Map Room
205 Thompson (Main) Library
1858 Neil Avenue Mall
Columbus, OH 43210
Map Librarian: Steve Rogers
(614) 688-8774
Library Associate for Maps: Jan Wagner
(614) 292-0327
Map Room Hours
Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday Closed
The Map Room collection includes selected U.S. Geological Survey maps, aeronautical charts, nautical charts of the world's coastlines, as well as U.S. coastal and Great Lakes navigational charts. The Map Room also has a an extensive collection of topographic and thematic maps and atlases, historic city views, and city street maps.
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New Geography Books
Sites for Finding Maps on the Web
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (The Univ. of Texas) Wide selection of continents, regions and countries (scans of C.I.A. maps)
United Nations Cartographic Section Regions and countries (in PDF format)
National Atlas of the United States The new digital National Atlas of the United States from the U.S. Geological Survey
TerraServerUSA Topographic maps and aerial photographs of all areas of the United States
Color Landform Atlas of the United States Shows a variety of maps for each state, including shaded relief and an image from the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas of the World
SIRS Knowledge Source: Maps of the World (OSU only) Regions, countries, states
Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps Vegetation & plant distribution maps of the world, continents, countries
Ohio Dept. of Development Office of Strategic Research Maps Demographic and economic maps of Ohio
The National Atlas of Canada Online Maps of the world, Canada, provinces, themes
Outline Maps (Houghton Mifflin Co.) Outline maps (no labels or text) of the world, continents, regions, countries
National Geographic Map Machine Regions and countries (many in relief)
David Rumsey Collection Private collection of 18th & 19th century North & South American maps and atlases
Library of Congress "American Memory" collection Includes Civil War maps, railroad maps, early panoramic views of cities, national parks
The Atlas of Cyberspaces Maps and graphic representations of the Internet, the World Wide Web and other Cyberspaces
Oddens' Bookmarks The "ultimate" list of cartographic Web sites
Gazetteers on the Web
Geographic Names Information System U.S. Geological Survey database of almost 2 million U.S. physical/cultural geographic feature names
U. S. Gazetteer U.S. Census Bureau site utilizing TIGER/Line files and 1990 census data
GEOnet Names Server Federal database of 3.5 million foreign (outside the U.S.) geographic feature names
Canada's Geographical Names Database of Canadian geographical names
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Database of geographic names, worldwide in scope, relevant to art, architecture and material culture
More Place Name Resources A link to additional place name servers
Created by: SWR ... last modified: 08/07/09.