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Adam Cox<p>Finally wrote up a blog post about the georeference-a-thon we held at UIUC last November for GIS day: <a href="https://healthyregions.org/2025/01/31/gis-day-2024-community-georeferencing-of-sanborn-fire-insurance-maps/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">healthyregions.org/2025/01/31/</span><span class="invisible">gis-day-2024-community-georeferencing-of-sanborn-fire-insurance-maps/</span></a>. We had a great turnout, especially from different parts of campus outside the geog dept. <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/sanbornmaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanbornmaps</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/georeferencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>georeferencing</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/crowdsourcing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crowdsourcing</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/OldInsuranceMaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldInsuranceMaps</span></a></p>
skunkman56<p>Been wanting to get into <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/oldinsurancemaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>oldinsurancemaps</span></a> for awhile now, and finally happened today. What a blast- building up the mosaic page by page! Instant gratification</p>
OpenHistoricalMap<p>Had a great workshop this morning, partnering with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@mradamcox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mradamcox</span></a></span> from OldInsuranceMaps.net (check it out!) to vectorize the 1886 Richmond Sanborn maps. <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/goodtimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goodtimes</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/OldInsuranceMaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldInsuranceMaps</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/sotmus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sotmus</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/sotm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sotm</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/StateOfTheMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateOfTheMap</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/StateOfTheMapUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateOfTheMapUS</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/OSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSM</span></a> @OpenStreetMapUS</p>
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