Hi - There is a GIS layer of the Public Land Survey System (i.e.
townships, ranges, sections) in California that includes Spanish and
Mexican land grant areas (because they were excluded from surveys).
Its called "PLSA" and was available from the Teale GIS Library. There
is a copy online here:
ftp://casil.ucdavis.edu/old-casil/gis.ca.gov/teale/plsa/
It has an attribute field called "LANDGRANT" that includes the land
grant name (where applicable).
Scott
Scott Phillips
CSU Stanislaus/ESRP
Fatemah Van Buren wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> I have helped this patron. I could not find a current map of L.A. county
> which shows the boundaries of Spanish ranchos in either print or
> digital. Please let me know if you found any.
>
> Thanks,
> Fatemah
>
>
>
> Fatemah van Buren <mailto:fvanbure@library.berkeley.edu>
> Head, Earth Sciences and Map Library <http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/>
> #50 McCone Hall
> University of Calfornia, Berkeley
> Berkeley, CA 94720-4767
> Phone: 510-643-2684
> Fax: 510-643-6576
> http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/
>
>
> Smith, Michael wrote:
>> I received a request for a current map of L.A. county which shows the boundaries of Spanish & Mexican ranchos. There were several maps published pre-1960 of the ranchos (most prior to 1940), and more recent ones (like in Los Angeles: A to Z) which show the boundaries but nothing else. Anyone ever see anything like this? A shape file of California or Los Angeles ranchos would work, too.
>>
>> Thanks, Mike
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------
>> Michael L. Smith
>> Map Librarian
>> Social Sciences & Humanities Library
>> University of California, San Diego
>> 9500 Gilman Drive, 0175R
>> La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
>>
>> email: mls003@ucsd.edu
>> phone: 858-534-1248
>> fax: 858-534-7548
>>
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