Thursday, July 24, 2014

Viele Map of Manhattan

Viele Map of Manhattan
This is a zoomable, dragable version of the Viele Map of Manhattan, a map drawn in 1865 of the original boundaries and waterways of Manhattan. It is still in use today by developers, civil engineers, and architects. More information on this map is available at the David Rumsey Map Collection.
Map data from the David Rumsey Map Collection. Image viewer powered by ZoomifyA full high-res image of the Viele map is here (9859 x 3115, 8.6 Mb).

http://kottke.org/plus/misc/images-big/viele-map.jpg

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