Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, then and now
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois three ways: the c. 1906 USGS survey map, the 1957 USGS map, and a 2019 aerial photo, all lined up on exactly the same 4 x 4 km of ground. The University of Illinois Quad between the twin downtowns, Green Street and the Illinois Central tracks sit in the same spot in every panel, so you can watch the town grow over 113 years.
These are real maps, not illustrations. I start from the U.S. Geological Survey's scans of the original sheets, align each one to the same ground using its survey coordinates, clean them up, and lay them out as a print.
What you get for Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
- Then & Now print, 3:2 landscape, 7200 x 4800 px at 300 dpi. Sharp at 12x8 and 18x12 inches, good up to 36x24.
- The c. 1906 map on its own, 4:5 portrait, 4800 x 6000 px at 300 dpi. Fits 8x10, 16x20 and 20x25 inch frames.
- Plus the same two files for every other town on this site, all for one price.
Sources
USGS topographic maps, c. 1906: Mahomet 1907, Urbana 1906 (1:62,500); 1957: Bondville 1957, Rising 1957, Thomasboro 1957, Urbana 1957 (1:24,000). Aerial: USDA NAIP 2019. Public domain sources, restored and aligned to the same ground. Previews on this page are reduced in size; the files you download are full resolution.