Continuation of Kvænangen (Inset Map). Scandinavia, Norway--northwest coast (Raster Image)

Description:

This layer is a georeferenced image of an inset map titled "Continuation of Kvænangen." The original map appears in "Scandinavia, Norway--northwest coast, Kågen to Nøklan" (Map no. *43102"). This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced maps from The Branner Library Map Collection at Stanford University. 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/cn566xc7804

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/cn566xc7804

Language:

eng

Creator:

Land Info (Firm) and United States. National Imagery and Mapping Agency

Publisher:

Land Info (Firm)

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Datasets and Maps

Resource Type:

Raster data and Nautical charts

Subject:

Harbors, Fjords, Nautical charts, and Imagery and Base Maps

Theme:

Imagery and Land Cover

Temporal Coverage:

1996

Date Issued:

1996

Spatial Coverage:

Norway and North Sea

Rights:

Land Info grants customer unlimited license for internal academic use of data and license to distribute data on an isolated non-commercial basis, or as Derived Works.

Rights Holder:

Copyright LAND INFO Worldwide Mapping, LLC

Access Rights:

Restricted

Format:

GeoTIFF

Georeferenced:

true