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Digital Maps and Images

Digital Sanborn Maps of Richmond

• The Scholars' Lab provides access to Sanborn Fire Insurance maps for Richmond, 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

• Maps from the City of Richmond's website, including neighborhood and district maps, parking maps, and a link to the city's online map library. Maps are in PDF format.
• More map sources can be found on the national-level resources page.

GIS Data

Virginia Gazetteer

• If you are looking for GIS data for Virginia, we recommend starting with the Scholars' Lab's Virginia Gazetteer. This is a searchable database that will allow access to several of our most commonly used GIS data sets including Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), Digital Topographic Maps (DRGs), Land Cover Data (NLCD), Aerial Photos (DOQQs) and Satellite Imagery.

Planimetric Data Collection

• UVa's guide to Richmond planimetric data: The data described on this page is available only within the Geostat lab and only to UVa students, staff and faculty.

Other Sources of GIS Data

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

Scanned Aerial Photos

• USDA National Agricultural Imaging Project Aerial Photographs: This site, from Virginia Commonwealth University, hosts public-domain aerial photographs produced by the Aerial Photography Field Office.
• More aerial photography sources can be found on the national-level resources page.

Statistical Data

• Census factsheets from American Factfinder:
  • Quick census facts for Richmond
  • More Richmond data sets from the Census Bureau
• More statistical sources can be found on the national-level resources page.

Photographs and Views of the City

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

Planning and Architectural Documents

• Master plan for the City of Richmond, 2000-2020
• Richmond Department of Community Development includes plans for individual neighborhoods, zoning and comprehensive planning.
• Richmond Regional Planning District Commission is regional planning agency with major emphasis in the area of transportation, local technical assistance and information services including demographic, economic and geographic information systems.
• Richmond, Virginia History Intenet Resources provides a list of nearly 90 websites focusing on some aspect of Richmond history, including architecture.