“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 Summit Historical Society has launched a project to digitize the historic maps in its collection. Summit Historical Society director Jordan Bennett said Wednesday, Feb. 5, that the nonprofit has ...

The United States Geological Survey has nearly completed its project to digitize over 200,000 topographical maps and create a free, searchable online archive The United States Geological Survey has ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — At his desk, in a corner of an office on the main level of the Woodbury County Courthouse, Ron Koch has history sitting out. Or, rather, straightening out. A geographic ...

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LEOMINSTER — The city is on its way to having a database that will allow firefighters rushing to the scene of a fire to know the type of structure they’re facing, the roads that access it and the ...

In the past six months, states including Iowa, New Jersey, Virginia and Wisconsin have launched multimillion-dollar initiatives to correct and digitize school maps and get them in the hands of local ...

At least 22 states have invested in digitizing maps of K-12 public schools for law enforcement agencies to use during emergencies such as mass shootings. Iowa, New Jersey, Virginia and Wisconsin have ...

Franklin County Engineer Dean Ringle, who has worked in some capacity with the office for 32 years, always has taken obvious delight in the arcana of his field. He once invited a reporter to venture ...

Rajasthan ranks among the better performing states in digitizing its land records and maps under National Land Records Development Modernisation Programme (NLRMP). Once the project is fully ...