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An illustrated Grand Canyon landscape with figures in the foreground

Historic Grand Canyon atlas finds new home

A recent donation of a significant Grand Canyon atlas to the Map and Geospatial Hub at the ASU Library is expanding access to rare cartographic materials at Hayden Library. An original copy of the “A...

A screenshot of the Rapids Application showing three of the ten total red rectangles that represent the rapids along the Colorado River within the Grand Canyon. Black and white topography that visualizes the stunning canyon walls and landscapes are seen, with the blue of the Colorado River running left to right in the center of the image. A descriptive box is open for the rightmost of the three.

New Web Index: 1988 Hydraulic Maps of Major Grand Canyon Rapids

Our latest web index, 1988 Hydraulic Maps of Major Grand Canyon Rapids, is now live and available to the public. ...

A selection from a topographic map showing contours for elevation within the Grand Canyon

Map of the Month: September 2023

The Grand Canyon is one of the modern natural wonders of the world. It’s been mapped countless times over the years, and is the second most visited national park in the United States. However, the map...

Magnification of the Northwest United States featuring Yellowstone National Park and surrounding National and State Forest sites.

Map of the Month: July 2023

Our July Map of the Month is this 1934 “National Forests, State Forests, National Parks, National Monuments, and Indian Reservations” by the U.S Department of Agriculture and the U.S Forest Service. T...

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 ...

An illustrated picture of a portion of the grand canyon with a tree to the left and people in the distance, showing the vastness of the area.

ASU Library to host 'Dutton's Atlas Symposium: How Cartography Helped the Grand Canyon become Grand'

Celebrate “Dutton’s Atlas,” a masterpiece of early geological inquiry into the Grand Canyon. The public is invited to attend a free symposium presented by the Map and Geospatial Hub at Hayden Library ...

Tertiary history of the Grand Canyon image

Our Grand Neighbor

ASU sits about 200 miles south of one of nature’s wonders, the Grand Canyon. A river valley situated in the Colorado Plateau, the Canyon spans some 277 miles and reaches a width of nearly 18 miles at ...

Newspaper Article detailing how ASU is starting a new multimedia and public outreach program to bring the first monograph by the U.S. Geological Survey into the Digital Age.

Williams-Grand Canyon News: Dutton's Atlas: How Cartography helped the Grand Canyon Become Grand.

View the full Williams-Grand Canyon News article, Dutton’s Atlas: How cartography helped Grand Canyon become grand, written by Joe Giddens, and published on October 12, 2021, at the following URL: htt...