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  1. Title: Boston, Massachusetts -- Emerald Necklace parks, 1894 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of portion of park system from Common to Franklin Park : including Charles River Basin, Charlesbank, Commonwealth Avenue, Back Bay Fens, Muddy River Improvement, Leverett Park, Jamaica Park, Arborway and Arnold Arboretum, [by] William Jackson, city engineer ; Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot, landscape architects. It was published in Jan. 1894. Scale [ca. 1:9,000]. Covers Boston parks collectively known as the 'Emerald Necklace.' 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 park features such as roads, paths, recreational buildings and facilities, ground cover, and drainage. Also includes features surrounding parks: city roads, railroads, drainage, some public buildings, 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: Boston Metropolitan District, Massachusetts, parks, 1898 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the Metropolitan District of Boston : showing local public reservations, the holdings of the Metropolitan Park Commission and additions which have been proposed. It was originally published in the Report of the Board of Metropolitan Park Commissioners, Jan. 1899 to 'accompany report of Olmsted Brothers, Landscape Architects, Dec. 1st, 1898.' Scale 1:62,500. 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, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows local parks and reservations over one half acre, Metropolitan reservations and parkways taken or provided for, and proposed additions to the Metropolitan system. Features include parks, roads, railroads, drainage, town boundaries and more. Relief is shown by contours and spot heights. 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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  3. Title: Ann Arbor, Michigan, general plan.

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    Summary: Relief shown by contours. "June 16, 1920." Shows existing and proposed parks, land use as parks, cemeteries, proposed streets, change in street profile or cross section, main thoroughfares, existing car lines and proposed car lines. "File no. 3629, plan no. 7." 1 map: photocopy, mounted on linen; 79 x 95 cm.

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  4. Title: City of Boston-Park Department, Marine Park grading plan

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    Summary: "Jan. 1891." Relief shown by contours. Includes key map. 61 x 85 centimeters Scale approximately 1:1,900 City Maps

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  5. Title: Detail Showing Principal Pleasure Grounds (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced of a plan titled "Detail Showing Principal Pleasure Grounds," This plan, created by Frederick Law Olmstead, originally appeared in "Preliminary Report in Regard to a Plan of Public Pleasure Grounds for the City of San Francisco," (Wm. C. Bryant & Co., New York, 1866). 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. Olmstead, F. (2021). Detail Showing Principal Pleasure Grounds (Raster Image). Stanford University. Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/nc805rf6310 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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  6. Title: Franklin Park, Boston, Massachusetts, 1885 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: General plan of Franklin Park, [by] City of Boston, Park Dept. ; Fredk. Law Olmsted, landscape architect ; William Jackson, city engineer ; Wm. M. Coombs, del. It was published in 1885. Scale [ca. 1:2,700]. Shows park paths and drives, and park features and areas (fields, hills, gardens, grounds, woods, etc.) Relief is shown by spot heights. The map includes a descriptive text, an index map with key, and tables: distances from park, areas, and lengths of ways. 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 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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  7. Title: Preliminary study of a plan for a pleasure bay between Dorchester Point and Castle Island

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    Summary: Inset: Boston harbor. 55 x 50 centimeters Scale approximately 1:3,650 City Maps

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  8. Title: Preliminary study of a plan for a pleasure bay between Dorchester Point and Castle Island

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    Summary: Inset: Boston harbor. 55 x 50 centimeters Scale approximately 1:3,650 General Map Collection

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  9. Title: Carte du theĢatre de la guerre actuel entre les Anglais et les Treize Colonies Unies de l'Amerique Septentrionale

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Covers the area from Lake Nipissin to lower Chesapeake Bay and west to Lake Erie. Shows states, some counties, towns and cities, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory, roads, and relief.

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  10. Title: The Galignani's Messenger plan of the Paris Universal Exhibition, 1878.

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    Summary: Maps.

