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  1. Title: Map Of San Francisco From the Latest Surveys. Engraved Expressly For The San Francisco Directory. 1873. Lith Britton & Rey. S.F (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map from the 1873 San Francisco Directory. 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. Map Of San Francisco From the Latest Surveys. Engraved Expressly For The San Francisco Directory. 1873. Lith Britton & Rey. S.F (Raster Image). (2020). Stanford University. Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/wp123sm9381 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: City And County Of San Francisco. Compiled From Official Surveys And Sectionalized In Accordance With U.S. Surveys. Drawn By V. Wackenreuder, C.E. 1861. Published By Henry G. Langley For the San Francisco Directory. Entered ... 1861 By Henry G. Langley ... California. Britton & Co. Print. (with 3 inset maps of the Farrallon Islands) (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of San Francisco County (1861). This map shows the western and southern parts of the peninsula, with the land grants, and full topography. Also shows the northern part of San Mateo County and a small part of Marin County. Three insets show the Farrallon Islands. 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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  3. Title: Langley's new map of Lancashire

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    Summary: Vignette: "Liverpool." List of hundreds. Greenwich meridian. Relief shown by hachures.

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  4. Title: NASA Surface Meteorology and Solar Energy

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    Summary: A renewable energy resource web site of global meteorology and surface solar energy climatology from NASA satellite data on one by one degree resolution. NASA's Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resource (POWER) Project is developing data sets from Earth Science Enterprise climate research to support renewable energy industries. The Surface meteorology and Solar Energy (SSE) data set contains solar parameters principally derived from satellite observations and meteorology parameters from an atmospheric model constrained to satellite and sounding observations. It is a 22-year climatology (July 1983- June 2005) on a one-degree latitude by one-degree longitude grid. The global coverage of the SSE data set fills the gap where remote locations lack ground measurement data. Most ground measurement stations are located near populated regions that may have natural or urban influence on the local climate. The SSE data set can augment ground measurement data affected by microclimates. There are parameters for sizing and pointing solar panels, solar thermal applications, cloud information, temperature, humidity, and wind parameters. The SSE data are considered accurate for preliminary feasibility studies of renewable energy projects. Shapefile data downloaded from OpenEI (http://en.openei.org) on June 16, 2014. System requirements: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software that reads ESRI shapefile format.

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  5. Title: NASA Surface Meteorology and Solar Energy

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    Summary: A renewable energy resource web site of global meteorology and surface solar energy climatology from NASA satellite data on one by one degree resolution. NASA's Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resource (POWER) Project is developing data sets from Earth Science Enterprise climate research to support renewable energy industries. The Surface meteorology and Solar Energy (SSE) data set contains solar parameters principally derived from satellite observations and meteorology parameters from an atmospheric model constrained to satellite and sounding observations. It is a 22-year climatology (July 1983- June 2005) on a one-degree latitude by one-degree longitude grid. The global coverage of the SSE data set fills the gap where remote locations lack ground measurement data. Most ground measurement stations are located near populated regions that may have natural or urban influence on the local climate. The SSE data set can augment ground measurement data affected by microclimates. There are parameters for sizing and pointing solar panels, solar thermal applications, cloud information, temperature, humidity, and wind parameters. The SSE data are considered accurate for preliminary feasibility studies of renewable energy projects. Shapefile data downloaded from OpenEI (http://en.openei.org) on June 16, 2014. System requirements: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software that reads ESRI shapefile format.

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  6. Title: World (Ore deposits, 2003)

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    • 2003
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    Summary: Ore deposits.MRDS contains variable-length records of metallic andnonmetallic mineral resources of the world. A recordcontains descriptive information about mineral deposits andmineral commodities. The types of information in the database include deposit name, location, commodity, depositdescription, geologic characteristics, production,reserves, potential resources, and references. The MineralResource Data System master database is not accessible viathe WWW. The large number of multi-valued fields make itdifficult to import all the fields into a data format thatcan be utilized by the ArcView Internet Map ServerSoftware. This dataset contains all MRDS locations, butonly 44 of the possible 226 fields. A data structure wascreated in Access 97. Data was imported into the filestructure and then processed into Arc View, where it wastransformed into shape files that are used by the IMSsoftware to serve the MRDS data and permit access via the www.

