1970s Goad Map (June 2008)
Posted by geoblogbytes on June 27, 2008
GOAD maps are quite simply detailed street maps showing buildings and their uses. They are named after Charles Goad who first produced these sorts of maps for Fire Insurance companies. We have used the Goad map as a way of identifying what the land-use was in St Ives in 1970 and enabling us to carry out a land-use survey based on a secondary resource.
Make sure that you are clear as to how and why you have shaded in your GOAD Maps. Remember the intention is to look at the land-uses in the four streets in the 1970s – hence the classification according to land-use. This will in turn provide the starting point of evidence for where the CBD was in the 1970s as you can start to look those areas which do have the typical land-use characteristics expected of a CBD and those which don’t.
Please make sure that you have fully completed your GOAD map – ready to hand in with your St Ives 1970 write up on 4th July. If you have any problems in reading any of the buildings – please make sure you come and see me at a lunchtime or breaktime.
