Georeferencing

Georeferencing is the process of relating digitized maps with their real world locations. Once a historic map in our collection is georeferenced it can be viewed as an overlay on a modern map.

Maps Available to Georeference Georeferenced Maps

Recently Georeferenced

Map of Virginia and West Va., North and part of South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware, showing the situation in these states of schools taught by graduates of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute from 1871 to 1876

1. Map of Virginia and West Va., North and part of South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware, showing the situation in these states of...

2. [Plan of lots in Chinatown, between Broad and Front Streets, and Beach and Orange Streets, Boston]

3. Jamaica, from the latest surveys

How to Georeference

The LMC Map Warper is a tool for digitally aligning ("rectifying") historical maps from the LMC's collections to match today's precise maps.

Demonstration

Georeferenced items can be shown as overlays on a modern street map.

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