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 "Map"
is narrowly interpreted to mean "a
drawing or other representation that is usually
made on a flat surface and that shows the whole
or part of an area...and indicates the nature
and relative position and size according to a
chosen scale or projection of selected features
or details..."
(Webster's Third New
International Dictionary)
Several kinds
of Library resources are informally referred
to by the term "maps" including: sheet maps, nautical charts, atlases and globes,
each of which represents a different format
compiled for a specific purpose. United States
federal and state and Canadian federal and
provincial governments, as well as those of other foreign national governments,
and intergovernmental and international bodies all produce maps
of some kind. Many commercial
organizations and scholarly societies compile
and publish maps also.
In the 21st
century maps depict their coverage in various new formats
including orthophotoquad, false color,
geomagnetic and infrared, blurring the lines
between conventional maps and aerial photographs
or computer plots. Paper is no
longer the sole medium, as maps and charts are
available in microform, CD-ROM, and DVD.
Also, via video and other visual media, maps may
sometimes include motion, development and web
links. Fogler Library has about 85,000 sheet and folded maps, 3000 atlases
of various kinds, and an estimated 200,000
maps enclosed within publications.
Locations include the Map Area on the first
floor and the closed stack areas of the
Special
Collections and the
Government Publications, Maps, GIS & Microforms
Departments. Further, thousands of maps
not on the premises are accessible online via links in
URSUS
and
web
search engines. Inquire at the
Reference Desk
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