Springfield North, Massachusetts, 1979 (USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle DRG)

Author(s)

Geological Survey (U.S.)

Description

This layer is a digital raster graphic of the 7.5 Minute USGS topographic map of the Springfield North, Massachusetts quadrangle, 1979. Scale 1:25,000. The DRG was published in 1996. A digital raster graphic (DRG) is a scanned image of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) standard series topographic map, including all map collar information. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection. The horizontal positional accuracy and datum of the DRG matches the accuracy and datum of the source map. The source paper map was mapped, edited and published by the United States Geological Survey. The Massachusetts 7.5 minute topographic series was produced in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works. Topography by planetable surveys 1933. Revised from aerial photographs taken 1971. Field checked 1972. Revisions shown in purple compiled in cooperation with the State of Massachusetts agencies from aerial photographys taken 1975 [and other data sources]. Photorevised 1979. The names of quadrangles which border this one appear on the map collar in their respective positions (N,S,E,W) in relation to this map.

Publisher

United States Geological Survey

Place(s)

Massachusetts, Springfield, Holyoke, South Hadley, Granby, West Springfield, Chicopee, and Ludlow

Subject(s)

Maps, Topographic, Land use, Infrastructure (Economics), Human settlements, Bodies of water, Landforms, and imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Year

1979

Held by

Harvard