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| Map Collection > Finding Maps at Stony Brook > Types of Material: Aeronautical Charts, Atlases, City Maps |
| TYPES OF MATERIAL: Digital Maps |
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The libraries have a substantial collection of
maps and other cartographic information in digital form. Most of these
materials can be viewed and printed at the Maps/GIS workstation at the
Science/Engineering Reference Desk in the North Reading Room of the Melville
Library. The types of digital maps available include outline maps, road maps, geological maps, topographic maps, historical maps, and demographic maps. Coverage is worldwide, with particular emphasis on Long Island and New York State. Many of these maps can be made with "user friendly" electronic atlases, such as Map Expert,which can print detailed street maps of any place in the United States. This workstation can also be used to access the many cartographic resources available on the Internet. More specialized or complicated maps require the use of ArcView, which is our Geographic Information System (GIS) software package. ArcView has many capabilities, including the ability to integrate statistical data with maps, and to display different "layers" of geographic information on a map. These layers might be polygons, representing areas such as counties, census tracts, or municipal boundaries; lines, such as streets, rivers, or railroads; or points, such as hazardous waste disposal sites. A particularly powerful application of ArcView is the creation of detailed demographic maps using data from the federal census. ArcView requires some training to use, and new users should make an appointment for instruction before attempting to work with it. A digital bathymetric chart of the world and several other mapping programs are available at the Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Information Center on the South Campus. |
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