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Shapefile of the 1968 Ecological Study for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area: Composite Intrinsic Suitability

This data is a digitized version of Ian McHarg's original 1968 map - "An Ecological Study for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area: Composite Intrinsic Suitability."
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dsAccessConst Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US)
dsCurrentRef The original land use suitability map was published in 1968. Digitization was completed in 2019.
dsMetadataUrl https://resources.gisdata.mn.gov/pub/gdrs/data/pub/edu_umn/plan_ecological_suitability/metadata/metadata.html
dsModifiedDate 2021-04-05 23:51:52
dsOriginator Paul Jacobs, Rebecca Barney, Len Kne, Ya Tao, and Dan Milz
dsPurpose The maps were the basis for the 1969 report "An Ecological Study of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area", which provided a framework for land use planning throughout the metro area. The maps were digitized to compare the land use recommendations with actual changes to land uses patterns in subsequent decades.
gdrsDsGuid {7cb85cda-0767-4af6-9d60-283235ea8782}
spatial {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-93.9791, 44.4981],[-93.9791, 45.361], [-92.8021, 45.361], [-92.8021, 44.4981], [-93.9791, 44.4981]]]}

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