AGSL GeoDiscovery

Puerto Gibara (Raster Image)

Description:

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of a portion of a scanned nautical chart titled "West Indies, Cuba--north coast, plans on the north coast of Cuba" originally published by the Defense Mapping Agency in 1995. This layer is 1 of 3 parts representing the original source sheet map. Components: A. Puerto Gibara B. Bahía de Vita. C. Bahia Sama. Map no. 26250.

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/cp032zc4014

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/cp032zc4014

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:

Navigation and Imagery and Base Maps

Theme:

Imagery and Land Cover

Temporal Coverage:

1995

Date Issued:

1995

Spatial Coverage:

Gibara Bay (Cuba), Vita Bay (Cuba), Samá Bay (Cuba), and Mexico, Gulf of

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