Texas Digital Sanborn Maps Database Active Learning
Crossword
The following activity is designed to help enhance your understanding of the Texas Digital Sanborn Maps Database. Feel free to explore the database as you fill in this crossword puzzle that covers topics such as the background of the map collection, how to navigate the database, how to interpret the maps, and the technical requirements for using the database. Click on a number in the grid to see the clue or clues for that number. If you are stuck, you can click on "Hint" to get a free letter. Once you complete the crossword, click on "Check" to check your answer.
________Resources is the first organization to contact when requesting permission to reproduce maps (2 words)
3.
A(n)___________ provides an alphabetical list of streets and prominent buildings (2 words)
4.
The Sanborn maps’ fire restrictive construction symbol for skylights
8.
The first city listed for Texas
9.
This Reader is needed to print and download maps (2 words)
10.
Company that owns and operates the Digital Sanborn Maps database
11.
The smaller images of maps; when clicked on, a larger version is displayed.
Down:
1.
Sanborn Map Company was the primary American publisher of this kind of map (2 words)
5.
A(n) _____________ provides a birds-eye view of the city (2 words)
6.
This must be enabled within your browser settings in order to view the maps
7.
Since maps for one city are often available for different years, they are ideal for studying a city’s__________
This activity was created by Miranda Murray in Spring 2006.
This activity was reviewed by Lisa Charbonnet in Spring 2007.
INF 382S: Library Instruction and Information Literacy, taught by Dr. Loriene Roy
School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin