient geography, biblical and classical ... / edited by William Smith and George Grove. London : J. Murray, 1874.

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  20. Title: Empire of Alexander the Great

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. At head of map: Dr. William Smith's Ancient atlas. 4. Plate 4 from: Atlas of ancient geography, biblical and classical ... / edited by William Smith and George Grove. London : J. Murray, 1874.

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