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  11. Title: Botswana Elevation, 2003

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    Summary: Botswana Elevation is a Digital Elevation Model representing elevations throughout Botswana at a resolution of 30 arc seconds. This layer is a component of the Global Map a 1:1,000,000 scale framework dataset of the world. It consists of vector and raster layers of transport, administrative boundaries, drainage, elevation, vegetation, land use and land cover data. The data were prepared from information provided by national mapping and other organisations worldwide.

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  12. Title: Botswana Built-up Areas (points), 2003

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    Summary: Botswana Built-up Areas is a point theme representing built-up areas in Botswana. This layer is a component of the Global Map, a 1:1,000,000 scale framework dataset of the world. It consists of vector and raster layers of transport, administrative boundaries, drainage, elevation, vegetation, land use and land cover data. The data were prepared from information provided by national mapping and other organisations worldwide.

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  13. Title: Botswana Miscellaneous Population Settlements, 2003

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    Summary: Botswana Miscellaneous Population Settlements is a point theme representing settlements in Botswana. This layer is a component of the Global Map, a 1:1,000,000 scale framework dataset of the world. It consists of vector and raster layers of transport, administrative boundaries, drainage, elevation, vegetation, land use and land cover data. The data were prepared from information provided by national mapping and other organisations worldwide.

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  14. Title: Botswana Roads, 2003

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    Summary: Botswana Roads is a line theme representing roadways in Botswana. This layer is a component of the Global Map, a 1:1,000,000 scale framework dataset of the world. It consists of vector and raster layers of transport, administrative boundaries, drainage, elevation, vegetation, land use and land cover data. The data were prepared from information provided by national mapping and other organizations worldwide.

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  15. Title: Botswana Railroads, 2003

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    Summary: Botswana Railroads is a line theme representing railroads in Botswana. This layer is a component of the Global Map, a 1:1,000,000 scale framework dataset of the world. It consists of vector and raster layers of transport, administrative boundaries, drainage, elevation, vegetation, land use and land cover data. The data were prepared from information provided by national mapping and other organisations worldwide.

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  16. Title: Botswana Political Boundaries, 2003

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    Summary: Botswana Political Boundaries is a line theme representing political boundaries in Botswana. This layer is a component of the Global Map, a 1:1,000,000 scale framework dataset of the world. It consists of vector and raster layers of transport, administrative boundaries, drainage, elevation, vegetation, land use and land cover data. The data were prepared from information provided by national mapping and other organisations worldwide.

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  17. Title: Botswana Vegetation, 2003

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    Summary: Botswana Vegetation is a raster theme representing percentages of tree cover throughout Botswana at a resolution of 30 arc seconds. This layer is a component of the Global Map a 1:1,000,000 scale framework dataset of the world. It consists of vector and raster layers of transport, administrative boundaries, drainage, elevation, vegetation, land use and land cover data. The data were prepared from information provided by national mapping and other organisations worldwide.

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  18. Title: Botswana Landuse, 2003

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    Summary: Botswana Landuse is a raster theme representing landuse classifications throughout Botswana at a resolution of 30 arc seconds. This layer is a component of the Global Map a 1:1,000,000 scale framework dataset of the world. It consists of vector and raster layers of transport, administrative boundaries, drainage, elevation, vegetation, land use and land cover data. The data were prepared from information provided by national mapping and other organisations worldwide.

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  19. Title: Botswana Landcover, 2003

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    Summary: Botswana Landcover is a raster theme representing land cover classifications throughout Botswana at a resolution of 30 arc seconds. This layer is a component of the Global Map a 1:1,000,000 scale framework dataset of the world. It consists of vector and raster layers of transport, administrative boundaries, drainage, elevation, vegetation, land use and land cover data. The data were prepared from information provided by national mapping and other organisations worldwide.

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  20. Title: Botswana Water Course, 2003

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    Summary: Botswana Water Course is a line theme representing rivers and streams in Botswana. This layer is a component of the Global Map, a 1:1,000,000 scale framework dataset of the world. It consists of vector and raster layers of transport, administrative boundaries, drainage, elevation, vegetation, land use and land cover data. The data were prepared from information provided by national mapping and other organisations worldwide.

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