================================================ MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ================================================ Subject: Georgia Sanborn Maps got Digital at University of Georgia Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 From: Lucy Rowland <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the availability of a new online resource: Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Georgia Towns and Cities, 1884-1922. The maps represented are from the University of Georgia Libraries Map Collection. Visit the site at: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sanborn/ The digital collection consists of 4,445 maps by the Sanborn Map Company depicting commercial, industrial, and residential areas for 133 municipalities. Originally designed for fire insurance assessment, the color- coded maps relate the location and use of buildings, as well as the materials employed in their construction. The maps indicate which city utilities- -such as water and fire service--were available. Fire insurance maps document the changing face of towns and cities, providing highly detailed information for each neighborhood and block. The Library of Congress web site refers to them as "probably the single most important record of urban growth and development in the United States during the past one hundred years." The Sanborn Maps database is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. "Sanborn", "Sanborn Map", "Sanborn Map Company", and "Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps" are recognized trademarks of the Sanborn Map Company, a subsidiary of Environmental Data Resources, Inc. (EDR). The presentation of the historic maps on this site is in no way connected with either the Sanborn Map Company or Environmental Data Resources, Inc. ____________________________________ P. Toby Graham, PhD Director, Digital Library of Georgia University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-1641 [log in to unmask] phone 706.583.0213 fax 706.542.4144 Visit the Digital Library of Georgia: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu Lucy M. Rowland, MS, MLS, CNU Head, Science Collections & Research Facilities University of Georgia Libraries Athens, GA 30602-7412 [log in to unmask] +1-706-542-6643 FAX: +1-706-542-7907 http://www.libs.uga.edu/science/scicolldev.html "Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple, or more direct than does Nature." --Leonardo da Vinci "Always do right. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest." --Mark Twain --