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Hours:
Summer Hours begin June 15:
Tuesday through Thursday
, 1-5 p.m.
The Map Room will be CLOSED these
weeks:
July 20-24
August 10-14
September 7-11 and 14-18
Maps Web Site of the Week:
(External)
A Virtual Tour of the 1906 Earthquake
in Google Earth
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/virtualtour/
At this USGS site visitors can "view" the 1906 earthquake from several perspectives on this interactive site. The Global Geologic Setting of the 1906 Earthquake section allows visitors to download several KMZ files on the plate tectonics around the San Andreas fault. 73 photos are available, including subjects such as fault rupture, shaking damage, landslides, and ground failure.
About the Map Room
The University Library Map Collection is located on the lower floor
of the Science & Engineering Library. It contains more than
160,000 items, including the region's largest and most comprehensive
collection of maps and aerial photographs, and more than 500 mounted
wall maps for classroom use.
Please phone us before coming to campus if you haven't visited us before to ensure the best response
to your question. 831-459-2364
Map Room items of interest:
Try
the
Cruzcat- Maps & Atlases
feature that lets you do a search
limited to maps & atlases
!
UC
Santa Cruz
has access to the
Columbia
Gazetteer online
, an excellent source of geographic information.
Use GeoRef to find articles about geology and hydrology
Try
our
Five Minute Aerial Tutorial
to find out everything you ever wanted to know about our aerial
photographs.
Color
print film is an excellent medium for making copies of maps. See
our helpful
Photographing Old Maps
page.
Recent Web Sites of the Week:
(External)
AfricaMap
(External)
The Swine Flu Map
(External)
The California Geotour
...Online Geologic Field Trip Guides
Note: For Library Staff, see Maps
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Contact Us ( maproom at.ucsc.edu ). Last updated 19 June 2009. Text Version .