Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library, Metropolitan Area Planning Council (Boston, Mass.), Massachusetts. Executive Office of Environmental Affairs., and MassGIS (Office : Mass.)
Description:
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Town of Essex : Map 4: 1994/1995 orthophotograph / produced by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council GIS Lab [for] Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. It was published by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council in 1995. Scale ca. 1:12,500. 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, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also location map and manuscript annotations. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.
