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Posted by: Meagan Snow
This blog post from the Geography & Map Division explores illustrated comics created by US federal government agencies to introduce the public to new geographic data technologies and file formats in the late 20th century.
Posted in: 20th century cartography, American History, Big Data and Visualization, Geographic Information Science
Posted by: Lena Mattson
Sanborn Map Company fire insurance surveyors successfully mapped many thousands of cities and towns across North America, but they were often viewed with suspicion by locals and they were not granted access to every building they sought to map. This post describes what happened when they were refused, and the creative ways they could sometimes get around property owners’ reservations about their work.
Posted in: 20th century cartography, American History, Reference Tools