Data coverage
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.
Access & permitted use
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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/.
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