Map Collections in the Marriott Library: Maps on the Web

Numerous map resources are now available online.  These include:

USGS topographic maps

The U.S. Geological Survey, the nation's preeminent mapping agency, is in the process of updating its topographic mapping of the entire country. The new editions of the highly-used large-scale (1:24,000-scale or "7.5-minute") topos will not be printed and distributed to libraries as past printings have been. Instead, they will be accessible online at the US Topo site:

http://nationalmap.gov/ustopo/index.html  or

Utah Topographic Maps were updated in 2011 and 2014, and are primarily "photomaps." Earlier editions can be seen as well via the Utah Geological Survey's website at

http://store.usgs.gov/  (Use the "Map Locator & Downloader" and zoom in to the area of interest to find quadrangles to download.)

The latest edition for those topographic sheets that include U.S. Forest Service lands can be found at the Forest Service website:

http://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/

Click on the image of a US map on the right, then on the next page click "topographic maps." An interactive map will appear, and you can zoom into the area of interest and select a map sheet to download the most recent version of the topo map.

 USGS also has a site dedicated to geologic mapping at: The National Geologic Map Database, a portal to geologic mapping by federal, state, and university agencies:

http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngmdb/ngmdb_home.html

 

Also from USGS:  find and purchase or download satellite imagery and aerial photography at:

https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/

Utah geologic maps:

http://geology.utah.gov/maps/topomap/index.htm

Other Utah map and GIS resources from the Utah GIS Portal at the AGRC:

http://gis.utah.gov/

The National Geologic Map Database, a portal to geologic mapping by federal, state, and university agencies:

      http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngmdb/ngmdb_home.html

 

The Nautical Charts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:

    https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/

The federal government began phasing out paper maps in 2019.  Historical maps are still available for printing at:

   https://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/

Weather Alert! See current maps from the National Weather Service:

      https://www.weather.gov/

 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, scanned at the Marriott Library

    https://collections.lib.utah.edu/search?facet_setname_s=uum_sfim

 

More portals to online maps:

The ALA Map and Geospatial Information Round Table (MAGIRT) has a Registry of map scanning projects at various libraries throughout the country, including where to find Sanborn maps from other states: http://mapregistry.library.arizona.edu/ 

The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection at Stanford University:

http://www.davidrumsey.com/

 

The Perry-Castaneda Library at the University of Texas at Austin includes more than 250,000 maps from around the world, digitized and available to be downloaded:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ 

 

Columbia University’s library of online maps of South Asia and beyond:

 http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/index.html

 

The Gulf/2000 project: Maps of the Persian Gulf region 

 http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/maps.shtml

 

Wikimedia Commons, Religion maps of the world

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Religion_maps_of_the_world

 

TeachSpatial, from The Center for Spatial Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara

http://www.teachspatial.org (A web portal providing access to:

* Digital resources for teaching spatial concepts and principles, especially at the undergraduate level

 

* Tools to help educators and researchers explore spatial perspectives within disciplines, as well as facilitate the development of cross-disciplinary spatial learning objectives)