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  7. Title: Solar: Average Monthly and Annual Global Horizontal Irradiance Data, One-Degree Resolution of the World from NASA/SSE, 1983-2005

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    Summary: This polygon shapefile represents the 22 year average monthly and annual measurements (kWh/m^2/day) of global horizontal irradiance (GHI) for the entire world. Lat/Lon values indicate the lower left corner of a 1x1 degree region. Negative values are south and west; positive values are north and east. Boundaries of the -90/-180 region are -90 to -89 (south) and -180 to -179 (west). The last region, 89/180, is bounded by 89 to 90 (north) and 179 to 180 (east). This polygon shapefile represents the average monthly and annual measurements (kWh/m^2/day) of solar direct normal radiation (DNI) for the entire globe. These data are regional averages; not point data. The source data was downloaded from the Surface Meteorology and Solar Energy (SSE) website as text files. The tabular data was then converted to the shapefile format. To provide investors and other stakeholders with reliable, verifiable and accessible information on the solar resource potential for the data domain. Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI) products describe the solar resource available to a flat-plate collector oriented horizontal to the earth’s surface. NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center. (2008) Solar: Average Monthly and Annual Global Horizontal Irradiance Data, One-Degree Resolution of the World from NASA/SSE, 1983-2005. NASA Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/xx487wn6207 Spatial Extent: Global Bounding Coordinates (decimal degrees) South: -90.00, North: 90.00, West: -180.00, East: 180.00Co-ordinate System: Geographic, Datum: WGS84, Ellipsoid: WGS84. Polygon shapefile with fields as defined belowID (mandatory) - I4, unique identifier for each polygonannual (mandatory) - R4, mean annual value in (kWh/m2/day)jan, feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct, nov, dec (optional) - R4, mean monthly value in (kWh/m2/day)janmin, febmin, marmin, aprmin, maymin, junmin, julmin, augmin sepmin, octmin, novmin, decmin (optional) - R4, minimum monthly mean value in (kWh/m2/day)janmax, febmax, marmax, aprmax, maymax, junmax, julmax, augmax, sepmax, octmax, novmax, decmax (optional) - R4, maximum monthly mean value in (kWh/m2/day)numyears (optional) - I4, number of years used in estimate

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  8. Title: Solar: Average Monthly and Annual Latitude Tilt Irradiance Data, One-Degree Resolution of the World from NASA/SSE, 1983-2005

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    Summary: This polygon shapefile contains monthly and annual averages of solar Latitude Tilt Irradiance data (kWh/m^2/day) compiled by NASA and SSE. These data show monthly and annual averages starting from July 1983 until June 2005. Lat/Lon values indicate the lower left corner of a 1x1 degree region. Negative values are south and west; positive values are north and east. Boundaries of the -90/-180 region are -90 to -89 (south) and -180 to -179 (west). The last region, 89/180, is bounded by 89 to 90 (north) and 179 to 180 (east). The mid-point of the region is +0.5 added to the the Lat/Lon value. These data are regional averages; not point data. These data were created to provide investors and other stakeholders with reliable, verifiable and accessible information on the solar resource potential for the data domain. Flat-plate tilted at latitude (Tilt) products represent the solar resource available to a flat plate collector oriented due south at an angle from horizontal equal to the latitude of the collector location. This collector orientation is typical practice for PV system installation, although other orientations are also used. NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center. (2008) Solar: Average Monthly and Annual Direct Normal Irradiance Data, One-Degree Resolution of the World from NASA/SSE, 1983-2005. NASA Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/rn596kz1069 Spatial Extent: Global Bounding Coordinates (decimal degrees) South: -90.00, North: 90.00, West: -180.00, East:180.00 Coordinate System: Geographic, Datum: WGS84, Ellipsoid: WGS84. Polygon shapefile with fields as defined below ID (mandatory) - I4, unique identifier for each polygon annual (mandatory) - R4, mean annual value in (kWh/m2/day) jan, feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct, nov, dec (optional) - R4, mean monthly value in (kWh/m2/day)janmin, febmin, marmin, aprmin, maymin, junmin, julmin, augmin sepmin, octmin, novmin, decmin (optional) - R4, minimum monthly mean value in (kWh/m2/day) janmax, febmax, marmax, aprmax, maymax, junmax, julmax, augmax, sepmax, octmax, novmax, decmax (optional) - R4, maximum monthly mean value in (kWh/m2/day)numyears (optional) - I4, number of years used in estimate

