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Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts, railway and highway map, 1883 (Raster Image)
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Originator
- Watson, Walter, civil engineer.
- Publication Date
- 200604
- Title
- Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts, railway and highway map, 1883 (Raster Image)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- map
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Publisher
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Online Linkage
- https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-maprt-3762-b4-1883-w3
- Abstract
- This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Railway and highway map of the famous Berkshire Hills region, showing also villages and points of interest, by Walter Watson, C.E. for the Berkshire Life Insurance Co. of Pittsfield, Mass., 1883. Scale [1:134,376]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as main roads, railroads and railroad stations, drainage, mountains, schools, churches, cemeteries, town boundaries and more. Relief is shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes text and illustrations. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Massachusetts from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates (1755-1922), scales, and purposes. The digitized selection includes maps of: the state, Massachusetts counties, town surveys, coastal features, real property, parks, cemeteries, railroads, roads, public works projects, etc.
- Purpose
- 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.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- source map publication date
- Time Instant
- 1883
- Bounding Box
- West
- -73.815594
- East
- -72.650668
- North
- 42.938647
- South
- 41.858006
- Theme Keyword
- Maps
- Roads
- Railroads
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Transportation
- Bodies of water
- Administrative and political divisions
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- LCSH
- ISO Topic Category
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- transportation
- Place Keyword
- Massachusetts
- Berkshire Hills
- Berkshire County
- Williamstown
- Clarksburg
- North Adams
- Adams
- Florida
- Savoy
- Windsor
- Cheshire
- New Ashford
- Hancock
- Lanesborough
- Dalton
- Peru
- Hinsdale
- Washington
- Pittsfield
- Lenox
- Richmond
- West Stockbridge
- Stockbridge
- Lee
- Becket
- Otis
- Tyringham
- Monterey
- Great Barrington
- Alford
- Egremont
- Mount Washington
- Sheffield
- New Marlborough
- Sandisfield
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- GNIS
- Temporal Keyword
- Access Restrictions
- None
- Use Restrictions
- For educational, non-commercial use only.
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- None planned
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Delivery Point
- Harvard Map Collection
- Delivery Point
- Pusey Library
- Delivery Point
- Harvard University
- City
- Cambridge
- State
- MA
- Postal Code
- 02138
- Country
- USA
- Contact Telephone
- 617-495-2417
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- 617-496-0440
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- hgl_ref@hulmail.harvard.edu
- Hours of Service
- Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EST-USA
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
- Data Quality Information
- Attribute Accuracy Report
- The georeferenced raster is a faithfully reproduced digital image of the original source map. Some differences may be detected between the source graphic used and the raster image due to the RGB values assigned that particular color. The intent is to recreate those colors as near as possible.
- Completeness Report
- Data completeness for raster digital image files reflect content of the source graphic. Features may have been eliminated or generalized on the source graphic due to scale and legibility constraints
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- The horizontal positional accuracy of a raster image is approximately the same as the accuracy of the published source map. The lack of a greater accuracy is largely the result of the inaccuracies with the original measurements and possible distortions in the original paper map document. There may also be errors introduced during the digitizing and georeferencing process, but in most cases, these are small compared with sources of error in the original map graphic. One source of error could be associated with the fact that this image is referenced to the Massachusetts State Plane (Feet) coordinate system, which is inconsistent with the original projection of the paper map, and may lead to discrepancies in the horizontal accuracy of the raster image. The RMS error for this map is 838.54356 feet. This value describes how consistent the transformation is between the different control points (links). The RMS error is only an assessment of the accuracy of the transformation.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- Watson, Walter, civil engineer.
- Originator
- Berkshire Life Insurance Company (Pittsfield, Mass.)
- Originator
- Struthers, Servoss Co.
- Publication Date
- 1883
- Title
- Railway and highway map of the famous Berkshire Hills region, showing also villages and points of interest
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- map
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- New York, N.Y.
- Publisher
- Struthers, Servoss Co.
- Other Citation Details
- 1 map : col. ; 75 x 55 cm.
- Source Scale Denominator
- 134376
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 1883
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Source map for raster image
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Raster
- Raster Object Information
- Raster Object Type
- Pixel
- Row Count
- 8676
- Column Count
- 6532
- Vertical Count
- 1
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Planar
- Map Projection
- Map Projection Name
- Lambert Conformal Conic
- Lambert Conformal Conic
- Standard Parallel
- 41.716667
- Standard Parallel
- 42.683333
- Longitude of Central Meridian
- -71.500000
- Latitude of Projection Origin
- 41.000000
- False Easting
- 656166.666667
- False Northing
- 2460625.000000
- Planar Coordinate Information
- Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
- row and column
- Coordinate Representation
- Abscissa Resolution
- 46.975278
- Ordinate Resolution
- 44.685567
- Planar Distance Units
- survey feet
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- North American Datum of 1983
- Ellipsoid Name
- Geodetic Reference System 80
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378137.000000
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298.257222
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity and Attribute Overview
- The indexes reference a color palette of RGB values from 0 through 255, representing the color value from the original paper sheet map. The colors on that sheet can represent relief, drainage, vegetation, populated places, cultural features, coastal hydrography, transportation features (roads, railroads, tracks and trails), spot elevations and boundaries. The colors are sometimes explained in a legend that is incorporated into the map inset or collar.
- Entity and Attribute Detail Citation
- Not applicable.
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- GeoTIFF
- Distributor
- Harvard University Library
- Online Access
- http://hgl.harvard.edu/
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20060426
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Harvard Geospatial Library
- Contact Position
- Geospatial Resources Cataloger
- Contact Address
- Address
- Harvard University Library
- Address
- Office For Information Systems
- Address
- 1280 Massachusetts Avenue
- City
- Cambridge
- State or Province
- MA
- Postal Code
- 02138
- Country
- USA
- Contact Voice Telephone
- 617-495-2417
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- 617-496-0440
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- hgl_ref@hulmail.harvard.edu
- Hours of Service
- Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EST-USA
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata Extensions
- Online Linkage
- http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
- Profile Name
- ESRI Metadata Profile