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A portion of the southern portion of the Island, centered on the Kaʻū Desert.

Map of the Month: December 2024

Last month, we covered the 49th state in the union. This month, we’re heading to number 50: Hawai’i! This archipelago, an independent unified kingdom from 1810 to 1893, was annexed by the United State...

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A zoom in on the Mississippi River, with the Arkansas river to the upper left. Arkansas is spelt how it's pronounced- with a W at the end.

Map of the Month: April 2024

The political boundaries of North America have gone through many changes. As part of New Spain, Central America was known as the Captaincy General of Guatemala, or the Kingdom of Guatemala. The territ...

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A screenshot of the Rapids Application showing three of the ten total red rectangles that represent the rapids along the Colorado River within the Grand Canyon. Black and white topography that visualizes the stunning canyon walls and landscapes are seen, with the blue of the Colorado River running left to right in the center of the image. A descriptive box is open for the rightmost of the three.

New Web Index: 1988 Hydraulic Maps of Major Grand Canyon Rapids

Our latest web index, 1988 Hydraulic Maps of Major Grand Canyon Rapids, is now live and available to the public. ...

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KJZZ Interview: Hub Director Talks About Complexities of Mapping the Desert

As the Sonoran desert and biotic communities of the American southwest begin to bud with warming weather, KJZZ radio reached out to Director Matthew Toro in a recent episode of Saguaro Land (March 29,...

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Historic geologic map from the 1882 Tertiary History of the Grand Canon with Atlas, a.k.a, "Dutton's Atlas".

Hub Hiring Project-Based Student Worker: Dutton's Atlas (Spring/Summer 2022)

The Map and Geospatial Hub at ASU Library has a new project-based student worker position available for Spring/Summer 2022. The posting is officially listed as “Library Aide III” (job ID: 75253BR), bu...

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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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Map of Camelback Mountain featuring hillshade, contour lines, and other geographic features.

New Workshop: GIS-based Cartography 101 (with ArcGIS Pro)

Join the ASU Library Map and Geospatial Hub for a hands-on, 2-hour introductory workshop on cartography with GIS. Tuesday, December 1 4:00pm-6:00pm Map and Geospatial Hub [Online via Zoom] Event R...

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Grand Canyon Map Competition

The historic Mapping Grand Canyon Conference to be held at ASU in Spring 2019 will feature three (3) Grand Canyon Map Competitions. Download the Grand Canyon Map Competition Flyer [pdf format]. Stud...

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