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Home > Special Collection > Map CollectionMap Collection
Contact information:
Location:
Main Library, 1st Floor
Phone:
(313) 833-1445
Hours:
Tu, W: 12:00 - 8:00 pm; Th, F, Sa: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Description:
A major source of geographic and cartographic information, the Map Collection contains well over 150,000 sheet maps and thousands of thematic and national atlases, making it the second largest map collection in a public library in the United States.Although the collection is universal in content, there is much emphasis on maps of Detroit and Michigan. Included in the Map Collection are world maps, satellite-imagery maps, maps of virtually every country and area of the earth, maps of most Michigan lakes and Sanborn fire insurance maps for Detroit and other Michigan cities.
Materials and Technology
Many U.S. government maps find their way into the Map Collection via the government depository program. Included in the program are navigation charts, national forest maps, Central Intelligence Agency area and country maps and the massive 57,000 sheet topographic series of the United States, published by the U.S. Geological Survey. This series is in much demand because of its large scale and detailed coverage.The Map Collection also features special collections of topographic maps covering many European countries including the 1871 German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Detailed topographic map coverage extends to the New World with collections of Mexican and Canadian maps and various South American countries.
Many ancillary tools, such as globes, gazetteers, indexes, teaching aids and software programs, are also available aid library users in their search for geographic information.
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