EAS Map Room

Location:EAS Library,Rm.2253,CIVL {enter through Library, room 2215}
Phone: (765)494-0202
Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
Curator: Claire Alexander

  • The Collection
  • Aerial Photographs of Indiana
  • Purdue Campus Map
PURDUE CAMPUS in 3D on GoogleEarth
  • Map Room Floorplan


Geoscience Book & Map Prices & Dealers (by Linda Zellmer, Indiana Univ.)

The Collection
The Purdue Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Map Room contains over 200,000 maps.  We are a DEPOSITORY for:
US Geological Survey (USGS)
Indiana Geological Survey(IGS)
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency(formerly: NIMA; Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic/Topo. Center (DMAH/TC))
National Ocean Service (NOS)
National Geographic Society (NG)
Natural Resources Canada

(We are the only Canadian maps depository in the state of Indiana.)

We also have over 150,000 aerial photographs.

Aerial Photographs of Indiana database

We also have the FIRST original aerial photographs ever taken anywhere!  They are of the Wabash River Valley, taken in 1929.  (non-circulating)
Digital copy: Wabash River Valley, aerial photographs, 1929

Gazetteers, Latitude and Longitude:



Online Map Links:


CANADA


INDIANA

Tippecanoe County, Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources

Tippecanoe County, INDIANA, Geographic Information Services

Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Geology

Tippecanoe County, INDIANA, ground-water levels and water-quality samples

Tippecanoe County Engineering Soils Map (1963)

Wabash River Heritage Corridor Commission - to help local communities preserve, enhance, and interpret for educational and inspirational benefit the unique and significant natural, cultural, historical, and recreational resources of the Wabash River Heritage

Wabash River Valley Aerial Photos, 1929 - digital scans of the "Mosiac of Wabash River, Indiana: Terre Haute to Logansport". Taken by the US Army Corps of Engineers, these are the very first aerial photos ever taken for commercial use. INTRODUCTION and MAPS
see: Stereoscopic Phototopographic Mapping, by C.H. Birdseye, Annals of the Assoc. of Amer. Geographers, v.30, pg.11, 1940. Original PRINT volumes are located in the Map Room.

NATIONAL

WORLD:

METASITES:

*Description  by Brenda Mathenia (mathenia@montana.edu)

Honor and Remember
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