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A false color image of Hong Kong Harbor, where the normally green vegetation is a bright red and the more urban buildup is a lighter cyan.

Workshop: Harnessing the Power of Near-Daily Satellite Imagery

Join us at Hayden Library on February 16th for a hands-on, 2-hour workshop to learn more about your Planet access, Planet’s web applications, and our visualization tools. Thursday, February 16th 2:...

Compound 1 magnified to show several barracks, bathhouses, and officer housing

Map of the Month: February 2023

Our February Map of the Month is this 1945 map of the “Papago Park Prisoner of War Camp” that was used to hold German P.O.W.s during the Second World War. The map provides a detailed overview of the e...

New England magnified to show differing territories of Pennsylvania (spelled Pensilvania), New York, New Hampshire, and Maine

Map of the Month: January 2023

Happy New Year! Our January Map of the Month is this map titled “North America Drawn from the Latest and Best Authorities” that is believed to be from the 1780s. It was made by Thomas Kitchin, an Engl...

Hub staff members from left to right: Jill Sherwood (former Geospatial Data Analyst), Eric Friesenhahn (Map and GIS Specialist), and Matthew Toro (Director of Maps, Imagery, and Geospatial Services), and ASU President Michael Crowe. Matthew Toro holds the President's Award for Innovation

Map and Geospatial Hub 3D Explorer Wins 2022 ASU President’s Award for Innovation

On Thursday, December 8, the Map and Geospatial Hub team was awarded the 2022 ASU President’s Award for Innovation for its custom-designed, custom-built Map and Geospatial Hub 3D Explorer application....

An oblique angled photograph of Panorama of Point Sublime Looking West. Prominent ridges, cliffs, and slopes of the Grand Canyon are variably orange and tan. Sitting on the ledge of the overlook, An artist sits sketching while a surveyor glances from behind. Agave plants and large oak trees are visible on the left side of the cliff's edge.

Dutton’s Atlas Project Featured on KJZZ Radio

The Dutton’s Atlas project was recently featured on KJZZ’s The Show radio program. KJZZ is the local National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate station for the greater Phoenix region. Listen to project d...

A portion of the map showing the south Pole and the surrounding South Polar Plateau. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines intersect, connecting at the south pole, with a red dot marking the location. Red text denotes USA-1 through USA-5, as well as NZ32-NZ33. Prominent ranges and geographic locations are labeled in small black text.

Map of the Month: December 2022

Our December Map of the Month is this 1970 map of Antarctica area stations that was prepared for the 1969 expedition of the U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze called “Deep Freeze 70”. It is a complete ma...

Historic map of Africa north of the equator from the 1919 “Map of Africa to Illustrate the Progress of Surveys and Explorations”. Regions are colored red or blue to denote different topographic surveys with several unshaded regions representing areas of the Sahara and Kalahari Desert which were unsurveyed. Small black text labels towns or cities, while large bold text denotes location names. Surrounding Africa is the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, and the South Atlantic Ocean.

Map of the Month: November 2022

Our November Map of the Month is this 1919 British War Office map titled “Map of Africa to Illustrate the Progress of Surveys and Explorations”. Originally published in 1914 and updated in this editio...

Map and Geospatial Hub student workers Giovanni Catanzaro (left), Paityn Schlosser and staff member Eric Friesenhahn (right) discuss aspects of the "Dutton Atlas" exhibit on Tuesday, Oct. 18, in the lobby of the Hayden Library on ASU's Tempe campus. Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU News

ASU Library exhibit celebrates 140-year anniversary of Dutton's Atlas

Oh, people might have read John Wesley Powell’s 1875 book, ultimately titled “The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons,” but the book wasn’t so much a deep dive into the size, beauty and ...

A monochromatic landscape painting of the Temples and Towers of the Virgen located in Utah. Tall rock pinnacles and buttes cover the landscape horizon along with prominent cliffs which dip into the Marble Canyon below. Sparse vegetation is shown.

Dutton's Atlas Symposium: Register Now

Join us for an engaging, entirely free and open-to-the-public symposium event offering insightful, thought-provoking presentations on the various historical-geographical and socio-cultural dimensions ...