Search for geospatial/GIS data

Find GIS data held at MIT and other institutions

10,000+ results returned

  1. Title: Rome, Italy, 1862 (Raster Image)

    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Pianta di Roma, Giovanni Montiroli inv. e dis. le vedute; Augusto Fornari incise; Domenico Feltrini scrisse. It was published by Luigi Piale in nell' anno MDCCCLXII [i.e., 1862]. Scale [ca. 1:8,500,000]. Covers Rome, Italy and Vatican City. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 'European Datum 1950 UTM Zone 33N' 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, city districts, walls, gates, and fortifications, selected buildings, and more. Relief is shown by hachures. Includes indices and inset: Controni di Roma.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

  2. Title: Mining Districts, Victoria, Australia, ca. 1868 (Raster Image)

    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Victoria mining districts, mining divisions & the gold fields, engraved by William Slight under the direction of R. Brough Smyth ; colored by Arthur Everett, August 1st, 1868. It was published by Dept of Mines ca. 1868. Scale [ca. 1:1,000,000].The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the 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, administrative boundaries, railroads, gold reefs, mining districts, telegraph lines, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes notes.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.

    View full record

  3. Title: Dardanelles Strait, 1876 (Raster Image)

    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Mediterranean, the Dardanelles (ancient Hellespont). It was published by: Published at the Admiralty ... under the superintendence of Rear Admiral G.H. Richards, C.B., F.R.S., Hydrographer in 1876. Scale approximately 1:78,000. 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 35N (EPSG: 32635) 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

  4. Title: Norwich electric tramways, 1897 (Raster Image)

    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Norwich electric tramways : map shewing routes of tramways : In Parliament, session 1897. It was published by: Photozincographed ... at the Ordnance Survey Office in 1897. Scale 1:10,560. 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 31N (EPSG: 32631) 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

  5. Title: Discoveries in the Arctic Sea by the squadrons under the orders of Captn. Sir Edwd. Belcher C.B. H.M.S. Assistance, Captn. Kellett C.B. H.M.S. Resolute, Captn. Collinson C.B. H.M.S. Enterprise and Captn. McClure H.M.S. Investigator up to MDCCCLIV

    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and bathymetric soundings. From: Further papers relative to the recent Arctic expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin and the crews of H.M.S. "Erebus" and "Terror." London : G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1855.

    View full record

  6. Title: Nilgiri district: Coonoor municipality topographical map (Sheet 1)

    Contributors:

    Summary: 100 x 136 centimeters, on sheets 50 x 68 Scale [1:6336]; 1 inch = 528 feet or 10 inches = 1 mile Ames Library of South Asia Maps

    View full record

  7. Title: General survey of England and Wales: An entirely new & accurate survey of the County of Kent, with part of the County of Essex,; Done by the surveying draftsmen of His Majesty's honourable Board of Ordnance, on the basis of the trigonometrical survey carried on by their orders under the direction of Capt. W. Mudge of the Royal Artillery.; Entirely new & accurate survey of the County of Kent;Title on case: Ordnance map of Kent

    Contributors:

    Summary: Greenwich meridian. Relief shown by hachures. "Tho. Foot Engraver". Dedicated to Charles, Marquis Cornwallis. Note pasted on each sheet: "Sold by W. Faden Geographer to His Majesty and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales." 1 map: dissected and mounted on linen; 120 x 174 cm.

    View full record

  8. Title: Town plans Somali Republic

    Contributors:

    Summary: Map shows built-up areas, major buildings and facilities, Christian and Muslim cemeteries, and gurgis (mud huts). Includes tidal information. "Compiled from miscellaneous information up to February, 1959." "Edition 2 revised from information supplied by HQ BFAP, dated 1960." "UTM grid added by SPC, RE, 1968." "Printed by SPC RE 12 68 832 SPC." "Blue numbered lines indicate the 100 metre Universal transverse Mercator Grid Zone 38 Clarke 1880 spheroid. The last two digits of the grid numbers are omitted." "NIMA ref. no. Y921XBERBERA." "NSN 7643014045157." ©Crown copyright 1968.

    View full record

  9. Title: Bridgetown & environs, Barbados

    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and land form drawings. "© Barbados Government 1975" Includes index to points of interest and diagram. Map shows roads, paths, some buildings are numbered.

