Official Map of Chinatown in San Francisco (Raster Image)

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Abstract/Contents

Abstract
This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of Chinatown in San Francisco published in 1885. This map details the various districts: Chinese occupancy, gambling, prostitution, opium resorts, joss houses (temples or shrines), and white prostitution. Map also describes use of the ground floor for each parcel. This map is a part of the volume: The Chinese at Home and Abroad: Together with the Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco on the Condition of the Chinese Quarter of that City. Covers area between Kearny Street and Stockton Street, and California Street and Broadway Street.
Purpose
The historic map layers in the Google Earth Rumsey Map Collection have been selected by David Rumsey from his large collection of historical maps, as well as some from other collections with which he collaborates. All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods, scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced by Rumsey, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe. Some of the maps fit perfectly in their modern spaces, while othersgenerally earlier period mapsreveal interesting geographical misconceptions of their time. Cultural features on the maps can be compared to the modern satellite views using the slider bars to adjust transparency. The result is an exploration of time as well as space, a marriage of historic cartographic masterpieces with innovative contemporary software tools.

Description

Type of resource cartographic, software, multimedia
Form GeoTIFF
Place Stanford, California, US
Publisher Cartography Associates
Publication date 2015
Language English
Digital origin born digital
Map data Scale not given. ; Custom projection W 122°24ʹ31ʺ--W 122°24ʹ16ʺ/N 37°47ʹ53ʺ--N 37°47ʹ31ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

Creators/Contributors

Creator Rumsey, David, 1944-
Creator Farwell, Willard B.

Subjects

Subject Historical geography
Subject Gambling
Subject Opium
Subject Prostitution
Subject Chinese Americans
Subject Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)
Subject 1885
Subject Imagery and Base Maps
Genre Geospatial data
Genre Cartographic dataset

Bibliographic information

WGS84 Cartographics This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
Original map in SearchWorks
Title
Official Map of Chinatown in San Francisco
Location https://purl.stanford.edu/gp836sx5319

Access conditions

Use and reproduction
Image from the David Rumsey Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce commercially, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
Copyright
Property rights reside with the repository, Copyright © Stanford University. Images may be reproduced or transmitted, but not for commercial use. For commercial use or commercial republication, contact rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. By downloading any images from this site, you agree to the terms of that license.
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC-SA).

Preferred citation

Rumsey, D. and Farwell, W. (2015). Official Map of Chinatown in San Francisco (Raster Image). Cartography Associates. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/gp836sx5319

Collection

David Rumsey Map Collection at Stanford University Libraries

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