Lessons of the City: ARCH 268

Charlottesville and Albemarle Data Project

The following instructions provide a step-by-step guide for working with data for Charlottesville and Albemarle in ArcMap. You will access the project from the instructions page. Index grids and many county- or city-wide layers such as buildings are already loaded into the ArcMap project. The instructions will explain how to add in the CAD and image files. You will also have to do this work in the Scholars' Lab in Alderman Library, although once you have created a map, it can be saved and accessed anywhere. Staff will be available to answer questions from 10 to 6, Monday through Friday (including Sept. 6, Labor Day).

Download the ArcGIS project here.

Historic Aerials of Charlottesville and Albemarle

This page was created by the Scholars' Lab to allow the download of historic black and white photography of Charlottesville and Albemarle. The dates of these photos are 1974 and 1966 with 1957 to be added shortly.

Using Sanborn Maps

Digital maps of building footprints, streets, and building characteristics for most urban areas in the U.S. from the mid-19th through the mid-20th centuries. Restricted to UVA only. Data may be accessed from any computer on grounds.

Charlottesville Topographic Maps

Other links

Geostat Powerpoint lecture

Mapping to olmsted from the Scholars' Lab