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  1. Title: Los Angeles, California, 1849 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan de la Ciudad de Los Angeles, surveyed & drawn by E.O.C. Ord, Lt., U.S.A. & Wm. R. Hutton, asst., August 29th 1849. It was published by the Historical Society of Southern California ca. 1930. Scale [ca. 1:6,330] . Facsimile of a manuscript map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the California State Plane Zone V Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 0405). 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, block and lot numbers, ground cover, 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.

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  2. Title: Shipwrecks (Great Lakes), Wisconsin 2014

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    Summary: [This dataset represents shipwrecks in the Great Lakes of Wisconsin as points in shapefile format. It is compiled from the shipwreck database maintained by the Wisconsin Historical Society. More information about the shipwreck database is available here (http://maritimetrails.org/about_shipwreck_database.php).]

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  3. Title: Bathurst, 1877

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    Summary: View over the city of Bathurst in 1877, detailing particular houses and landscapes. At bottom centre of map: Bathurst, 100 years a city, 1885-1985. Facsimile. Inset views at corners of central map: All Saints Cathedral -- New Public Buildings -- Town Hall -- St. Stanislaus College. 46 x 63 centimeters Scale not given. City Maps

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  4. Title: Automobile road map of the United States : including southern Canada and northern Mexico

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    Summary: Shows cities, major waterways, major roads, and route numbers.; Inset: Cape Breton Island.; "1491"--upper left.; "Selwyn Douglas"--lower right.; "P.H.I."--lower left.; "397"--panel lower left. 52 x 83 centimeters, folded to 27 x 11 centimeters Scale approximately 1:6,000,000 General Map Collection

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  5. Title: Atlas and Plat Book of Adair County, Iowa, 1917

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    Summary: (Successful Farming Publishing Co., 1917, Atlas and Plat Book of Adair County, Iowa); 1 atlas: b&w.; 31 X 41 cm. Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. State Historical Society of Iowa (Iowa City)

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  6. Title: Standard Atlas of Adams County, Iowa, 1905

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    Summary: 1.l. 1 map; 45 cm Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. State Historical Society of Iowa (Iowa City)

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  7. Title: Standard atlas of Adair County, Iowa, 1901

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    Summary: 1 atlas: 91 p.; 44 cm. Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. State Historical Society of Iowa (Iowa City)

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  8. Title: Standard Atlas of Benton County, Iowa, 1901

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    Summary: (Geo. A. Ogle & Co., 1901, Standard Atlas of Benton County, Iowa); 1 atlas: b&w.; 40 X 49 cm. Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. State Historical Society of Iowa (Iowa City)

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  9. Title: Atlas of Benton County, Iowa, 1872

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    Summary: (Harrison & Warner, 1872, Atlas of Benton County, Iowa); 1 atlas; b&w.; 32 X 39 cm. Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. State Historical Society of Iowa (Iowa City)

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  10. Title: Important Bird Areas: San Francisco Bay Area, 2008

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    Summary: The objective of this project was to digitally map the boundaries of Audubon California's Important Bird Areas (IBA). Existing Important Bird Areas identify critical terrestrial and inland water habitats for avifauna, in particular, habitat that supports rare, threatened or endangered birds and/or exceptionally large congregations of shorebirds and/or waterfowl. The digitization of Important Bird Areas represents an important first step in conservation planning of these critical habitats using GIS. As of October 2007, a draft layer of all 148 Important Bird Areas in California was completed. Currently, a review is in progress with Audubon Chapters and local experts, with a final version completed by Nov. 1, 2008. The final map and data will be released to the public in November, 2008. Bird conservation efforts throughout California by Audubon California Bay Area Open Space Council, GreenInfo Network, Conservation Lands Network, and San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals Project. (2011). Important Bird Areas: San Francisco Bay Area, 2008. Bay Area Open Space Council. Available at http://purl.stanford.edu/np148dh6859. For IBA site summaries, please go to the following website: http://ca.audubon.org/iba/iba_sites.shtml For criteria utilized to designate sites as Important Bird Areas in California, go to: http://ca.audubon.org/iba/iba_criteria.shtml For a searchable database by species, habitat, land use, etc., go to http://iba.audubon.org/iba/siteSearch.do Please contact Audubon California for use in analysis or publications. 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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  11. Title: Map of the boundary between Massachusetts & New York: showing the ancient colonial and provincial grants and settlements; by Franklin Leonard Pope, member of the Berkshire Historical and Scientific Society.

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    Summary: Extends west to Schenectady and the Hudson River, covering Columbia County and most of Rensselaer County. Extend east to cover most of Berkshire County. Shows the Commissioners boundary, 1787. Relief shown by hachures. Publisher from front cover. Probably also published to accompany: The western boundary of Massachusetts: a study of Indian and colonial history / by Franklin Leonard Pope. Pittsfield, Mass.: Privately printed, 1886. 1 map; 37 x 28 cm., folded in cover 22 x 14 cm.

