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1799 is an experimental project which aims to challenge commonly held beliefs regarding large scale urban policy in the United States. Hough Neighborhood in Cleveland is used as an example.

A geodetic survey of Utah conducted in 1876.

Map showing colored areas of climate conditions on a particular day. The colored areas correspond to precipitation conditions, , i.e. snow, clear, rain, clouds, fog. Different lines depict areas of equal pressure (dashed) and areas of equal thermal…

A map drawn by the U.S. Coast Survey in 1907 showing San Francisco bay and the surrounding area. The map displays sounding depths for the bay area, topographic features, the city grid of San Francisco and surrounding settlements, and features…

This is a map created for a French historical Atlas depicting the war campaigns of Charles XII of Sweden. The map was created in roughly 1805 and it depicts a war in the late seventeenth century. Unlike the other maps, this map depicts an earlier…

This map presents the place names of western Palestine in Arabic and explains their meaning in a key on the side. It also marks the location of Arabic villages, churches and mosques. It is a notable that this map is included to the Palestine…

This map layer depicts Western Palestine at the time of the Old Testament. It sources its information primarily in the book of Joshua which chronicles the Israelites conquering and settling the Holy Land. However, there are additional place names,…

This map shows the topographic survey and county lines of the area around the Los Angeles aqueduct as it makes its way from its source at the Long Valley reservoir north of the city down to the city itself.

This map is a survey of the city of New York showing the location of farms, estates, street names and the high water lines. This survey is interesting as it shows the survey lines of the Manhattan grid dashed beneath the boundary lines of original…