{"id":1018,"date":"2019-10-31T17:52:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T17:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2024-01-19T16:26:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T16:26:44","slug":"new-composite-maps-of-new-bedford-and-the-surrounding-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/new-composite-maps-of-new-bedford-and-the-surrounding-area\/","title":{"rendered":"New composite maps of New Bedford and the surrounding area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have recently created four<a href=\"http:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewBedford_1964_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1027\" src=\"http:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewBedford_1964_web-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewBedford_1964_web-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewBedford_1964_web-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewBedford_1964_web-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewBedford_1964_web-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewBedford_1964_web.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a> new composite maps of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and the surrounding area. These maps were made by combining four 7.5 x 7.5 USGS Topographic quads into a single large map, and then extracting the sections into smaller maps that are designed to fit standard frame sizes. The four quads used to make these maps are New Bedford North 1964, Marion 1962, New Bedford South and Sconticut Neck 1962.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MA_New-Bedford-North_350358_1964_before2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1020\" src=\"http:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MA_New-Bedford-North_350358_1964_before2-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MA_New-Bedford-North_350358_1964_before2-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MA_New-Bedford-North_350358_1964_before2-768x937.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MA_New-Bedford-North_350358_1964_before2-839x1024.jpg 839w, https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MA_New-Bedford-North_350358_1964_before2-600x732.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We merged the four quads together in Photoshop and then matched the colors of the quads to get a uniform appearance.&nbsp; Once the combined map has uniform colors, we then cut out the final maps that we offer on our website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MA_New-Bedford-North_350358_1964_before5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1023\" src=\"http:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MA_New-Bedford-North_350358_1964_before5-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MA_New-Bedford-North_350358_1964_before5-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MA_New-Bedford-North_350358_1964_before5-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MA_New-Bedford-North_350358_1964_before5-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MA_New-Bedford-North_350358_1964_before5-600x797.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MA_New-Bedford-North_350358_1964_before6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1032\" src=\"http:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MA_New-Bedford-North_350358_1964_before6-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MA_New-Bedford-North_350358_1964_before6-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MA_New-Bedford-North_350358_1964_before6-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MA_New-Bedford-North_350358_1964_before6-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MA_New-Bedford-North_350358_1964_before6-600x797.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These custom maps and more are available at our site <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.old-maps.com\/topographical-maps\/massachusetts\/custom-topo-maps-massachusetts-1\/?sort=featured&amp;page=2\">shop.old-maps.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewBedford_Fairhaven_1964_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1029\" src=\"http:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewBedford_Fairhaven_1964_web-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewBedford_Fairhaven_1964_web-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewBedford_Fairhaven_1964_web-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewBedford_Fairhaven_1964_web-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewBedford_Fairhaven_1964_web-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewBedford_Fairhaven_1964_web.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewBedford_Coastline_1964_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1028\" src=\"http:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewBedford_Coastline_1964_web-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewBedford_Coastline_1964_web-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewBedford_Coastline_1964_web-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NewBedford_Coastline_1964_web-1024x768.jpg 1024w, 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