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Driving Road Chart of the Country Surrounding New York City, 1887

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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
Originator
Hyde Company
Publication Date
1887
Title
Driving Road Chart of the Country Surrounding New York City, 1887
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
raster digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
New York
Publisher
Hyde Company
Online Linkage
https://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/gis/images/cul_scannedpublic_1887_nycdriving.zip
Abstract
This is a scanned version of the 1887 paper map entitled: Driving Road Chart of the Country Surrounding New York City published by Hyde Company. The original map is on four sheets, but this reproduction is only of three of those sheets, with the North-eastern most sheet missing. The map was scanned at 300 dots per inch and is in the TIFF format.
Purpose
Scanned maps may be used for a variety of purposes. This dataset consists of three tiff images, one for each of the scanned map sheets; these images may be used in a GIS.
Supplemental Information
Shows rural householders' names, wards, minor civil divisions, and radial distances from N.Y. City Hall. Depths shown by soundings. "Copyright secured by Hyde Company 1887."
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
1887
Bounding Box
West
-74.46
East
-73.508
North
41.204
South
40.345
Theme Keyword
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
transportation
society
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories..
Theme Keyword
Real property --New York Metropolitan Area --Maps.
New York Metropolitan Area --Road maps.
New York (N.Y.) --Maps.
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Theme Keyword
Maps
Scanned maps
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
New York (N.Y.)
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
1887
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
None
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
None planned
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
Delivery Point
420 W. 118th St. 215 IAB, MC3301
City
New York
State
NY
Postal Code
10027
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
(212) 854-6012
Contact Electronic Mail Address
data@library.columbia.edu
Hours of Service
11:00AM-5:00PM Monday - Thursday, 1:00PM-5:00PM Friday EST-USA
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350
Data Quality Information
Logical Consistency Report
The raster image 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 digitized paper map files reflect the content of the source graphic.
Lineage
Source
Originator
Hyde Company
Originator
Bracher, Wm. (William)
Publication Date
1887
Title
Driving Road Chart of the Country Surrounding New York City: embracing the counties (or portions thereof) of New York, Kings, Queens, Westchester, Richmond, Rockland Orange, New York, Hudson, Essex, Union, Bergen, Passaic, Middlesex Morris, New Jersey, also a portion of Fairfield Co., Conn.
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
map
Publication Information
Publication Place
New York
Publisher
Hyde Company
Other Citation Details
1 map on 4 sheets : hand col. ; 167 x 128 cm., sheets 90 x 70 cm.
Source Scale Denominator
50000
Type of Source Media
Paper map
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
1887
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
The map was scanned
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Raster
Raster Object Information
Raster Object Type
Pixel
Row Count
5505
Column Count
7232
Vertical Count
1
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Planar
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
row and column
Coordinate Representation
Abscissa Resolution
0.003333
Ordinate Resolution
0.003333
Distribution Information
Distributor
Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20080310
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries.
Contact Person
GIS/Metadata Librarian
Contact Address
Address
420 W. 118th St. 215 IAB, MC 3301
City
New York
State or Province
NY
Postal Code
10027
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
(212) 854-6012
Contact Electronic Mail Address
data@library.columbia.edu
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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