Maps, Data, Gov Pubs News

On Wednesday, January 18, from 4-6 pm, the Library will celebrate the formal re-opening of the Lloyd Reeds Map Collection in its new space on the first floor of Mills.

The Lloyd Reeds Map Collection in Mills Library will be one of seven McMaster campus landmarks open to the public on Saturday May 1 and Sunday May 2, 2010.

The Eiffel Tower is there.  And the Colosseum.  And possibly your own neighbourhood.  We are referring of course to Google Street View, an enhancement of the popular Google Maps that offers a street level perspective of select cities, including Hamilton.

Government of Ontario funding through the OntarioBuys initiative has been approved for the “Geospatial & Health Informatics Cyberinfrastructure Project”.

McMaster’s website of World War One trench maps recently prompted an inquiry from Pipe Major John Spoore RVM, a 23-year veteran of the London Scottish Regiment.

Number lovers are celebrating an “Odd Day” today by doing something odd.

The Library's Map Specialist, Gord Beck discussed the new trench map collection on Talk 820 Radio today at 12:15pm.

McMaster University Library is soon to be home to one of the largest collections of World War I trench maps in the country after acquiring a significant collection from Dr. Peter Chasseaud, the world's leading expert in First World War military maps.

Geographic Information Systems are wonderful tools for making location decisions.

Imagine yourself on a distant, unknown island. Perhaps on a tropical hotspot like Hawaii or on a coastline of fjords and tundra like Iceland.