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Louisville and Vicinity, Kentucky, 1955 (Raster Image)
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Originator
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Originator
- United States. Army Map Service.
- Publication Date
- 200903
- Title
- Louisville and Vicinity, Kentucky, 1955 (Raster Image)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- map
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Publisher
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Online Linkage
- https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g3954-l7-1955-g4
- Abstract
- This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic, topographic paper map entitled: Louisville and vicinity : prepared in cooperation with city, county, and state agencies, mapped by the Geological Survey and the Army Map Service. It was edited and published by the Geological Survey in 1957. Ed. of 1955. Scale 1:24,000. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Kentucky North State Plane NAD 1927 coordinate system (in Feet) (Fipszone 1601). 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 is a typical topographic map portraying both natural and manmade features. It shows and names works of nature, such as mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers, vegetation, etc. It also identify the principal works of humans, such as roads, railroads, boundaries, transmission lines, major buildings, etc. Relief is shown with standard contour intervals of 10 feet (with 5 foot supplementary intervals). 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.
- Purpose
- Historic paper maps can provide an excellent view of the changes that have occurred in the cultural and physical landscape. The wide range of information provided on these maps make them useful in the study of historic geography, and urban and rural land use change. As this map has been georeferenced, it can be used in a GIS as a source or background layer in conjunction with other GIS data.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- source map ground condition
- Time Instant
- 1955
- Bounding Box
- West
- -85.890129
- East
- -85.610439
- North
- 38.356880
- South
- 38.093095
- Theme Keyword
- Maps
- Maps, Topographic
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Land use
- Landforms
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Transportation
- Bodies of water
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- LCSH
- ISO Topic Category
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Place Keyword
- Kentucky
- Louisville
- Audubon Park
- Beechwood Village
- Bellewood
- Brownsboro Village
- Crossgate
- Druid Hills
- Glenview
- Glenview Hills
- Glenview Manor
- Graymoor-Devondale
- Heritage Creek
- Hills And Dales
- Hollow Creek
- Indian Hills
- Kingsley
- Lynnview
- Maryhill Estates
- Meadowview Estates
- Mockingbird Valley
- Norbourne Estates
- Northfield
- Parkway Village
- Poplar Hills
- Prospect
- Richlawn
- Riverwood
- Rolling Fields
- Saint Matthews
- Seneca Gardens
- Shively
- Spring Mill
- Strathmoor Manor
- Strathmoor Village
- Thornhill
- Watterson Park
- Wellington
- West Buechel
- Windy Hills
- Woodlawn Park
- Indiana
- Jeffersonville
- New Albany
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- GNIS
- Temporal Keyword
- Access Restrictions
- None
- Use Restrictions
- For educational, non-commercial use only.
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- None planned
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Delivery Point
- Harvard Map Collection
- Delivery Point
- Pusey Library
- Delivery Point
- Harvard University
- City
- Cambridge
- State
- MA
- Postal Code
- 02138
- Country
- USA
- Contact Telephone
- 617-495-2417
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- 617-496-0440
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- hgl_ref@hulmail.harvard.edu
- Hours of Service
- Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EST-USA
- Native Data Set Environment
- ESRI ArcGIS 9.2
- Data Quality Information
- Attribute Accuracy Report
- The georeferenced raster is a faithfully reproduced digital image of the original source map. Some differences may be detected between the source graphic used and the raster image due to the RGB values assigned that particular color. The intent is to recreate those colors as near as possible.
- Completeness Report
- Data completeness for raster digital image files reflect content of the source graphic. Features may have been eliminated or generalized on the source graphic due to scale and legibility constraints
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- 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 23.65254 feet. 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.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Publication Date
- 1955
- Title
- USGS 1:24,000-scale topographic maps
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- map
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Reston, Va.
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Other Citation Details
- Compiled from 1:24,000-scale maps of Jeffersonville, New Albany, Louisville West, and Louisville East 1955 7.5 minute quadrangles.
- Source Scale Denominator
- 24000
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 1955
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Compiled from USGS maps.
- Source
- Originator
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Originator
- United States. Army Map Service.
- Publication Date
- 1955
- Title
- Louisville and vicinity : prepared in cooperation with city, county, and state agencies
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- map
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington
- Publisher
- edited and published by the Geological Survey
- Other Citation Details
- 1 map ; col. ; 97 x 101 cm.
- Source Scale Denominator
- 24000
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 1955
- Source Currentness Reference
- ground condition
- Contribution
- Source map for raster image
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Raster
- Raster Object Information
- Raster Object Type
- Pixel
- Row Count
- 12383
- Column Count
- 10308
- Vertical Count
- 1
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Planar
- Grid Coordinate System
- Grid Coordinate System Name
- State Plane Coordinate System
- State Plane Coordinate System
- SPCS Zone Identifier
- 1601
- Lambert Conformal Conic
- Planar Coordinate Information
- Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
- row and column
- Coordinate Representation
- Abscissa Resolution
- 7.646086
- Ordinate Resolution
- 7.654715
- Planar Distance Units
- survey feet
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- North American Datum of 1927
- Ellipsoid Name
- Clarke 1866
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378206.400000
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 294.978698
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity and Attribute Overview
- The indexes reference a color palette of RGB values from 0 through 255, representing the color value from the original paper sheet map. The colors on that sheet can represent relief, drainage, vegetation, populated places, cultural features, coastal hydrography, transportation features (roads, railroads, tracks and trails), spot elevations and boundaries. The colors are sometimes explained in a legend that is incorporated into the map inset or collar.
- Entity and Attribute Detail Citation
- Not applicable.
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- TIFF
- Distributor
- Harvard University Library
- Online Access
- http://hgl.harvard.edu/
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20090325
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Harvard Geospatial Library
- Contact Position
- Geospatial Resources Cataloger
- Contact Address
- Address
- Harvard University Library
- Address
- Office For Information Systems
- Address
- 90 Mount Auburn Street
- City
- Cambridge
- State or Province
- MA
- Postal Code
- 02138
- Country
- USA
- Contact Voice Telephone
- 617-495-2417
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- 617-496-0440
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- hgl_ref@hulmail.harvard.edu
- Hours of Service
- Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EST-USA
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
