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Cartographic Collections in the UW Libraries regarding the Pacific Northwest

A talk for the Maps & Geography Section of the Special Libraries Association
June 17, 2008

by

Nicole Bouche, Pacific Northwest Curator, Special Collections
Anne Zald, Head Map Collection & Cartgraphic Information Services

Resources Used to Illustrate and Supplement the Presentation

• Early Washington Maps: A Digital Collection
• Digital Collections
• Puget Sound River History Project
• Western Waters (GWLA)
• Washington Dams (from Government Documents, The Evergreen State College Library)
• GeoMapNW
  The Pacific Northwest Center for Geologic Mapping Studies (GeoMapNW) is a collaborative effort involving the USGS, the University of Washington, the City of Seattle, and many local, state, and federal government agencies.
• Cascades Volcano Observatory
  • Mt St Helens
  • Mt Rainier
    • Seismograph
    • Notable Events
  • Volcanoes of Lewis & Clark
• Washington State Geospatial Archive (WAGDA)
  • Mt St Helens LIDAR data
  • Digitial Orthophotography
• WA Dept of Ecology
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Environmental Information Management (EIM) System
  • Rivers & Stream Flows
• Washington Dept of Natural Resources
  Manages public lands in the state and the revenues generated through leasing and timber sales
  • Publications (including Maps and Data)