Maps for Architecture
- Sanborn MapsSanborn maps date back to the 1860s and were created as a detailed building record by the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company. They are large scale (50 feet to the inch) and highly detail and include such information as building location, construction materials, and building height.
- GIS for Architecture Research GuideResearch focused on GIS and architecture.
- GIS for Research in the Landscape: Methods and PracticesA guide to locating historic maps of the St. Louis (Missouri) regional area.
- Fire Insurance Maps online (FIMo) This link opens in a new windowGeo-located, color Fire Insurance Maps, including Sanborn maps, Real Estate Atlases, Plat Books, and other historical maps showing building structures, building construction details, property ownership, property uses, and other useful information. Current subscription is for all 50 states.
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- Latest print edition of Sanborn Maps (Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library) - black and white, in binders by volume. Most current, showing changes through the 1990s.
- Color, folio-sized print Sanborn Maps (West Campus Library) – most current, show updates through the early to mid-1960s
- Digital Sanborn Maps (Proquest) - black and white. Do not show change over time.