France--north coast, rade and port de Caen (Raster Image)

Description:

This layer is a georeferenced image of a scanned nautical chart entitled Rade and Port de Caen. It was published by the Defense Mapping Agency, 3rd Ed., April 1997. Scale 1:17494. Covers anchorage and approaches to Port de Caen on the north coast France in two panels, inclides Orne River. Panel A covers Oiustreham and approaches to Caen à la Mer Canal. Panel B covers Caen à la Mer Canal to port of Caen, France. Map no. 37266. 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/vp423nv6525

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/vp423nv6525

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 and Nautical charts

Subject:

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

Theme:

Imagery, Land cover, and Land Cover

Temporal Coverage:

1997

Date Issued:

2009

Spatial Coverage:

Caen à la Mer Canal (France), Orne River Estuary (Orne and Calvados, France), English Channel, and Caen (France)

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