Marrying Historic

Information Into Your Local GIS

March 14th

2007

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Introduction

Gunty AtkinsGis CoordinatorWayne County, Indiana(765) 973-9279gunty@co.wayne.in.us

Shaun ScholerGIS ManagerWayne County, Indiana(765) 973-9385sscholer@co.wayne.in.us

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Agenda

­ Users

­ Partnerships

­ Data/Maps

­ Other Sources of Data

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Users

­ Planners

­ Environmental Impact Studies

­ Genealogists

­ Freaks and Nerds

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Partnerships

• Morrisson Reeves Library

• Wayne County Historical Museum• Wayne County Resource Inventory Council

• Historic Landmarks Foundation

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Data

• Dalbey 1896 Pictorial

• Dalbey 1906 Pictorial

• School House Pictorial

• Indiana Historic Sites Survey– Wayne Co Interim Report

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1906 Dalbey Pictorial

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Creating the Dalbey Layer

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• Scan the Book

Creating the Dalbey Layer• Manipulate the images

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Orig

inal

• Research the Photo Location

Final Product

Creating the Dalbey Layer• Place Points

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1901 Sanborn Fire Map

Creating the Dalbey Layer

• Create Searchable Feature on Website

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School House Pictorial

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Historic Sites Survey

• Indiana Historic Landmarks Foundation

• 76 of 92 Counties

• Why

• Data

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Historic Sites Survey• GIS Web Application

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Maps

• 1854 Richmond Map (Online Searchable Almost)

• 1856 Wayne County Plat Map (Online Searchable)

• 1876 Richmond Map (Online)

• 1874 Wayne County Plat Atlas• 1876 Wayne County Map (Online)

• 1876 Various Small Town Maps

• 1893 Wayne County Atlas

• 1888 and 1901 Richmond Sanborn Maps15

Maps• 1854 Richmond and 1856 Wayne County

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MapsIllustrated Historical Atlas Of The State Of Indiana 1876

From the David Rumsey Collection

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Maps

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Atlases1874 1893

Maps• 1893 Atlas

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Sanborn Maps

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Maps on the Internet• Historic Pittsburg

• http://digital.library.pitt.edu/maps/

• David Rumsey Collection

• http://www.davidrumsey.com/

• Indianapolis Sanborn Map Collection• http://indiamond6.ulib.iupui.edu/sanbornJP2/• The Digital Collections of IUPUI University Library

• http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/digitalcollections/

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Historic Pittsburg• http://digital.library.pitt.edu/maps/

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David­Rumsey­Collection

• View the Collection

• Select Viewer (insight Java Client)

• Search by State

• Select Indiana

• 197 Maps Available

• Download

• Use in GIS

231822 Wayne County

City of Richmond from the Illustrated Historical Atlas Of The State Of Indiana 1876

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• From the Rumsey Collection, Rectified, and added as a Layer on the Wayne County/Richmond GIS Website

GIS Viewer from the David Rumsey Collection

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Indianapolis Sanborn Map Collection

• http://indiamond6.ulib.iupui.edu/sanbornJP2/

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Other Sanborn Maps• http://sanborn.umi.com/

27http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=2422

IU: Geography and Map Library

The Digital Collections of IUPUI University Library

http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/digitalcollections/

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Conclusions and Final Questions

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Gunty AtkinsGis CoordinatorWayne County, Indiana(765) 973-9279gunty@co.wayne.in.usShaun ScholerSenior GIS ManagerWayne County, Indiana(765) 973-9385sscholer@co.wayne.in.us

Visit us at: http://co.wayne.in.us/gis