{"id":2032,"date":"2009-12-03T12:31:12","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T16:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=2032"},"modified":"2009-12-07T19:16:55","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T23:16:55","slug":"find-the-map-you-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/find-the-map-you-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Find the Map You Need!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/map23.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2132\" title=\"Topographic Map\" src=\"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/map23.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><span style=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">There are many\u00a0interesting\u00a0and useful maps available\u00a0at the S.E. Wimberly Library.\u00a0The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.fau.edu\/depts\/govdocs\/govdoc.htm\" target=\"_self\">Government Documents Department<\/a> facilitates access to numerous map collections which are housed\u00a0on First Floor East.\u00a0\u00a0T<\/span><span style=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">hese maps can be checked out with your Owl Card at the Documents Office (LY 109) or Reference Desk. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">To discover\u00a0the collections, <\/span><span style=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">take a look at the descriptions of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.fau.edu\/depts\/govdocs\/worldmaps\/worldtravelmaps\/mapresources.htm\" target=\"_self\">Map\u00a0Resources<\/a> on the <a title=\"FAU Libraries Government Resources\" href=\"http:\/\/www.library.fau.edu\/depts\/govdocs\/govdocs.htm\">Government Resources<\/a> web site. Among the\u00a0multitudes of maps are USGS topographic maps, world political maps, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.fau.edu\/depts\/govdocs\/worldmaps\/worldtravelmaps\/nationalgeographic\/National%20Geographic%20Maps3.htm\">National Geographic maps<\/a>, National Park maps, and geologic maps. There are also detailed Census Bureau maps of Palm Beach, Broward, and Dade counties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 10pt;\">One of\u00a0our newest collections contains\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.fau.edu\/depts\/govdocs\/worldmaps\/worldtravelmaps\/worldmapspage.htm\" target=\"_self\">International Travel Maps<\/a>. Here you\u2019ll find maps of\u00a0most of the world\u2019s nations, along with regional and notable city maps (Paris, London, Barcelona, and Rome to name a few). Also, maps\u00a0of U.S. states and many Caribbean islands are available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Looking for digital maps? Florida\u2019s PALMM Project features the <a href=\"http:\/\/image11.fcla.edu\/m\/map\/aboutmap.html\" target=\"_self\">World Map Collections<\/a> which includes extensive Florida historical, aerial, and <a href=\"http:\/\/ufdcweb1.uflib.ufl.edu\/ufdc\/?c=sanborn&amp;n=palmm\" target=\"_self\">Sanborn Fire Insurance\u00a0maps<\/a>. Browse other digital map collections on the <a href=\"http:\/\/lib11.library.vanderbilt.edu\/diglib\/godort.pl?searchtext=Maps&amp;Type=Simple&amp;Resource=DB&amp;Website=FDTF\" target=\"_self\">GODART Maps &amp; Geography<\/a> links page. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many\u00a0interesting\u00a0and useful maps available\u00a0at the S.E. Wimberly Library.\u00a0The\u00a0Government Documents Department facilitates access to numerous map collections which are housed\u00a0on First Floor East.\u00a0\u00a0These maps can be checked out with your Owl Card at the Documents Office (LY 109) or Reference Desk. To discover\u00a0the collections, take a look at the descriptions of\u00a0Map\u00a0Resources on the Government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[285],"tags":[356,355],"class_list":["post-2032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-documents","tag-geography","tag-maps"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2032"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2173,"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032\/revisions\/2173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}