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Title: London, England, 1847 (Raster Image)
Contributors:- Raster data
- 2008
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Davies, Benjamin Rees.
- Britton, John, 1771-1857.
- Cheffins, Charles F.
- Orr & Compy.
- Letts, Son & Co.
- J. Cross & Son.
- Saunders, Trelawney, 1821-1910.
Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: London and its environs : containing the boundaries of the metropolitan boroughs, the different railroads & stations, the new cemeteries, roads, docks, canals, and all the modern improvements : this map is chiefly from the Ordinance Survey, the railroads and other improvements are from the official copies, the boroughs of Marylebone from the survey published by M.r Britton, the whole corrected from personal observation & measurement, drawn and engraved by B. R. Davies. It was published by C. F. Cheffins, lithog : Wm. S. Orr & Co., Dec. 1, 1847. Scale [ca. 1:42,000]. Covers a portion of Greater London. 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, selected buildings, built-up areas, cemeteries, parks, Borough boundaries, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes legend below lower margin. 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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Title: 2015 Spring Semester Student Data in Art and Politics in the City
Contributors:- Polygon data
- 2015
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by NYU Libraries)
Summary: This layer represents objects of grafitti, public art, and other data collected by students in Art and Politics in the Street for Spring 2015 semester. The layer covers locations in New York City and Buenos Aires.