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  1. Title: Africa (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of an historic continental map of Africa from 1809. This map was originally created by John Russell. 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 was georeferenced by the Stanford University Geospatial Center using a Sinusoidal projection. This map is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Africa held at Stanford University Libraries. 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 1790.27 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. Russell, John, and Stanford Geospatial Center. (2013). Africa (Raster Image). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/gk357zj6283. For more information about Stanford's Maps of Africa Collection, see here: https://exhibits.stanford.edu/maps-of-africa. 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: States of America, drawn from the best authorities.

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    Summary: Engraved for Guthries new System of Geography.;"J. C. Russell sculpsit.";Relief shown pictorially.;1 map, hand colored;39 x 44 cm.;ca. 1:6,000,000

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  3. Title: A general map of North America : drawn from the best surveys

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    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. "Publish'd as the Act directs." Prime meridian: London.

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  4. Title: Washington, D.C., 1795 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of Washington, in the territory of Columbia, ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the seat of their government after the year 1800, J. Russell, sculpt., Constitu'n Row, Grays Inn Road. It was published in 1795. Scale [ca 1:19,800]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Maryland State Plane Coordinate System Meters NAD83 (Fipszone 1900). 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, block numbers and proposed government buildings, drainage, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Includes 'Remarks' and coat-of-arms. 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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  5. Title: The United States of America.

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    Summary: Philadelphia and London.;Relief shown pictorially.;1 map, hand colored;24 x 31 cm.;ca. 1:10,000,000

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  6. Title: General map showing the countries explored & surveyed by the United States & Mexican Boundary Commission in the years 1850, 51, 52 & 53

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich and Washington. Includes historic notes.

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  7. Title: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1825 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of Edinburgh and its environs, from a survey by James Knox ; engd. by R. Scott. It was published by John Fairbairn 13, Waterloo Place, Manners & Miller, ... and John Anderson, Junr. in 1825. Scale [ca. 1:6,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National Grid' 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, selected names of property owners, parks, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes population statistics from 1821 and note.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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  8. Title: Dublin, Ireland, ca. 1782 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the city of Dublin : taken from an actual survey from the Universal Scots Almanack. It was printed by John Robertson ca. 1782. Scale [ca 1:1,200]. Covers a portion Dublin, Ireland. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Irish National Grid 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, ground cover, 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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  9. Title: London, England, 1862 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: London : guide to the International Exhibition, 1862, drawn & engraved by John Dower. It was published by the Illustrated London News in 1862. Scale [ca. 1:15,840]. 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 exhibition grounds, roads, railroads, drainage, selected public buildings, built-up areas, parks, bridges, docks, and more. Includes explanation of railways. 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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  10. Title: Whitehaven, England, 1791 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the town & harbour of Whitehaven in the county of Cumberland from an actual survey anno 1790, by J. Howard ; engraved by J. Russell. It was published by J. Howard in 1791. Scale [ca. 1:2,500], 264 yards = 9.8 cm. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'British National Grid' 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, landmarks, open spaces, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also vignettes of the Castle; St. Nicholas Church; Trinity Church; the Harbour; St. James Church. 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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  11. Title: London, England, 1767 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: The London guide, or, a pocket plan of the cities of London & Westminster & borough of Southwark : with the new buildings &c. to the year 1767, by J. Ellis. It was printed for Carington Bowles in 1767. Scale [ca. 1:15,200]. Covers City of London and portions of Westminster, Camden, Islington, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Southwark, and Lambeth. 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, bridges, drainage, land cover, built-up areas, selected public buildings, and more. Includes 'A Table of References to the Churches and Principal Buildings shewing their Situation in the above Plan.' 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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  12. Title: Melville & Bathurst Islands with Cobourg Peninsula North Australia

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and text. Depth shown by soundings (in fathoms) and shading. Includes information on land vegetation. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 4 (1834), pp. 129-81; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v. 4 1834.

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  13. Title: New map of the great metropolis including the cities of New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken, &c.

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    Summary: Eng'd by Fisk & Russell, 43 Chatham St., N.Y. 56 x 43 centimeters Scale approximately 1:28,000 City Maps

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  14. Title: Map of Michigan: with part of the adjoining states; by Philu E. Judd; engraved by J.O. Lewis.

