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Subject:        Re: Historical landuse map or data (USA)
Date:   Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:52:49 -0400
From:   Matt Fox <[log in to unmask]>
To:     [log in to unmask]



http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/historical_zoom.asp has
some good stuff.  They have some very detailed historical topo maps of
the DC area, for example.

Matt

On 4/30/08, Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Historical landuse map or data (USA)
> Date:   Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:40:31 -0400
> From:   Tsering W Shawa ([log in to unmask]) <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
> I have a Ph.D. Student who is looking for any sources of US historical
> landuse maps or data going back to colonial times, if possible. A person is
> trying to measure inequality in the distribution of farms/agricultural land
> in the United States.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> -Wangyal
>
> Tsering Wangyal Shawa
> Geographic Information Systems Librarian
> Head, Digital Map and Geospatial Information Center
> Geosciences and Map Library
> Fine Hall B Level, Princeton University
> Princeton, NJ 08544
> Phone: (609) 258-6804
> Fax: (609) 258-4607
> www.princeton.edu/~geolib/gis
>
>