{"id":18270,"date":"2025-11-10T13:13:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T21:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/?p=18270"},"modified":"2026-05-05T09:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:53:10","slug":"cartography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/cartography\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mcetoc_1e1f8jhtl4\">Finding Maps @ the Library<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The library houses a collection of maps you can check out such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-area.jpg\" alt=\"The map container by the Circulation desk.\" class=\"wp-image-13266 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-area.jpg 300w, https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-area-267x200.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Flat Maps:<\/strong> Located by the Circulation Desk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rolled Maps:<\/strong> Mainly for classroom use but are available upon request.&nbsp; Please ask for assistance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Folded Maps:<\/strong> Shelved in the Stacks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mcetoc_1e1f8jhtl3\">Recommended Maps Online<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/the-national-map-data-delivery\">The National Map \u2013 U.S. Geological Survey<\/a> Topography<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/general-maps\/about-this-collection\/\">Library of Congress General Map Collections<\/a> Digitized maps from the Library of Congress.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maphistory.info\/\">Map History<\/a> Everything about the history of maps including old maps, early maps and non-current maps in general. Maintained by Tony Campbell.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/programs-surveys\/geography\/data\/interactive-maps.html\">Interactive Maps \u2013 U.S. Census Bureau<\/a> Work with interactive mapping tools from across the Census Bureau.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mcetoc_1e1f8jhtk0\"><span class=\"wp-rich-text-font-awesome-icon wp-font-awesome-icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"rss\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-rss \" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M0 64C0 46.3 14.3 32 32 32c229.8 0 416 186.2 416 416c0 17.7-14.3 32-32 32s-32-14.3-32-32C384 253.6 226.4 96 32 96C14.3 96 0 81.7 0 64zM0 416a64 64 0 1 1 128 0A64 64 0 1 1 0 416zM32 160c159.1 0 288 128.9 288 288c0 17.7-14.3 32-32 32s-32-14.3-32-32c0-123.7-100.3-224-224-224c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span> Blog: World&#8217;s Revealed: Maps @ the Library of Congress<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/blogs.loc.gov\/maps\/2026\/11\/the-national-highways-association-and-maps-of-good-roads-not-taken\/'>The National Highways Association and Maps of Good Roads Not Taken<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/blogs.loc.gov\/maps\/2026\/10\/an-interview-with-a-philip-lee-phillips-fellow-dr-laurent-dubois\/'>An Interview With A Philip Lee Phillips Fellow: Dr. Laurent Dubois<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/blogs.loc.gov\/maps\/2026\/10\/the-american-globe\/'>The American Globe: a Landmark Achievement<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/blogs.loc.gov\/maps\/2026\/10\/celebrate-gis-day-and-biogeography-at-live-at-the-library-thursday-november-12th\/'>Celebrate GIS Day and Biogeography at Live! At The Library, Thursday, November 12th!<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/blogs.loc.gov\/maps\/2026\/10\/virtual-orientation-gis-and-geospatial-resources-2\/'>Virtual Orientation: GIS and Geospatial Resources<\/a><\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The study of and creation of maps, informed by the study of graphic design and human perception and cognition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[348],"tags":[447,448],"class_list":["post-18270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-guides","tag-geography","tag-maps"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18270"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19824,"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18270\/revisions\/19824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}