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    Summary: Positive photostat. Greenwich and Washington prime meridians. Accompanied by: Notes on Philu E. Judd's map of Michigan / REB (2 p.). 1 map: photocopy; 41 x 48 cm.

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  15. Title: Physical and regional map of North America

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and gradient tints.; List in margin names and number-codes regions to map.; "Map to accompany ʻNorth America ̓by J. Russell Smith."; Insets: --Iceland.--Porto Rico and Lesser Antilles, same scale as main map. 59 x 46 Centimeters Scale approximately 1:14,000,000 General Map Collection

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  16. Title: Denmark

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1: 1,600,000]. Imprint derived from the atlas in which the map was issued. Inset maps: "Iceland" ; "Feroe Islands." "Eng. by W. Dassauville ... " Shows boundaries, rivers and principal settlements. Greenwich meridian. Is part of - New general atlas. 1 map ; 52 x 60 centimeters Scale [1: 1,600,000] General Map Collection

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  17. Title: Distribution Maps and Models for 13 Invasive Plants in Minnesota

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    Summary: This dataset consists of raster (.tif) and map (.png) files for 13 invasive plants in Minnesota. Species included consist of: common buckthorn, glossy buckthorn, multiflora rose, garlic mustard, Canada thistle, common tansy, leafy spurge, spotted knapweed, wild parsnip, purple loosestrife, Japanese knotweed, narrowleaf bittercress, and plumeless thistle. The rasters (.tif files) included here consist of the output of species distribution modeling (SDM) conducted for each species; these files depict the mean cross-model and cross-assumption distribution estimates for each species, on a scale of 0 to 1. Values near 0 indicate low likelihood of finding the species there, or low habitat suitability, and values near 1 represent a high likelihood of finding the species. The maps (.png files) included here depict the same information, but in a static non-GIS compatible format.

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  18. Title: White-tailed deer density estimates across the eastern United States (2008)

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    Summary: In 2008, the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) developed a map of white-tailed deer density with information obtained from state wildlife agencies. The map contains information from 2001 to 2005, with noticeable changes since the development of the first deer density map made by QDMA in 2001. The University of Minnesota, Forest Ecosystem Health Lab and the US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service-Northern Research Station have digitized the deer density map to provide information on the status and trends of forest health across the eastern United States. The QDMA spatial map depicting deer density (deer per square mile) was digitized across the eastern United States. Estimates of deer density were: White = rare, absent, or urban area with unknown population, Green = less than 15 deer per square mile, Yellow = 15 to 30 deer per square mile, Orange = 30 to 40 deer per square mile, or Red = greater than 45 deer per square mile. These categories represent coarse deer density levels as identified in the QDMA report in 2009 and should not be used to represent current or future deer densities across the study region.

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  19. Title: Global GIS : Geology of the conterminous United States at 1:2,500,000 scale : Geology

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    Summary: This datalayer is a polygon coverage representing geologic regions of the conterminous United States. It is a digital version of the geology features of H.M. Beikman and P.B. King's Geologic Map of the United States, originally published at a scale of 1:2,500,000 (1974). This version of the datalayer was published as part of the USGS Global GIS : global coverage database (2003). The USGS Global GIS database contains a wealth of USGS and other public domain data, including global coverages of elevation, landcover, seismicity, and resources of minerals and energy at a nominal scale of 1:1 million. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and The American Geological Institute (AGI) announced a cooperative agreement that will focus on making the USGS Global Geographic Information System (GIS) database readily available to educators and the general public in the form of a DVD based world atlas.

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  20. Title: Global GIS : Geology of the conterminous United States at 1:2,500,000 scale : Faults

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    Summary: This datalayer is a polyline coverage representing geologic faults of the conterminous United States. It is a digital version of the fault features of H.M. Beikman and P.B. King's Geologic Map of the United States, originally published at a scale of 1:2,500,000 (1974). This version of the datalayer was published as part of the USGS Global GIS : global coverage database (2003). The USGS Global GIS database contains a wealth of USGS and other public domain data, including global coverages of elevation, landcover, seismicity, and resources of minerals and energy at a nominal scale of 1:1 million. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and The American Geological Institute (AGI) announced a cooperative agreement that will focus on making the USGS Global Geographic Information System (GIS) database readily available to educators and the general public in the form of a DVD based world atlas.

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