    View full record

  10. Title: Jamaica 1:10,000 : Kingston

    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by 10 feet up to 60 feet, 20 feet from 60 feet to 800 feet, 50 feet from 800 feet upwards, and spot heights. Set composed of 7 sheets. Accompanied by "central sheet" covering portions of sheets 3 and 4 with index to public buildings. Includes index to sheets and reliability diagram. Shows streets, roads, railways, public buildings and geographic features. "Published for the Jamaica Government by the British Government's Overseas Development Administration (Directorate of of Overseas Survey)."

    View full record

  11. Title: Bermuda / constructed, drawn, and photographed by Directorate of Overseas Surveys

    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Grid: U.T.M. Zone 20." Topographic map showing parish boundaries, 3 classes of roads, tribal roads, railways. Includes indexed diagram of parish boundaries and index to adjoining sheets. Geographic coverage complete in 6 maps. Each sheet has individual number. Princeton Map Collection is missing sheet 6.

    View full record

  12. Title: Freetown Peninsula, Sierra Leone 1:10,000

    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by contours, spot heights and landform drawings. Shows roads, schools, hotels, police stations, hospitals, cemeteries, churches, and mosques. Shows provincial boundaries and types of terrain. Coverage complete in 22 sheets. Library collection has two sheets. Sheets individually subtitled with place names. Sheets contain boundary and reliability diagrams, and index to adjoining sheets. Standard map series designation: G841.

    View full record

  13. Title: Khartoum and environs

    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by 0.25 contours. "Grid data: East Africa Belt G Grid zone substituted for arbitrary grid." Shows administrative boundaries, military barracks, selected public service buildings, cathedrals, railroads Includes information on the Blue Nile water level in June 22nd, 1941. "MELF No. 15587 - 4,000/7/58." "Reduced from 1:5,000 sheets surveyed by the Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum, May 1942. Reproduced by 512 Fd. Survey Coy. R.E. Me Sept. 1942. Revised by 42 Survey Engineer Regiment, April 1954, April 1954. Edition 3 - GSGS revised from miscellaneous information up to 1958. "

    View full record

  14. Title: Amman town

    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by contours, spot elevation and hachures. Palestine belt grid. Place and street names in Arabic and English. "History note: compiled from miscellaneous material up to 1953." Map shows municipal boundaries, railways, roads, cables, principal antiquities of interest, religious and public buildings. "Printed by 42 Survey Engineer Regiment-MELF No.15574."

    View full record

  15. Title: Plan of part of the sea coast of British Guiana showing sugar estates under present cultivation

    Contributors:

    Summary: "D.C.S. Misc. 36", "2,075/10/49 S.P.C." Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is attached to companion volume.

    View full record

  16. Title: Uganda Protectorate

    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief show by hachures and spot heights. Includes location map. Map shows international, inter-territorial, provincial and distric boundaries, three classes of roads and railways. "D.C.S. 17/34"; "10,500/4/48 S.P.C." Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is attached to companion volume. Map upper right indicates that the map number is "34." Relief show by hachures.

    View full record

  17. Title: Gambia

    Contributors:

    Summary: Map upper right indicates that the map number is "12" Includes location map. Map shows international, inter-territorial, provincial and district boundaries, principal roads and railways. "Published by the Directorate of Colonial Surveys D.C.S. 17/11"; "10,500/9/48 S.P.C."

    View full record

  18. Title: Tanganyika

    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by spotheights and hachures. Includes inset location map. Map shows international, inter-territorial, provincial and distric boundaries, two classes of roads and railways. "D.C.S. 17/32"; "10,500/4/48 S.P.C." Map upper right indicates that the map number is "32". Map shows international, inter-territorial, provincial and distric boundaries, two classes of roads and railways Original map (copy 1) is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is included in companion volumen

    View full record

  19. Title: Nyasaland Protectorate

    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by spot heights. Includes inset location map. Map shows international, inter-territorial, provincial and distric boundaries, two classes of roads and railways "D.C.S. 17/24; 10,500/4/48 S.P.C. Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is attached to companion volume. Map upper right indicates that the map number is "24". Original map (copy 1) is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is attached to companion volume. Map upper right indicates that the map number is "24"

    View full record

  20. Title: Kenya Colony

    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes location map. Kenya Protectorate is shown with hatching parallel red lines. Map shows the area of the Kenya Protectorate, international, inter-territorial, provincial and distric boundaries, two classes of roads and railways. Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is included in companion volumen "D.C.S. 17/16; 10.500/4/48 S.P.C. Original map (copy 1) is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is attached to companion volume. Map shows the Sudan and Kenya disputed land of the Ilemi Triangle as not been part of Kenya.

    View full record

Need help?

Ask GIS