TG Georeferencing Blog Post 5

For my map I decided to look at the 1896 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Smithfield, North Carolina. I used the Library of Congress website to find a Sanborn map of Smithfield. I began my process of georeferencing by downloading the map and uploading it to Arcgis Pro. Next, I began to georeference the map by placing it where it should be located in downtown Smithfield. The map seem to fit easily into downtown Smithfield, so I began to edit the map and create buildings on the basemap, where they were placed on the Sanborn map. After editing the map, I began filling out the various information about the building, such as the name, floors, street name, and building number. Here is what the map would look like with the buildings traced on the Sanborn map:

As you can see the buildings are different colors. I wanted to look at the types of buildings that were located right in the heart of downtown Smithfield. Business are labeled a pinkish/purple color, the courthouse is orange, domicile buildings are a Carolina blue, there is one darker purple hall, offices are a lighter pink, the mill is yellow, the pharmacy is a really light/bright blue, the shed's are salmon, and there is one horse's stable that is mint green. 

From this you can see that there are a variety of buildings in downtown Smithfield in 1896. However, I compared it to what it looks like today on the basemap and it is very different. Here is the basemap with the buildings drawn on: 

As you can see, the drawn on map is not exactly lining up with the basemap. However, you can clearly see the resemblances and differences. Such as the courthouse is significantly bigger today than what is shown on the Sanborn Map. You can investigate many these types of maps, the biggest being that you can investigate the changes in an area over time.