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 mid-1700's Data  Management Plan (DMP)

Ben Galdi; Courtney Thompson

doi:10.25923%2Fqzp6-4r20

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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 mid-1700's Data Management Plan (DMP)

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2025
By Ben Galdi ; Courtney Thompson

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Alternative 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 mid-1700's
Personal Author:

Ben Galdi ; Courtney Thompson
Corporate Authors:

United States. National Ocean Service ; United States. Office of Coast Survey
NOAA Program & Office:

NOS (National Ocean Service) ; OCS (Office of Coast Survey)
Description:

The Historical Map and Chart Collection of the Office of Coast Survey contains over 35000 historical maps and charts from the mid-1700s up through the 2020s, including the final canceled editions of NOAA’s raster charts. These images are available for viewing or download through the image catalog at https://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/. The Collection includes some of the nation's earliest nautical charts, hydrographic surveys, topographic surveys, bathymetric maps, annual reports, coast pilots, 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.
Content Notes:

The historical chart collection project focuses on collecting and maintaining a digital historical archive of Coast Survey historical maps and charts and other similar historic maps and charts.
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25923%2Fqzp6-4r20
Format:

http
Publisher:

NOAA National Ocean Service|https://ror.org/02k4h0334 ; Office of Coast Survey|https://ror.org/05evek152
Document Type:

Dataset
Temporal:

Discrete Time period: 1700s to Present
Place as Subject:

-180° W, 180° E, 90° N, 90° S
Media Type:

application/http
License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Rights Information:

CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain
Compliance:

Submitted
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha-512:cf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e

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