“Globes have a very low survival rate,” explained Ian Fowler, director of the Osher Map Library (OML) at the University of Southern Maine. Made to be touched and spun, globes wear down over the years, ...

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The United States Geological Survey has nearly completed its project to digitize over 200,000 topographical maps and create a free, searchable online archive The United States Geological Survey has ...

Rajasthan ranks among the better performing states in digitizing its land records and maps under National Land Records Development Modernisation Programme (NLRMP). Once the project is fully ...

At least 22 states have invested in digitizing maps of K-12 public schools for law enforcement agencies to use during emergencies such as mass shootings. Iowa, New Jersey, Virginia and Wisconsin have ...

Franklin County Engineer Dean Ringle, who has worked in some capacity with the office for 32 years, always has taken obvious delight in the arcana of his field. He once invited a reporter to venture ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — At his desk, in a corner of an office on the main level of the Woodbury County Courthouse, Ron Koch has history sitting out. Or, rather, straightening out. A geographic ...

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the University of Chicago Library, in partnership with the Newberry Library and the Chicago History Museum, a grant to digitize historical maps of ...