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Sanborn Maps Data Package

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Description

The dataset contains metadata records for 50,600 maps from the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps collection and their corresponding 440,048 JPEG images. The Sanborn collection at Library of Congress includes over fifty thousand editions of fire insurance maps comprising almost seven hundred thousand individual sheets. The Library of Congress holdings represent the largest extant collection of maps produced by the Sanborn Map Company.

Update Frequency

As new and significant changes to the underlying digital collection occurs

License

The content of the Library of Congress online Sanborn Maps Collection is in the public domain and is free to use and reuse. For more information, see https://www.loc.gov/collections/sanborn-maps/about-this-collection/rights-and-access/.

Documentation

https://data.labs.loc.gov/sanborn/

Managed By

Library of Congress

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Contact

For curatorial questions about the content of the collection and formats, contact the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division at https://ask.loc.gov/map-geography. For technical questions about access, contact LC-Labs@loc.gov

How to Cite

Sanborn Maps Data Package was accessed on DATE from https://registry.opendata.aws/loc-sanborn-maps.

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  • Description
    Sanborn Maps data
    Resource type
    S3 Bucket
    Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
    arn:aws:s3:::loc-sanborn-maps
    AWS Region
    us-west-2
    AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
    aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://loc-sanborn-maps/
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