AGSL GeoDiscovery

South America, Peru, Chimbote and approaches (Raster Image)

Description:

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of a portion of a scanned nautical chart showing Chimbote and approaches. This map is part of a nautical chart titled "South America, Peru, Chimbote and approaches" originally published by the United States Defense Mapping Agency in 1996. This layer is 1 of 3 parts representing the original source sheet map. Map No. 22142.

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.

This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/cm274dx3649

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/cm274dx3649

Language:

eng

Creator:

Land Info (Firm) and United States. Defense Mapping Agency

Publisher:

Land Info (Firm)

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Datasets and Maps

Resource Type:

Raster data

Subject:

Harbors, Navigation, and Imagery and Base Maps

Theme:

Imagery and Land Cover

Temporal Coverage:

1996

Date Issued:

1996

Spatial Coverage:

Peru, Chimbote, Ferrol Bay (Peru), South Pacific Ocean, and Pacific Coast (Peru)

Rights:

These data are licensed by Stanford Libraries and are available to Stanford University affiliates only. Affiliates are limited to current faculty, staff and students. Non affiliates seeking access should contact the publisher directly. These data may not be reproduced or used for any purpose without permission

Rights Holder:

Copyright ownership resides with the originator.

Access Rights:

Restricted

Format:

GeoTIFF

Georeferenced:

true