Hi Angie! Thanks for putting the document together. What I like best about the FIMO collection is the easy interface and the download and use options that it offers our library readers. We've become big users of the FIMO collection for Maryland coverage and if serves us well. Jim James E. Gillispie GIS Librarian and Curator of Maps Sheridan Libraries and Museums Johns Hopkins University 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21212 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 410-516-4816 [logo] From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Angela R Cope Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 1:32 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Fimo -- Sanborn Maps Online There was a discussion of this last year at Maps-L when I asked the same question. I created this libguide: http://guides.library.uwm.edu/c.php?g=824760 Not everything is available via Library of Congress but most of it and in color. You can search the Maps-L archives<https://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?REPORT&z=4&1=MAPS-L&L=MAPS-L&X=52FF0629E4F1E42689&Y=acope%40uwm.edu> with the term: "Sanborn maps online" and get these results: LISTSERV.UGA.EDU (15 Matches) Item # Date Time Lines Subject List Name 030298<https://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1812&L=MAPS-L&P=R2203&X=52FF0629E4F1E42689&Y=acope%40uwm.edu> 2018-12-04 13:10 145 Fimo -- Sanborn Maps Online MAPS-L 029917<https://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1804&L=MAPS-L&P=R60885&X=52FF0629E4F1E42689&Y=acope%40uwm.edu> 2018-04-30 11:29 427 Re: Sanborn and fire insurance maps online MAPS-L 029855<https://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1804&L=MAPS-L&P=R15649&X=52FF0629E4F1E42689&Y=acope%40uwm.edu> 2018-04-05 09:31 1066 Re: Sanborn and fire insurance maps online MAPS-L 029853<https://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1804&L=MAPS-L&P=R14768&X=52FF0629E4F1E42689&Y=acope%40uwm.edu> 2018-04-05 09:23 294 Sanborn and fire insurance maps online MAPS-L 029804<https://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1803&L=MAPS-L&P=R8127&X=52FF0629E4F1E42689&Y=acope%40uwm.edu> 2018-03-08 11:36 260 Re: Sanborn maps online MAPS-L 029803<https://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1803&L=MAPS-L&P=R7390&X=52FF0629E4F1E42689&Y=acope%40uwm.edu> 2018-03-08 10:28 736 Re: Sanborn maps online MAPS-L 029802<https://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1803&L=MAPS-L&P=R7122&X=52FF0629E4F1E42689&Y=acope%40uwm.edu> 2018-03-08 09:54 267 Re: Sanborn maps online MAPS-L 029801<https://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1803&L=MAPS-L&P=R6761&X=52FF0629E4F1E42689&Y=acope%40uwm.edu> 2018-03-08 09:36 360 Re: Sanborn maps online MAPS-L 029800<https://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1803&L=MAPS-L&P=R6442&X=52FF0629E4F1E42689&Y=acope%40uwm.edu> 2018-03-08 09:33 318 Re: Sanborn maps online MAPS-L 029799<https://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1803&L=MAPS-L&P=R6220&X=52FF0629E4F1E42689&Y=acope%40uwm.edu> 2018-03-08 09:21 221 Sanborn maps online MAPS-L 029500<https://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1710&L=MAPS-L&P=R7658&X=52FF0629E4F1E42689&Y=acope%40uwm.edu> 2017-10-12 11:53 709 Re: Sanborn Fire Insurance map dates MAPS-L 029498<https://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1710&L=MAPS-L&P=R6865&X=52FF0629E4F1E42689&Y=acope%40uwm.edu> 2017-10-12 11:28 731 Re: Sanborn Fire Insurance map dates MAPS-L 029497<https://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1710&L=MAPS-L&P=R6234&X=52FF0629E4F1E42689&Y=acope%40uwm.edu> 2017-10-12 11:18 630 Re: Sanborn Fire Insurance map dates MAPS-L 028803<https://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1612&L=MAPS-L&P=R3995&X=52FF0629E4F1E42689&Y=acope%40uwm.edu> 2016-12-09 07:01 419 Sanborn maps online MAPS-L 028800<https://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1612&L=MAPS-L&P=R3400&X=52FF0629E4F1E42689&Y=acope%40uwm.edu> 2016-12-07 10:35 195 Sanborn maps online MAPS-L Angie Cope AGS Library, UW Milwaukee Libraries 2311 E. Hartford Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211 http://uwm.edu/libraries/agsl/ M-F 8:00am-4:30pm [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> (414)229-6282 43°03'8"N 87°57'21"W [1505846149570_image001.png] ________________________________ From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on behalf of Eliza Bettinger <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 12:10 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: [MAPS-L] Fimo -- Sanborn Maps Online Hello All, I attended a demo today of FIMO<http://www.historicalinfo.com/fimo/> (Fire Maps Online - a database product sold by a company called Historical Information Gatherers), arranged by our Architecture librarian, whose patrons include historical preservationists. Fimo includes a nearly full collection of full-color Sanborn maps - much better quality images than the ProQuest Sanborn Maps database, and an easier interface. I'm wondering if any of you have purchased this product or seen a demo or had a trial at your library. Seems to me that more and more Sanborn maps are freely available in high resolution online (and apparently more will go out of copyright soon?), but these collections are scattered. And if you're a person without any specialized map or GIS knowledge, having tools like Fimo that automatically layer on contemporary base maps is very attractive. Plus, Fimo claims to have all the corrected versions of maps (those little white pieces of paper they pasted over spots on the map.), and records of when the corrections were made. I'd welcome your thoughts and observations! Thanks, eliza -- Eliza Bettinger Digital Humanities Librarian she/her Join Cornell's DH Listserv<https://digitalhumanities.library.cornell.edu/contact> 106 Olin Library Cornell University Ithaca NY 14853 USA 607-255-4042 (office)
