Map Room
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:
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
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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:
AfricaMap
The Swine Flu Map
The California Geotour...Online Geologic Field Trip Guides
Note: For Library Staff, see Maps Blog
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