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Sanborn maps

Sanborn maps are detailed maps of U.S. cities and towns in the 19th and 20th centuries. Originally published by the Sanborn Map Company (Sanborn), they were created to allow fire insurance companies to assess their total liability in urbanized areas of the United States. Since they contain detailed information about properties and individual buildings in…

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Available
Available
Current supplier
LightBox
Inception
1866 (1866)
Inventor
Daniel Alfred Sanborn
Manufacturer
The Sanborn Map Company
Type
City map

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Insurance underwriting

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Modern uses of fire insurance maps

Digital map collections

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Sanborn maps

Nodes67
Edges66
Triples174
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029851
Components1

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Sanborn maps

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related to Digital map collections · 84
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related to External links · 31
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related to Decline of insurance business · 14
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related to Modern uses of fire insurance maps · 13
Sanborn maps → Congress, Demographers, EDR, Environmental, Environmental Data Resources, Genealogists, Historic, Historic Sanborn, Library, LightBox, Planners, Sanborn, The
related to Description · 6
Sanborn maps → Between, Larger, Sanborn, The, The Sanborn, They
related to Insurance underwriting · 6
Sanborn maps → As, At, It, Sanborn, The, The Sanborn
Available · 1
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Current supplier · 1
Sanborn maps → LightBox
Inception · 1
Sanborn maps → 1866 (1866)
Inventor · 1
Sanborn maps → Daniel Alfred Sanborn

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Sanborn mapsAvailableAvailable1.00infobox
Sanborn mapsCurrent supplierLightBox1.00infobox
Sanborn mapsInception1866 (1866)1.00infobox
Sanborn mapsInventorDaniel Alfred Sanborn1.00infobox
Sanborn mapsManufacturerThe Sanborn Map Company1.00infobox
Sanborn mapsTypeCity map1.00infobox
Sanborn mapsWebsitehttps://edrnet.com/prods/sanborn-maps/1.00infobox
populationinstance ofand general information0.80text
economyinstance ofand general information0.80text
prevailing wind direction.The maps include outlines of each buildinginstance ofand general information0.80text
outbuildinginstance ofand general information0.80text
the Homestead Actinstance ofFactors0.80text

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