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Metro Chicago: real-time weather radar image over USGS topograhipc map
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Maps - World
Although our holdings are primarily U.S. Federal Government products, we also collect the following types of global and international maps. Most maps are not in the library catalog yet. To find maps, please ask for assistance at the GovInfo reference desk (deering, level 1, phone: 847-491-3130) or contact the Map Librarian (c-maene).
World Coverage of Topographic Maps
Selected Thematic Maps for Countries and Regions
Street and Tourist Maps for Major Cities
Navigational Charts (from NIMA)
Historical Maps (Primarily Africa and Europe)
Maps - United States
The Maps Collection holdings are primarily U.S. Federal Government products.
We also collect selected map publications from state & international governments
and commerical publishers. Here is a list of the major items collected here:
All Topographic Maps Series from the U.S. Geological Survey
Navigational Charts (from NOAA)
Geological Maps and Studies
City Street and State Highway Maps
Emphasis on Illinois, Chicago & Evanston, particularly historical maps
Atlases
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The Maps Collection seeks to complement the Main Library's general collection of domestic and international atlases and gazetteers. We also have a large collection of historical and specialized atlases. Most of our atlases can be found in NUcat - Northwestern's Online Library Catalog.
Gazetteers
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Gazetteers help us find geographic coordinates of places. We have a large collection of CIA world gazetteers on paper (available from GovInfo Reference book shelves). Here are some online gazetteer sites.
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
http://geonames.usgs.gov/
The GNIS contains information about physical and cultural geographic features of all types in the United States, associated areas, and Antarctica, both current and historical.
NGA GEOnet Names Server(GNS)
http://gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/GNS
The GNS is the official repository of standard spellings of all foreign place names sanctioned by the US Board on Geographic NameThe database also contains variant spellings (which are useful for finding purposes.
U.S. Gazetteer by the Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
This gazetteer is used to identify places to view with the Tiger Map Server and obtain census data from the 1990 Census Lookup server. You can search for places, counties or MCDs by entering the name and state abbreviation (optional), or 5-digit zip code.
USGS FIPS55 Queryhttp://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnisarchive/
web_fips55.gnis_web_fips55_form
Being replaced by the GNIS which now includes the FIPS55 database.
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/
vocabularies/tgn/index.html
Another popular gazetteer websity by the Getty Research Institute.
Geographical Names of Canada
http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php
Canadian online place name search site.
The JewishGen ShtetlSeeker
http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/
This database contains information on 2,000 Jewish communities (Shtetls) in Eastern and Central Europeplus plus all of the former Soviet Republics, and Turkey, as well as Jewish population figures, historical town names and jurisdictions, and links to JewishGen resources.
Map Blogs
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The Map Room: A Weblog About Maps
http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/
A blogsphere for map lovers.
Cartography
http://ccablog.blogspot.com/
A weblog for members of the Canadian Cartographic Association and other individuals interested in all things cartographic.
Strange Maps
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/
A weblog about strange maps..
Map Libraries in Chicago
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Newberry Library: Cartographic Collections
http://www.newberry.org/collections/mapoverview.html
The Newberry Library holds an estimated 300,000 maps issued separately and in atlases and books. Half of these were published before 1900.
University of Chicago: Map Collection
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/maps/
The University of Chicago Map Collection is one of the largest university map libraries in North America.
Univ. of Illinois at Chicago: Map Section
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/documents/services/
The UIC Library holds one of the largest map collections in Chicago open to the general public. Its main collections include historical aerial photographs of Chicago metropolitan areas.
Last updated: September 23, 2007
