Finally wrote up a blog post about the georeference-a-thon we held at UIUC last November for GIS day: https://healthyregions.org/2025/01/31/gis-day-2024-community-georeferencing-of-sanborn-fire-insurance-maps/. We had a great turnout, especially from different parts of campus outside the geog dept. #sanbornmaps #georeferencing #crowdsourcing #OldInsuranceMaps
GIS Day 2024 – Community Georeferencing of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

This past GIS Day, November 20th, 2024, we at the Healthy Regions & Policies Lab hosted a “georeference-a-thon,” and created historical map mosaics of Champaign-Urbana in 1915.

Healthy Regions & Policies Lab

Had a great workshop this morning, partnering with @mradamcox from OldInsuranceMaps.net (check it out!) to vectorize the 1886 Richmond Sanborn maps. #goodtimes

#OldInsuranceMaps #sotmus #sotm #StateOfTheMap #StateOfTheMapUS #OpenStreetMap #OSM @OpenStreetMapUS