Boston North (1943), Massachusetts 15 Minute Digital Raster Graphic

Description:

This layer is a digital raster graphic (DRG) of the historic 15-minute USGS topographic map of the Boston North, Massachusetts quadrangle. The survey date (ground condition) of this map is 1943, the edition date is 1946. A digital raster graphic (DRG) is a scanned image of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) standard series topographic map, including all map collar information. The image inside the map neatline is geo-referenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator projection. The horizontal positional accuracy and datum of the DRG matches the accuracy and datum of the source map. The names of quadrangles which border this one appear on the map collar in their respective positions (N,S,E,W) in relation to this map.

Creator:

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Provider:

Harvard

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Raster data

Subject:

imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Maps, Topographic, Geological Survey (U.S.), Land Use, Infrastructure, Human settlements, Bodies of water, and Landforms

Temporal Coverage:

1943

Date Issued:

2004-12

Spatial Coverage:

Massachusetts, Boston, Arlington, Bedford, Belmont, Brookline, Burlington, Cambridge, Chelsea, Dedham, Dover, Everett, Lexington, Lynn, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Milton, Needham, Newton, Quincy, Revere, Saugus, Somerville, Stoneham, Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown, Wellesley, Westwood, Winchester, Winthrop, and Woburn

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

GeoTIFF