Goad map

Goad maps a.k.a. Goad plans or Goad atlases incorporate detailed street maps including individual buildings and their uses.

The maps are named for Charles E. Goad who first produced such things for Fire Insurance companies.^[1]^[2]

Charles Goad was a Civil Engineer who practised in Toronto, Ontario and London, and elsewhere. His major business was the creation of detailed street maps for the inner areas of industrial cities, often as a client of insurance companies. He also produced other larger-area maps e.g. for Ontario.

References

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^ "Fire Insurance and Shopping Centre plans". Bl.uk. 2003-11-30. Retrieved 2013-10-03.

External links

Bell.net
"Fire Insurance Plans" article by Gwyn Rowley
Goad links at Experian
Google Images: Search results for "Goad Map"

Other sources

Rowley, Gwyn, (1984) British fire insurance plans. Goad
Rowley, Gwyn and Shepherd, Peter, (1976) 'A source of elementary, spatial data for town centre research in Britain'. Area8 3, 201-208.
A catalogue of fire insurance plans published by Chas E. Goad 1878-1970. Part A 'British Isles'. Part B 'Foreign'. Goad, 1984.

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[2] "Fire Insurance and Shopping Centre plans". Bl.uk. 2003-11-30. Retrieved 2013-10-03.

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