Search for geospatial/GIS data

Find GIS data held at MIT and other institutions

694 results returned

  1. Title: Monroe County soil map.

    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows dirt roads, improved roads, railroads, school houses, and churches. Detached from: Soil survey of Monroe, Brown, Lawrence, Martin, Orange, Washington, and Jackson counties / C.W. Shannon and L.C. Snider. In 32nd Annual report of the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources. Scale approximately 1:63,360

    View full record

  2. Title: Map of Indianapolis

    Contributors:

    Summary: Includes names of railroad lines.; Shows boudaries for nine sections of town. Scale not given.

    View full record

  3. Title: Genoese world map, 1457, facsimile and critical text incorporating in free translation the studies of Professor Theobald Fischer.

    Contributors:

    Summary: 5 p. 1., 66 p., 1 l.: ill., 5 maps (incl. front.)

    View full record

  4. Title: Pacific Coast of Mexico, Central America, and the Region Around the Galapagos Islands Showing Route of the Steamer Albatross, 1891 (Raster Image)

    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Explorations of the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross : Lieut. Comdr. Z. L. Tanner U.S.N. Comdg. : Februrary to April 1891. It was printed for the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University in 1892. Scale [ca. 1:7,500,000]. Covers the Pacific Coast of Mexico, Central America, and the region around the Galapagos Islands. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Mercator' projection. 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, human settlements, shoreline features, bays, harbors, islands, and more. Relief shown by soundings and bathymetric isolines and tints. Shows the route of the Agassiz-Albatross Cruise 1891. 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.

    View full record

  5. Title: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, 1891 (Raster Image)

    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Galapagos Islands : showing exploration of the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross' Lieut-Comdr. Z. L. Tanner U.S.N. Comdg. February to April 1891. It was printed for the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1892. Scale [ca. 1:1,400,000]. Covers Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Mercator' projection. 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 shoreline features, islands and islets, bays, harbors, inlets, points, rocks, bottom types, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Includes note on legend and source. 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.

    View full record

  6. Title: Portland, Oregon, 1901 (Raster Image)

    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Portland, Oregon. It was published by C.H. Crocker Co. Lith. in 1901. Scale [ca. 1:22,000]. Covers portions of Portland and Beaverton, Oregon. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Oregon North State Plane NAD 1983 (in Feet) (Fipszone 3601). 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 and stations, drainage, selected buildings, property lots and numbers, city and ward boundaries, parks and cemeteries, and more. Depths shown by soundings. 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.

    View full record

  7. Title: Portland 1901

    Contributors:

    Summary: This map shows the historic paper map published by C.H. Crocker Co. of Portland and Beaverton, Oregon. Georeferenced using Oregon North State Plan NAD 1983. Found in the Harvard Maps collection.

    View full record

  8. Title: Map of North Borneo by Mr. W. M. Crocker, Resident of Sarawak

    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Subdivisions within Sarawak are shown. Includes inset maps: I. The Residency of Sarawak [Kuching] on an enlarged scale [scale ca. 1:921,600] -- II. General map of Borneo [scale ca. 1:15,210,000]. Sarawak [Kuching] map shows locations of settlements and mineral resources. Borneo map shows territorial possessions on island. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 3 (1881), no. 4, pp. 193-208; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

    View full record

  9. Title: Western Hemisphere : map of discovery

    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows routes of explorers.; Includes mythological representations and ship ill. 41 x 46 Centimeters Scale approximately 1:40,000,000 General Map Collection

    View full record

  10. Title: Eastern Hemisphere : map of discovery

    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows routes of explorers.; Includes text and col. ill.; "Fourth of a series of five murals by N.C. Wyeth." 41 x 46 centimeters Scale approximately 1:40,000,000 General Map Collection

    View full record

  11. Title: Parke County soil map

    Contributors:

    Summary: Detached from: Soil survey of Parke County / Harold Orahood. In 38th Annual report of Department of Geology and Natural Resources, Indiana. 'State survey'--Upper margin. Also shows railroads, rural roads, main thoroughfares, school houses and churches. Scale approximately 1:63,360 Harold Orahood.

