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A monochromatic landscape painting of the Temples and Towers of the Virgen located in Utah. Tall rock pinnacles and buttes cover the landscape horizon along with prominent cliffs which dip into the Marble Canyon below. Sparse vegetation is shown.

Dutton's Atlas Symposium: Register Now

Join us for an engaging, entirely free and open-to-the-public symposium event offering insightful, thought-provoking presentations on the various historical-geographical and socio-cultural dimensions ...

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Historic map of American Southwest showing proposed railroad routes, southwestern topography, and wagon trail taken by surveyors in the Territory of New Mexico. Bold yellow text indicates the location, “Territory of New Mexico '', while small italicized black text represents indigenous tribes in the region like the Pah Utahs, Mohaves, Tontos, and Cosninas. Mountain ranges and high topography is represented by green areas with hatch marks reflecting elevation. The proposed railroad routes are in purple.

Map of the Month: September 2022

Our September Map of the Month is this mid-1800s map exploring the feasibility of constructing a trans-continental railroad route through Arizona. The full title is “Explorations and Surveys for a Rai...

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Picture showing a digital copy of the original vegetation map overlaid in its' actual geographic location in the US.

New Web App: Western North America Vegetation and Locust Map

Our latest web app, Western North America Vegetation and Locust Map, is now live and available to the public. ...

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Newspaper Article detailing how ASU is starting a new multimedia and public outreach program to bring the first monograph by the U.S. Geological Survey into the Digital Age.

Williams-Grand Canyon News: Dutton’s Atlas: How cartography helped Grand Canyon become grand

View the full Williams-Grand Canyon News article, Dutton’s Atlas: How cartography helped Grand Canyon become grand, written by Joe Giddens, and published on October 12, 2021, at the following URL: htt...

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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...

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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...

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A section of the map focusing on the central portion of the state. The county names, Maricopa, Gila, Graham, and Greenlee, are written in bold and are positioned in the center of their respective location. A bold red boundary outlines county-lines. Segments of the map, including the Fort Apache, White Mountain, Salt River, and Gila River indigenous reservations are outlined and filled with yellow. Counties colored with a green boundary represent national forests.

Map of the Month – February 2021

On February 14, 1912, the Territory of Arizona became a state at the end of one of the most complex journeys to statehood in American history. To celebrate Arizona’s statehood anniversary, February’s ...

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AZ ArcGIS Online Student Competition

Arizona students are able to enter the ArcGIS Online School Competition 2020 to win $100 and a trip to San Diego, CA! The competition is open to US high school (9-12) and middle school (4-8) students ...

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USGS Aerial Orthophoto Web Map Index

If you’re looking for aerial photographs of Arizona from the 1970’s, the USGS Orthophotos are a good place to start. The scale for these black and white photos is 1:24,000 and they line up with the US...

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