[MassHistPres] Mass GIS historic data

[Katerina Panagiotakis]

Mr. Hartmann,
Thank you for sharing.  I often do the same with areal overlays and old maps.

To clarify, while the historical maps are great on Mass GIS,
I am looking for the designation of historical sites and boundaries of districts.  The historic data layer has been removed from Mass GIS, until it is updated.
Importing the GIS layer into a drawing program, would help clearly determine the boundaries of districts.  For example, see attached from DCR.
I understand this data is constantly being updated.




Panagiotakis, Katerina
Architecture Studio
150 Ocean Street
Lynn, Massachusetts 01902
Tel. 617.418.3009 
Skype. AikateriniStudio
www.Aikaterini.com



On Nov 3, 2010, at 11:52 AM, Lee Hartmann wrote:

> Historic maps are not always accurate.  But I have had some success scanning Sandborn Maps as pictures in a tif format and georeferencing it (a relatively simple GIS process) to fit our current GIS data.  Attached is an  example.  Anyone with ARCMap can do it.  You also need maps in some computer file format or the ability to scan a hard copy.  I reduced the resolution for email purposes.  We have also scanned 1947 aerials and georeferenced them.
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> Lee Hartmann, AICP
> Director of Planning and Development
> Town Hall
> 11 Lincoln Street
> Plymouth, MA 02360
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> Ph. (508) 747-1620 (ext. 143)
> Fax (508) 830-4116
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> Lhartmann at townhall.plymouth.ma.us
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> From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu [mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of Katerina Panagiotakis
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 5:38 PM
> To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
> Subject: [MassHistPres] Mass GIS historic data
>  
> Mass GIS data is very valuable, and I am wondering when the layer for historical will be ready for public view, or at least made available to local commissions?  I am looking to extract the layer to import into a drawing program.
>  
> Thank you,
>  
> Panagiotakis, Katerina
> Member of the Lynn Historical Commission
>  
>  
> Tel. 617.418.3009 
> Skype. AikateriniStudio
> www.Aikaterini.com
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> <OverlayB.pdf>

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