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Image credits

Every photograph and map on this site, where it comes from, and the license it is used under.

Photographs on the use cases

PhotographByLicenseSourceChanges
A three-decker in Worcester, MassachusettsJohn PhelanCC BY 3.0Wikimedia CommonsCropped and toned
Sewer work on Winchester Street in Medford, MassachusettsMassDOTPublic domainWikimedia CommonsCropped and toned
A septic system going in on a sloping yardSoil Science from RaleighCC BY 2.0Wikimedia CommonsCropped and toned
A house in Provincetown, Massachusettswww.Pixel.la Free Stock PhotosCC0Wikimedia CommonsCropped and toned
A town meeting in 1947Ed Westcott, U.S. Department of EnergyPublic domainWikimedia CommonsCropped and toned
Homes standing in the water after Hurricane Floyd, 1999Dave Gatley, FEMAPublic domainWikimedia CommonsCropped and toned
A house coming down on Queen’s Road, RydeEditor5807CC BY 3.0Wikimedia CommonsCropped and toned

Aerial photographs

The aerial photographs of Cape Cod, a New England town center, a suburban neighborhood, Brooklyn, Oahu and a desert city grid are U.S. Geological Survey imagery from The National Map, which is in the public domain. Each one is cropped, toned, and on some pages redrawn as dots.

Maps

The map of every U.S. county comes from the us-atlas project, built from the Census Bureau’s cartographic boundary files, which are in the public domain. The Massachusetts towns are placed by their published coordinates and sized by the Department of Revenue’s count of single-family homes.