South America, Venezuela, Río Orinoco, Isla Muasimoina to Puerto Ordaz (Raster Image)

Description:

This raster dataset is a georeferenced image of a portion of a map showing Isla Muasimoina to Puerto Ordaz in Venezuela. The original map "South America, Venezuela, Río Orinoco, Isla Muasimoina to Puerto Ordaz" was prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic/Topographic Center. Depths shown by isolines and soundings. "From surveys by the Instituto Nacional de Canalizaciones of Venezuela in 1959 and 1969, with additions and corrections to 1973." "Copyright 1995 by the United States Government. No copyright claimed under Title 17 U.S.C." "Soundings in meters." Inset: Ciudad Guyana, Puerto Ordaz. Scale 1:20,000. Map no.24382. 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. United States. Defense Mapping Agency. (1994). South America, Venezuela, Río Orinoco, Isla Muasimoina to Puerto Ordaz (Raster Image). LandInfo. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/rk325zm8459 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/rk325zm8459

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/rk325zm8459

Language:

English

Creator:

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

Publisher:

Land Info (Firm)

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Harbors, Navigation, and Imagery and Base Maps

Temporal Coverage:

1994

Date Issued:

1994

Spatial Coverage:

Venezuela, Puerto Ordaz, Orinoco River (Venezuela and Colombia), and Atlantic Coast (Venezuela)

Access Rights:

Restricted

Format:

GeoTIFF