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Digital Maps and Images

Digital Sanborn Maps of Baltimore

• The Scholars' Lab provides access to Sanborn Fire Insurance maps for Baltimore, provided through Proquest/UMI. These black and white maps are digitized versions of a microfilm collection of Sanborn maps collected at the Library of Congress. The Proquest/UMI collection is restricted to UVa faculty, staff and students.

Other Maps and Charts

• Baltimore City iMap: The city of Baltimore has created an interactive online mapper that displays layers such as aerial photos, roads and buildings.
• CitiStat, an accountability tool used by the city of Baltimore to analyze data from various city agencies, includes a page of maps and reports on specific types of data from 2001 to 2005.
• The Maryland Geological Survey offers online publications, facts, data, maps, bibliographies and files pretaining to a variety of geologic and environmental topics. It provides some access to online maps and an order form for obtaining paper maps pertaining to geology.
• MERLIN Online (Maryland's Environmental Resources & Land Information Network) is an electronic atlas that allows a user to produce a custom "map" for any location in Maryland, including their choice of base map and theme data layers. Created by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
• More map sources can be found on the national-level resources page.

GIS Data

Sources of GIS Data

• Chesapeake Bay & Mid-Atlantic from Space includes geospatial data and interactive mapping information. Geospatial data includes Landsat 7 EMT+data, derived data, and vector GIS data. The data can be downloaded from the page. Click "Geospatial Data" and then click "Data Download," choose "List of Counties," and find Baltimore City/County data to download.

• The Maryland State Geographic Information Committee offers some GIS data available for free download; other data is available for a fee.
• More GIS sources can be found on the national-level resources page.

Scanned Aerial Photos

• More aerial photography sources can be found on the national-level resources page.

Statistical Data

• Census factsheets from American Factfinder:
  • Quick census facts for Baltimore (2000 and 2004)
  • More Baltimore data sets from the Census Bureau
• Historical Census for Baltimore City: This site offers historical census data for Baltimore, including 1970 census tracts, 1980 neighborhoods, 1990 neighborhoods and 2000 neighborhoods.
• More statistical sources can be found on the national-level resources page.

Photographs and Views of the City

• View virtual exhibits from the Baltimore City Historical Society.
• More photograph sources can be found on the national-level resources page.

Planning and Architectural Documents

• Baltimore Architecture Bibliography, from the Baltimore Architecture Foundation.
• Neighborhood plans: Some Baltimore neighborhood plans can be found via the Baltimore Mayor's Office of Neighborhoods site.
• Land Use History of North America (LUHNA): This site was created by the USGS to address the "importance of a historical context for understanding ongoing changes in land cover and land use." This link goes directly to the chapter relating to the Baltimore area and is mainly descriptive in nature but does contain some maps and images.
• Department of Planning, Maps & Publications Available : This site provides most recent master plans, planning publications and maps of Baltimore City.