    View full record

  12. Title: Soil map, Indiana, Montgomery County sheet

    Contributors:

    Summary: Shows soil types classification by colors and symbols. 'Field Operations, Bureau of Soils, 1912.' A. 'Hoen & co. Lith. Baltimore, Md.' Scale 1:63,360. 1 inch = 1 mile U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Soils; State of Indiana, Department of Geology; soils surveyed by Grove B. Jones of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and C.H. Orahood of the Indiana Department of Geology.

    View full record

  13. Title: The official map of southern New England, 1916 (Raster Image)

    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: The official map of southern New England : Comprising Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. It was published by: National Survey Co in 1916. Scale 1:300,000.. Map in English. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the WGS 1984 UTM Zone 19N (EPSG: 32619) coordinate system. All map features and collar and inset information are shown 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 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 geographies, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

    View full record

  14. Title: A Literary Map of the United States : Books that Sharpen Perception of the American Scene

    Contributors:

    Summary: 1 map : col. ; 50 x 75 cm Pictorial map.

    View full record

  15. Title: City of San Diego (Raster Image)

    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of San Diego. The map was published by the Marston Company in celebration of its Golden Anniversary. Joseph Jacinto “Jo” Mora came to the United States as a child, studied art in the New York, then worked for Boston newspapers as a cartoonist. He was a man of many other talents, artist-historian, sculptor, painter, photographer, illustrator, muralist and author. Later in life, he became quite a renown artist. In 1903, Mora came to California and ultimately did his fabulous work mostly there. Reproduction edition by the San Diego History Center. Jo Mora's wonderful combination of fun, historical knowledge and sense of color are highlighted in this detailed bird's eye view style map of San Diego - what there was of it, since most of the map is green (agriculture and the country) or blue for the sea. However an indication of the future is seen in a pictograph marked SUBDIVISION with a salesman expansively gesticulating to a couple with a bag marked IOWA. At sea a lookout on the ship Cabrillo exclaims "Caramba! You'd never know the old place now." The border depicts historical events. At lower left are images of six buildings and fantastical beasts who are to be seen at Balboa Park. 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.

    View full record

  16. Title: [Monterey Peninsula] : California's playground

    Contributors:

    Summary: Borders contain historical chronology and vignettes. Map contains scattered cartoons of wildlife and human activities. Shows coast line from from Hotel Del Monte in Monterey to Pt. Lobos. Oriented with north to top. Dedication to "His Excellency the Count of Monterey ..." from his "Obedient and most humble Servt's The Del Monte Properties Compy."

    View full record

  17. Title: Hydrographic map of Lake Monona, Dane Co., Wisconsin and of the adjacent topography

    Contributors:

    Summary: (W 89⁰24ʹ--W 89⁰19ʹ/N 43⁰6ʹ--N 43⁰2ʹ). Relief shown by contours, hypsometric tints, bathymetric soundings and isolines. 44 x 44 centimeters Scale approximately 1:15,600 General Map Collection

    View full record

  18. Title: Zaliv Lavrentiya, Russia, 1855 (Raster Image)

    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: St. Lawrence Bay showing Lutke's Harbor, by the U.S. Ship Vincennes, Lieutenant John Rodgers ; produced by E.R. Knorr, draughtsman ; sketches by Wm. Brenton Boggs, purser U.S.N. ; engr. by Selmar Siebert ; reduced for engraving by Louis Waldecker. It was published by U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office in 1855. Scale [ca. 1:200,000]. Covers Zaliv Lavrentiya, Russia. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'Mercator' projection. 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, human settlements, shoreline features, bays, harbors, inlets, points, shoals, anchorage points and bottom types, and more. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Includes note on Lutke's Harbor and 2 inset profile views. 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.

    View full record

  19. Title: The original vegetation of Minnesota [map]

    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale 1:500,000. Text on verso: Interpretation of Francis J. Marschner's Map of the original vegetation of Minnesota [by] Miron L. Heinselman.

    View full record

  20. Title: Northern Arabia

    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures, spot heights, and contours. Depth shown by soundings. Routes of expedition shown in red. From: Geographical Journal. Vol. 59, no. 5 (May 1922), pp. 321-334; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6874

    View full record

Need help?

Ask GIS