“Globes have a very low survival rate,” explained Ian Fowler, director of the Osher Map Library (OML) at the University of Southern Maine. Made to be touched and spun, globes wear down over the years, ...

The Library of Congress is going to the map next week. Geographic Information Systems Day, or GIS Day, returns Nov. 14. The Library of Congress will celebrate the annual library symposium on ...

When he was a student at the University, Stephen Clark said he spent endless hours at libraries on campus. Little did he know that one day a library would be built in his name. On Friday afternoon, ...

PORTLAND, Maine — For many of us, GPS has been a game changer - a tap, a voice, a turn-by-turn path, will get you there. But there is something special about a physical map that the GPS in your car or ...

The Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences & Map Library offers materials in Earth and Environmental Studies, Geology, and Physical Geography. The library provides maps, geospatial data, and GIS support.

Some of the almost 300 globes at the Osher Map Library at the University of Southern Maine have been hidden from public view for hundreds of years. Others were on display, but under glass or too ...

Old maps are fascinating in part because they can tell us not only how people once saw the world but also how that world was shaped. That’s certainly true of the railway maps shown below, whether it’s ...