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  9. Title: Solar: Average Monthly and Annual Direct Normal Irradiance Data, One-Degree Resolution of the World from NASA/SSE, 1983-2005

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    Summary: This polygon shapefile represents the average monthly and annual measurements (kWh/m^2/day) of solar direct normal radiation (DNI) for the entire globe. Lat/Lon values indicate the lower left corner of a 1x1 degree region. Negative values are south and west; positive values are north and east. Boundaries of the -90/-180 region are -90 to -89 (south) and -180 to -179 (west). The last region, 89/180, is bounded by 89 to 90 (north) and 179 to 180 (east). This polygon shapefile represents the average monthly and annual measurements (kWh/m^2/day) of solar direct normal radiation (DNI) for the entire globe. These data are regional averages; not point data. The source data was downloaded from the Surface Meteorology and Solar Energy (SSE) website as text files. The tabular data was then converted to the shapefile format. These data are meant to provide investors and other stakeholders with reliable, verifiable and accessible information on the solar resource potential for the data domain. NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center. (2008) Solar: Average Monthly and Annual Direct Normal Irradiance Data, One-Degree Resolution of the World from NASA/SSE, 1983-2005. NASA Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/fd535zg0917 Spatial Extent: Global Bounding Coordinates (decimal degrees) South: -90.00, North: 90.00, West: -180.00, East: 180.00 Co-ordinate System: Geographic, Datum: WGS84, Ellipsoid: WGS84. Polygon shapefile with fields as defined belowID (mandatory) - I4, unique identifier for each polygon annual (mandatory) - R4, mean annual value in (kWh/m2/day)jan, feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct, nov, dec (optional) - R4, mean monthly value in (kWh/m2/day)janmin, febmin, marmin, aprmin, maymin, junmin, julmin, augmin sepmin, octmin, novmin, decmin (optional) - R4, minimum monthly mean value in (kWh/m2/day)janmax, febmax, marmax, aprmax, maymax, junmax, julmax, augmax, sepmax, octmax, novmax, decmax (optional) - R4, maximum monthly mean value in (kWh/m2/day)numyears (optional) - I4, number of years used in estimate

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  10. Title: Wind: Monthly and Annual Average Wind GIS Data at One-Degree Resolution of the World from NASA/SSE (1983-1993)

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    Summary: This polygon shapefile contains data for wind speed at 50 m above the surface of the Earth (m/s) These data are 10-year monthly and annual averages ranging from July 1983 to June 1993. The source data was downloaded from the Surface Meteorology and Solar Energy (SSE) website as text files. The tabular data was then converted to the shapefile format. This is the 5th release of these data. These data provide investors and other stakeholders with reliable, verifiable and accessible information on the solar resource potential for the data domain. NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center. (2008) Wind: Monthly and Annual Average Wind GIS Data at One-Degree Resolution of the World from NASA/SSE (1983-1993). NASA Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/wp386wc6721 Spatial Extent: Global Bounding Coordinates (decimal degrees) South: -90.00, North: 90.00, West: -180.00, East: 180.00Co-ordinate System: Geographic, Datum: WGS84, Ellipsoid: WGS84. Polygon shapefile with fields as defined belowID (mandatory) - I4, unique identifier for each polygonannual (mandatory) - R4, mean annual value in (kWh/m2/day)jan, feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct, nov, dec (optional) - R4, mean monthly value in (kWh/m2/day)janmin, febmin, marmin, aprmin, maymin, junmin, julmin, augmin sepmin, octmin, novmin, decmin (optional) - R4, minimum monthly mean value in (kWh/m2/day)janmax, febmax, marmax, aprmax, maymax, junmax, julmax, augmax, sepmax, octmax, novmax, decmax (optional) - R4, maximum monthly mean value in (kWh/m2/day)numyears (optional) - I4, number of years used in estimate