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  12. Title: Map Of An Exploring Expedition To The Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, Oregon & North California In The Years 1843-44. By Brevet Capt. J. C. Fremont Of The Corps Of Topographical Engineers Under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert, Chief Of The Topographical Bureau. Lith. by E. Weber & Co. Baltimore, Md (Raster Image)

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    Summary: The large map of the west is one of the most interesting and beautiful government maps of the 1840's. It filled in many of the gaps in cartographic knowledge of the west. Charles Preuss was the cartographer. Map is without color. Book is bound with full leather with "Executive Documents 2d Sess. 28th Cong." on the spine in gold. Appears in "Report of The Exploring Expedition to The Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44." The historic map layers in the Google Earth Rumsey Map Collection have been selected by David Rumsey from his large collection of historical maps, as well as some from other collections with which he collaborates. All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods, scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced by Rumsey, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe. Some of the maps fit perfectly in their modern spaces, while othersgenerally earlier period mapsreveal interesting geographical misconceptions of their time. Cultural features on the maps can be compared to the modern satellite views using the slider bars to adjust transparency. The result is an exploration of time as well as space, a marriage of historic cartographic masterpieces with innovative contemporary software tools.

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  13. Title: Climatic Map Of California. Published By The Southern Pacific Company. 1888. Compiled by E. McD. Johnstone, S.P. Co. From Map Prepared Under The Direction Of Brig. Gen. H.C. Wright, Chief Of Eng'rs. U.S.A. Lith H.S. Crocker & Co. S.F. Cal. Entered ... 1887, by the Southern Pacific Company ... Washington ... (Raster Image)

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    Summary: Second edition. Shows the different temperature zones of the state by use of color. Also used as a promotional broadside for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Above the map reads "If You Intend To Travel Take The "Sunset Route" Of The Southern Pacific Company." The historic map layers in the Google Earth Rumsey Map Collection have been selected by David Rumsey from his large collection of historical maps, as well as some from other collections with which he collaborates. All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods, scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced by Rumsey, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe. Some of the maps fit perfectly in their modern spaces, while othersgenerally earlier period mapsreveal interesting geographical misconceptions of their time. Cultural features on the maps can be compared to the modern satellite views using the slider bars to adjust transparency. The result is an exploration of time as well as space, a marriage of historic cartographic masterpieces with innovative contemporary software tools.

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  14. Title: Shenyang (Liaoning Sheng), China, 1930 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Mukden = Fengtien. It was published by Southern Manchuria Railway in 1930. Scale not given. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM Zone 51N, meters, WGS 1984) 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 roads, railroads, drainage, urban layout and buildings, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also index, legend, inset map of larger area, and 18 photographs around border. 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: San Francisco, California 1915 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: San Francisco and vicinity. It was published by Southern Pacific Company in 1915. Scale [ca. 1:30,800]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the California Zone III State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (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, street car routes, drainage, selected public buildings, parks, cemeteries, wharves, and more. Also shows the grounds of Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes inset: San Francisco and adjacent territory. Also includes indexes to points of interest. 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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  16. Title: San Francisco and vicinity

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    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Includes indexes and inset of "San Francisco and adjacent territory.". Text of "San Francisco, what to see, how to see it," map of "Southern Pacific and connections," and ill. on verso. Scale approximately 1:30,800

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  17. Title: Plan of Salisbury Township lands and environs

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    Summary: Postal map showing lot and block numbers and subdivision names.

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  18. Title: National Register of Historic Places, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2009

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    Summary: This polygon layer contains buildings, sites, structures, objects, and districts that have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in recognition of their importance to American history, culture, or archaeology. National Register designation means that changes to these places must be reviewed if federal or state funds, permits, or licenses are used.

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  19. Title: Map of California illustrating its climatology, comparative area, rail lines, topography, etc., compiled from official and authentic sources

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    Summary: Relief shown by shading.; Shows rail lines, average temperatures, area in square miles.; Inset maps of Area and Average temperatures.; Index and text on verso. 64 x 52 centimeters Scale not given. General Map Collection

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  20. Title: Cambridge, MA (Neighborhood Conservation Districts, 2000)

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    • 2000
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    Summary: This layer contains five polygons representing the city's Neighborhood Conservation Districts (NCDs). Conservation districts are groups of buildings and their surroundings that are architecturally and historically distinctive. Exterior changes to buildings within NCDs are subject to review by NCD commissions made up of residents appointed by the City Manager.

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