Road Network, London, 1746
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This line shapefile contains the road network digitized from a map entitled "Composite Map: (Facsimile) Rocque's Map of London. 1746." Published in 1919, this composite map is considered one of the best facsimiles of the original Rocque Map ("A plan of the cities of London and Westminster, and borough of Southwark"), created by John Rocque and first published in 1746. A scanned version of this map available from The David Rumsey Map Collection was georeferenced by the Kindred London mapping project. Segments of roads, paths, bridges, tunnels, water crossings, and stairs, were digitized using route name and type, traffic volume, and access.
- Purpose
- The broad goal of the Kindred London project is to create four digitized road networks from four historic maps of London that will be used for an online, interactive web platform that will allow users to experience what it would have been like to travel the streets of London.
Description
Type of resource | cartographic, software, multimedia |
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Form | Shapefile |
Extent | 0.83 |
Place | Stanford, Ca, US |
Publisher | Stanford University. Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis |
Publication date | 2017 |
Language | English |
Digital origin | born digital |
Map data | Scale not given. ; Custom projection W 0°9ʹ42ʺ--W 0°1ʹ44ʺ/N 51°31ʹ45ʺ--N 51°29ʹ9ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326 |
Creators/Contributors
Creator | Kindred London Mapping Project |
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Subjects
Subject | Roads |
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Subject | Trails |
Subject | Bridges |
Subject | Tunnels |
Subject | Stairs |
Subject | London (England) |
Subject | 1746 |
Subject | Transportation |
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. |
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Georeferenced map | |
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/wx413hq1837 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- For questions about any use of this dataset, please contact Nicholas Jenkins (njenkins@stanford.edu).
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2018 Nicholas Jenkins and Erik Steiner
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- Kindred London Mapping Project. (2017). Road Network, London, 1746. Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis, Stanford University. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/wx413hq1837.
Collection
Kindred London
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