Search and download high-definition, color Fire Insurance Maps, Real Estate Atlases, Plat books, and other historical maps showing building structures, building construction details, property ownership, property uses, and other useful information.
17th (Main) Street, between M & L Streets, in Merced, 1885.
Please contact giscenter@ucmerced.edu for questions, training, or support.
1875 - 1959. Access to California's Fire Insurance Maps (FIMs) dating from roughly 1875-1950s. Users can search the platform using an interactive map search or by place name, and download full resolution map sheets. The platform also offers a project folder to save and view maps from multiple locations at once, markup tools for notations on the maps, and various research tools for a quick reference to additional information about the maps, such as indexes or corrections. Via Historical Information Gatherers.
Site User Guides:
Example Steps to Download a Map:
Step 1: Click on "Interactive Map" to select your location of interest:
Step 2: Enter the location you are interested in and click Go:
Step 3: Navigate to the specific area of interest and click on the location:
Step 4: A list of available maps the include your location will appear beneath the map:
Step 5: Clicking on "Show" for a particular year will show you the coverage area and number of sheets available.
Step 6: Click on the Publication Title to open the Sheets Page where you can view the individual map tiles. The first tile is usually a map showing total coverage of tiles - click on it to display in map:
Step 7: To view a map, click on it. To download it, click on "Download jpg" in upper right-hand corner:
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