Map and Geospatial Hub news

The Map and Geospatial Hub is pleased to welcome Kirk McPhail to ASU Library. Kirk will take over the role of Geospatial Data Analyst at the Map and Geospatial Hub where he will carry out a variety of...

Arizona State University is pleased to be hosting Dr. Joseph J. Kerski, Education Manager for Esri, for the following 90-minute workshop event: Mapping Your Future with Geo AI Thursday, October 17 2...

The distribution of particular surnames on the island of Ireland lends clues as to the history and movement of its people. Primarily, Irish surnames originate from the Irish language. These names are ...

Project Gemini was the precursor to the famous Apollo program. The main goal of Project Gemini was to support the Apollo program’s main mission: Putting a man on the moon. Developing orbital maneuvers...

Our previous Map of the Month (May 2024) came with a surprise, as it was hiding a secret. This month, let’s explore the mystery found hiding underneath the canvas backing of the previous map. It can b...

This month, we’re going to travel to the birthplace of civilization: Mesopotamia. The earliest known human settlements are found in the valleys of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers, and they have had co...

The political boundaries of North America have gone through many changes. As part of New Spain, Central America was known as the Captaincy General of Guatemala, or the Kingdom of Guatemala. The territ...

ASU School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning will be hosting Dr. Michael Gould for an hour-long talk: On the Evolution of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Spatial Data Infrastruct...

A new Web App, 1918 National Parks and Monuments, is now live on ASU Geodata. This App digitizes a map of the National Park and Monument system in its infancy and overlays it across a modern map of th...