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  11. Title: Map of Indiana showing points of interest and state highways

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    Summary: Map furnished by Indiana State Highway Commission.' 'Information on hotels, trains and accommodations in state parks compiled by Chas. Sauers'--Map panel. Includes text and index to points of interest on verso. Scale approximately 1:963,000 R.F. Pickens.

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  12. Title: Map of Ramsey and Manomin Counties : and Hennepin east

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    Summary: Shows land ownership in Ramsey County, present day Manomin Township in Anoka County, and a portion of Hennepin County, Minnesota. Includes 17 views and 3 vignettes.; Inset view: St. Paul, Minn., 1867.; Blueprint.; Facsimile, location of original and date of reproduction unknown. 66 x 83 centimeters and smaller Scale approximately 1:32,000 Minnesota County Maps, Plat Books, and Atlases

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  13. Title: Map of Cambria Co., Pennsylvania : from actual surveys and official records

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    Summary: Scale approximately 1:79,200. 1 1/4 in. to the mile; 1 map: hand colored; 175 x 117 cm Real property--Pennsylvania--Cambria County--Maps

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  14. Title: English Channel

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north to upper left. Includes ill., notes and views. In margin: Chart no. 4. Insets: Falmouth Harbour -- Lizard Point -- Manacles -- Penzance Bay -- Land's End -- Dartmouth Hr. -- Plymouth Sound -- Weymouth Harbour -- Tor Bay -- Anchorage east of Dungeness -- Dover -- Calais -- The Downs -- Approaches to Portsmouth and Southampton -- Continuation to Southampton. Historic Maps copy has paper label on verso: Chart no. 4. English Channel. Price, with a book of directions, 12s. Historic Maps copy has ms. annotations.

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  15. Title: Plan des redoutes et des lignes que les ennemis avoient auprès de Brookland, de ceux de Redhook, et l"isle de Gouveurner ...

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    Summary: Facsimile of manuscript map. Relief shown by hachures. Includes references to the Battle of Long Island.

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  16. Title: Siena, Italy, ca. 1840 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Pianta della cittá di Siena, G. Tarducci, dis. ; G. Pozzi, inc. It was published ca. 1840. Scale ca. 1:3,593. 500 braccia = 8,35 cm. Map in Italian. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 32N 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, building structures, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also index. 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: Zoning Districts, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1983 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Lincoln, Massachusetts, zoning districts, zoning detail by G. Chu. It was published in 1983. Scale [ca. 1:22,500]. 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 list of zoning amendments and inset of Lincoln village. 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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  18. Title: World Map Showing the Voyages of the Vettor Pisani, 1882-1885 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Viaggio della R[a] Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani', negli anni 1882-1883-1884-1885 (comandante G. Palumbo). It was published by Stab. Lit. Bruno e Salomone in 1885. Scale [ca. 1:250,500]. World map showing the voyages of the Vettor Pisani. 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 160 degrees east. 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, ship route with dates, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. 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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  19. Title: Vienna, Austria, 1566 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan der befestigungen u. der hohenverhaltnisse der hauser wer stadt Wien im Jahre 1566 : mit zugrundelegung der plane von Bonifaz Wolmuet und Daniel Suttinger und mite benutzung gleichzeitiger handschriftlicher quellen, verfast von Albert Camesina Ritter von San Vittore ; Alb. R. v. Camesina fec. 1878. It was published by Gemeinderathe der Reichshaupt u. Residenzstadt in 1880. Scale [ca 1:1,800]. Map in German. Covers Vienna, Austria in 1566. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the MGI 3-Degree Gauss Kruger 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 with street address and colored to show building uses, landowner names, and more. Includes index. 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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  20. Title: Amman in panorama

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Some buildings shown pictorially. Map shows buildings, embassies, legations, churches, and mosques.

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