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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
Publication_Date: 2002
Title:
Historical Map & Chart Collection of NOAA's Nautical Charts, Hydrographic Surveys, Topographic Surveys, Geodetic Surveys, City Plans, and Civil War Battle Maps Starting from the late 1600's
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD
Publisher: NOAA's Ocean Service, Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
Online_Linkage: <http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/csdl/ctp/abstract.htm>
Description:
Abstract:
The Historical Map and Chart Collection of the Office of Coast Survey contains over 20000 historical maps and charts from the early 1650s through the late 1900s. These images are available for viewing or download through the image catalog at <http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/csdl/ctp/abstract.htm>
The Collection includes some of the nation's earliest nautical charts, hydrographic surveys, topographic surveys, geodetic surveys, city plans and Civil War battle maps. The Collection is a rich primary historical archive and a testament to the artistry of copper plate engraving technology of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Notable offerings include maps of Vancouver's explorations, the "Wilkes Atlas" of the U.S. Whistler's Anacapa Island chart, an extensive Civil War collection, a large scale topographic series of Washington, D.C., city plans, the reengraving of the famous 1792 L'Enfant and Ellicott plan for Washington D.C., and many artistic perspective sketches that were once an integral part of hydrographic surveys and published charts.
Purpose:
Since 1996, the Coast Survey has been engaged in a long term project to develop high resolution digital images of its entire archive of historic maps and charts. These archived maps have very significant historical value in and of themselves, and also provide a thorough documentation of the evolution of cartographic and engraving techniques over the past two centuries.
Supplemental_Information:
The Coast Survey and its predecessor agencies have been producing maps and chart products for over 150 years. In the early 1800's, the United States consisted of some interior territory and 16 states along the eastern seaboard. Commerce between the states was mostly waterborne. Foreign trade, necessary for the survival and expansion of our national economy, was entirely by sea. A lack of nautical charts made navigation dangerous in the unknown waters along the U.S. coasts and in the young nation's harbors. Inadequate sketches of a few areas and written descriptions such as Blunt's Coast Pilot were the only printed information available to the mariner. Shipwrecks were common, insurance rates high, and products of commerce correspondingly highly priced.
President Thomas Jefferson, among others, foresaw the need for comprehensive, reliable nautical charts to safeguard shipping. On February 10, 1807, Congress passed an act authorizing President Jefferson ". . . to cause a survey to be taken of coasts of the United States, in which shall be designated the islands and shoals and places of anchorage . . ."
The first U.S. Government-produced nautical chart, a black and white print made in 1835 from a stone engraving, was of Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut. Although lacking in the detail of today's charts, it was compiled to an exceptional cartographic accuracy that has been a consistent characteristic of U.S. nautical charts throughout the years. Acquisition of a copperplate printing press in 1842 enabled the Coast Survey to publish a chart of New York Bay and Harbor in 1844 with finer definition than was possible from stone engravings. The addition of color, first added to the charts by hand in the 1800's and then by color lithographic processes in the early 1900's, enhanced the usefulness of the charts.
From its inception, Coast Survey was in the forefront of new surveying innovations. It used schooners to perform surveys, lead lines to measure soundings, and astronomic fixes and dead reckoning to position a survey ship when out of sight of land on the first hydrographic surveys in late 1834 and early 1835. Through the maps and charts Coast Survey produced from the early 1800's to present, the history of cartographic techniques and applications can be traced from early stone engravings to today's computer generated negatives. Coast Survey historical charts and surveys contain some of the finest landscape perspectives and harbor views drawn in the 1800's.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1655
Ending_Date: 1989
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: In work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: historical maps
Theme_Keyword: historical charts
Theme_Keyword: civil war maps
Theme_Keyword: city plans
Theme_Keyword: topographic maps
Theme_Keyword: hydrographic surveys
Theme_Keyword: marine navigation
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: aeronautical charts
Theme_Keyword: bathymetric maps
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Global
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Africa
Place_Keyword: Asia
Place_Keyword: Canada
Place_Keyword: Europe
Place_Keyword: Greenland
Place_Keyword: Middle East
Place_Keyword: Mexico
Place_Keyword: Phillipine Islands
Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean
Place_Keyword: Puerto Rico
Place_Keyword: Russia
Place_Keyword: South America
Place_Keyword: Virgin Islands
Place_Keyword: West Indies
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
The Historical Map and Chart Collection is available for free usage by the general public, other Federal, State or Local agencies, and educational institutions. If the images are used in a publication, presentation or exhibit, the Coast Survey requests an appropriate credit line be included such as "From the Image Archives of the Historical Map & Chart Collection/Office of Coast Survey/National Ocean Service/NOAA".
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS), Coast Survey Development Laboratory (CSDL)
Contact_Position: Chief, Cartographic & Geospatial Technology Programs
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1315 East West Highway, N/CS12
City: Silver Spring,
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20910
Country: U.S.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-2645
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference: The United States and its territories
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS), Coast Survey Development Laboratory (CSDL)
Contact_Position: Chief, Cartographic & Geospatial Technology Programs
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1315 East West Highway, N/CS12
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20910
Country: U.S.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-2645
Resource_Description: Static Map Images
Distribution_Liability: All maps and charts in public domain. Usage is not restricted.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: sid
File_Decompression_Technique: MrSid Compression
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: <http://historicals.ncd.noaa.gov/historicals/histmap.asp>
Fees: none
Ordering_Instructions:
Selected images (at 300 dpi) are available for viewing and plotting from NOAA Libraries throughout the United States: Silver Spring, MD; Miami, FL; Seattle, WA; Charleston, SC
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20010307
Metadata_Review_Date: 20030828
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS), Coast Survey Development Laboratory (CSDL)
Contact_Position: Chief, Cartographic & Geospatial Technology Programs
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1315 East West Highway, N/CS12
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20910
Country: U.S.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-2645
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
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