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A 5x5 rectangular grid over southwest Germany, showing the extent of the new map collection.

New Map Index: Southwest Germany to the Alps

Our new map series index, Southwest Germany to the Alps, is now available to the public in this interactive web map. The Southwest Germany to the Alps map series index is an interactive web map that ...

Historic map depicting Northern Mexico, Baja California, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana Territory

Map of the Month: December 2021

Our December Map of the Month is this French map titled “New Mexico, with the Northern Part of Old, Or New Spain”. Among the oldest maps in our collection, this map was made by Rigobert Bonne and was ...

A hand-drawn view of the Grand Canyon from the Transept.

ASU News: How cartography helped the Grand Canyon become grand

View the full ASU News Article, How cartography helped the Grand Canyon become grand, written by Lauren Whitby, and published on September 28, 2021, at the following URL: https://news.asu.edu/20210928...

Screenshot of the 3D Explorer's map scene view

ASU News: Mapping the ASU Library map collection

View the full ASU News article, Mapping the ASU LIbrary mapp collection, written by Britt Lewis, and published on August 20, 2021, at the following URL: https://news.asu.edu/20210820-mapping-asu-libra...

Map of Europe and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. Boundaries between countries featured, which include Ireland, England, France, German, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Netherlands, Lithuania, are variably colored. Country names are black and bolded while town names densely cover the interior.

Map of the Month: August 2021

Our August Map of the Month is this National Geographic map titled Europe and the Near East. It displays a comprehensive post-WWII view of Western and Eastern Europe as well as the North African Coast...

An image of the current map of the month, a French map of the Colorado river from 1844.

Map of the Month: June 2021

Our June Map of the Month is this 1844 Plan de l'embouchure du Rio Colorado dans la Mer Vermeille (English title: Plan from the Mouth of Rio Colorado in the Ruddy Sea). It is a French survey of the mo...

Poors Railroad and Utilities Maps index, magnified to midwest and northeastern United States.

New Map Collection and Index: Poor’s Railroad and Utilities Maps

The index for our new digital image collection, the Poor’s Railroad and Utilities Maps collection, is available to the public. ...

ASU GeoData

Soft-Launch: ASU GeoData

The ASU Library Map and Geospatial Hub is happy to announce a soft-launch of the new ASU GeoData platform. The goal of ASU GeoData is to provide a data discovery and exploration platform for multiple ...

Photography displaying examples of the Creative Cartography artwork.

Old and New: Student Artwork on Display in the Hub

Inspired by maps, this art exhibition explores the interconnections and contrasts between Old and New. Students in Prof. Ellen Meissinger’s Art on Paper class, Herberger Institute for Design and the ...