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Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Region Mine Map Mosaic (BETA)

2024 - Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection


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REST: https://data.pasda.psu.edu/server/rest/services/Mosaics/MapService_BituminousRegionMosaics/MapServer
WMS: https://data.pasda.psu.edu/server/rest/services/Mosaics/MapService_BituminousRegionMosaics/MapServer/WMSServer?SERVICE=WMS&request=getcapabilities
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Web Application: https://www.minemaps.psu.edu/
ABSTRACT
The Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Region Mine Map Mosaic map service is an imagery composite of georeferenced historic underground coal mine maps. THIS MAP SERVICE IS CURRENTLY UNFINISHED. THE SPATIAL ACCURACY AND ALLIGNMENT OF MAP IMAGES IS CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED. USERS SHOULD CONSIDER THIS A DRAFT VERSION AND NOT RELY ON ANY INFORMATION CURRENTLY BEING PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE. When viewing detailed mine workings depicted on the maps in areas where multiple mines exist adjacent to each other, parts of one map may overlap, obstructing the view of adjacent maps. Through the mosaic process, the irrelevant parts of a map are cropped, so that the maps edge-match without overlap, creating a near seamless image of underground mine workings. Coal mining has occurred in Pennsylvania for over two centuries. The maps, if they still exist at all, of these coal mines are stored at various public and private locations throughout the Commonwealth. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has tried to preserve the historic information contained on these maps by scanning the maps into digital images. These maps are then georeferenced to their approximate spatial location to meet a variety of end-user needs, including mine land reclamation, gas well development, mine safety planning, and determination of needs for Mine Subsidence Insurance. There is an inherit loss of accuracy in the georeferencing process and a georeferenced map may not align correctly with base maps and/or established coordinate systems. Therefore, these georeferenced maps should ONLY be used for reference information only and NOT be used for engineering and/or human safety related issues. Uncropped, individual georeferenced maps can be viewed on the Pennsylvania Mine Map Atlas at www.paminemaps.psu.edu . Detailed metadata on the individual maps can be found in the Pennsylvania Historic Underground Mine Map Inventory System (PHUMMIS) at www.PHUMMIS.pa.gov .