Knoxville TN Georeferenced 1917 Sanborn Maps

This is a dataset of georeferenced 1917 Sanborn Fire Insurance maps of Knoxville TN, including individual sheets, a sheet index, and a seamless mosaic. Digital images of the data sheets were downloaded from the University of Tennessee Library https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/sanbornmapcollection. Multi-part sheets were clipped into pieces for georeferencing. Chris DeRolph georeferenced each sheet and piece, where possible. There were a few outlying images that were unable to be georeferenced due to lack of recognizable common features between the sheets and reference maps/imagery in the sheet vicinity. The sheet index shapefile includes a field with a hyperlink to the UTK library download page for the sheet. The seamless mosaic was created using the Mosaic to New Raster tool in ArcGIS Pro with all georeferenced sheets/pieces as inputs and the Minimum Mosaic Operator. No attempt was made prior to the mosaicking process to remove sheet numbers, scale bars, north arrows, overlapping labels/annotation, etc. Viewing individual sheets will provide the cleanest look at an area, while the seamless mosaic provides the most comprehensive view of the city at the time the maps were created.