These maps are georeferenced versions of the maps produced by The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, project at Tikal, Guatemala and published as Tikal Report 11. These georeferenced maps are intended for use with GIS (Geographic Information System) software. The maps should be useful for archaeologists, tourists and managers of Tikal National Park. This map set consists of eleven georeferenced maps. The set includes two versions of the overview map of the central sixteen square kilometers of Tikal—the "Ruins of Tikal" map. One version includes the map border. The other version is without the border. The nine remaining maps cover the inner nine square kilometers in detail, without borders. The maps were georeferenced as part of a University of Cincinnati project in Tikal, under permit of the Guatemalan government. The UC Project georeferenced the maps using land survey methods. We created transformation equations based on a point of beginning, a reference direction and a map scale. Directions and distances on the ground were transformed into UTM projected directions and distances. The point of beginning was the Petty Company benchmark shown on the "Camp Quad" map. In 2010 we determined the location with a GPS receiver. We accessed both the horizontal and vertical accuracy of the georeferenced maps. Based on 96 test points spread throughout the area of the maps, we found the median horizontal accuracy of the maps, compared to GPS, to be 5.6 meters. Based on 103 test points spread throughout the area of the maps, we found the median vertical accuracy of the maps, compared to a NASA radar altimetry mission, to be 2.1 meters. The borders of the maps were removed so the set of maps will “seamlessly” fit together in GIS. See Tikal Report No.11 for versions of the maps with borders (one version of the georeferenced "Ruins of Tikal" map includes the border). The georeferencing files are optimized for use in ArcGIS version 9.2 and beyond. The PDF file of TR11 from which these maps were extracted was made with the generous assistance of the University Museum Library and the Tikal Archives. Details of the georeferencing and accuracy check are in a report to the Dirección Patrimonio Cultural y Natural de Guatemala: Christopher Carr, Eric Weaver, Nicholas Dunning, and Vernon Scarborough (2011) EVALUACIÓN DE LA EXACTITUD DE LOS MAPAS DE TIKAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE PENNSYLVANIA, POR GPS Y ESTACIÓN TOTAL (Accuracy assessment of the Penn Project maps of Tikal, by GPS and Total Station). In Lentz, D., C. Ramos, N. Dunning, V. Scarborough and L. Grazioso. PROYECTO DE SILVICULTURA Y MANEJO DE AGUAS DE LOS ANTIGUOS MAYAS DE TIKAL. Additional details of the strategies the Penn Project used to produce these high quality maps, the georeferencing methodology, and the accuracy check process are forthcoming in a book chapter. The book is on the UC project at Tikal, to be published by Cambridge University Press. The chapter is Carr, Weaver, Dunning and Scarborough. Bringing the University of Pennsylvania maps of Tikal into the era of electronic GIS. In Lentz, Dunning, Scarborough (eds). Tikal and Maya Ecology: Water, Landscapes and Resilience. Permission to publish these maps must be secured from: The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Tel: (215) 898-4050, Fax: (215) 573-9369, Email: publications@pennmuseum.org. .................................................................................................................. Estos mapas son versiones georeferenciados de los mapas producidos por el Museo Universitario de la Universidad de Pennsylvania, Proyecto Tikal, Guatemala y publicado como Informe de Tikal No. 11. La intensión de estos mapas georeferenciados es para ser utilizados con el Sistema de Información Geográfica (SIG). Los mapas deben ser útiles para los arqueólogos, los turistas y los administradores del Parque Nacional Tikal. Este conjunto de mapas consta de once mapas georreferenciados. El juego incluye dos versiones del mapa general de los 16 km2 centrales del mapa de las "Ruins of Tikal". Una versión del mapa incluye sus encuadrados. La otra versión esta sin los encuadrados. Los nueve mapas restantes cubren los mapas interiores de 9 km2 en detalle, sin encuadrados. Los mapas fueron georeferenciados como parte de un proyecto de la Universidad de Cincinnati en Tikal, con permiso del Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes del Gobierno de Guatemala. El Proyecto de la Universidad de Cincinnati georeferenció los mapas utilizando métodos de reconocimiento de campo. Creamos ecuaciones de transformación basado en un punto de inicio, una dirección de referencia y un mapa a escala. Direcciones y distancias en el campo se transformaron en direcciones proyectadas UTM y distancias. El punto de inicio fue el punto de refere... Visit https://dataone.org/datasets/doi%3A10.6067%3AXCV82B8ZW9_meta%24v%3D1377891225229 for complete metadata about this dataset.