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Tips for finding government maps

Google is one of the best ways to locate US government information on the web. To find maps created or owned by government agencies, you can Google "[location] maps site:.gov", replacing [location] with the area of your choice. By limiting to only .gov sites, you will only find materials produced by US government agencies. Colgate Libraries also own many print maps, which can be viewed within the building on Level 3.

Digital Government Maps

Print Map Collection

All print maps received through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) are housed on Level 3 of Case Library, in the flat cases facing the windows.

  • A-1: Annuals of the Association of American Geographers & National Geographic 1925-1955
  • A-2: National Geographic 1956-1992
  • A-3: National Geographic 1993-2012
  • A-4: City Maps of China, Taiwan (Formosa), Italy, Japan
  • A-5: City Maps of Korea, Algeria, Belgium, Croatia, Egypt, France, Gambia, Germany, India, Iran, Liberia, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Pakistan, Russia/USSR, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tunisia
  • A-6: Historical Maps
  • A-7: World on one sheet & World outline maps
  • A-8: World, various scales
  • A-9: Antarctica
  • A-10: Greenland
  • B-1: Eastern Canada
  • B-2: United States, U.S. 1:250,000 (Eastern & Western)
  • B-3: U.S. States: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, West Virginia
  • B-4: New York State regional and local
  • B-5: New York State 7.5 minute topographic maps, Adams-Hamden
  • B-6: New York State 7.5 minute topographic maps, Hamilton-Ransomville
  • B-7: New York State 7.5 minute topographic maps, Racquette River-Yonkers
  • B-8: Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua
  • B-9: Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Suriname, Guyana,
  • B-10: Europe, various
  • C-1: Great Britain, Ireland
  • C-2: France & Benelux countries, France, Belgium, Netherlands
  • C-3: Germany 1:100,000
  • C-4: Germany Various, 1:250,000 & 1:2,000,000
  • C-5: Middle Danube regional: Austria, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia
  • C-6: Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Poland
  • C-7: Iberian Peninsula, Spain, Portugal
  • C-8: Italy
  • C-9: Italy 1:100,000 & 1:50,000
  • C-10: Mediterranean Islands, Ibaza, Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca, Cyprus, Malta, Gozo, Comino, Pelagian Islands, Sardinia, Sicily
  • D-1: Greece
  • D-2: Balkans, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia
  • D-3: Scandinavian region, Denmark, Faeroe Islands, Iceland
  • D-4: Norway, Sweden, Finland
  • D-5: Eastern Russia/Soviet Union
  • D-6: Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia, South Caucasus, Lithuania, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstand, Tajikistan, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine
  • D-7: Siberia
  • D-8: Turkey, Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Republic
  • D-9: Middle East, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel
  • D-10: Pakistan, India, Kashmir/Jammu, Nepal, Bhutan
  • E-1: China
  • E-2: Manchuria, Hong Kong, Mongolia
  • E-3: Korea, Taiwan, Japan
  • E-4: Indochina, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand
  • E-5: Philippines, Malaysia
  • E-6: Indonesia, New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Islands
  • E-7: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco
  • E-8: Sudan, South Sudan, Tunisia
  • E-9: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar
  • E-10: Mozambique, Ruanda-Urundi (Rwanda & Burundi), Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda
  • F-1: Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon
  • F-2: Benin (Dahomey), Burkina Faso (Upper Volta), Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Western Sahara
  • F-3: Australia, New Zealand
  • F-4: All Oceans, Ocean floor, Chart of Limits of Seas & Oceans, Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Azores, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Madeira Group, Andaman Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Island, Comoros Archipelago, Glorioso Islands, Maldive Islands, Micronesia (Bonin, Caroline, Gilbert, Marianas, Marshall, Palau islands), Polynesia (Hawaiian, Marquesas, Samoa, Society, Tonga, Tuamotu Islands), American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Solomon Islands Group, Tonga, Trust Territories of the Pacific, Vanuatu, Wake Island, Woodlark Island
  • F-5: C 3. Census track maps, small
  • F-7: C 3. Census track maps, large, & C 3.62/2-C 3.62/4: Bureau of the Census
  • F-8: C 3.62/6:-C 3.205/3: Bureau of the Census
  • F-9: C 55-J, Commerce, Defense and Energy
  • F-10: I 19.42/4: - I 19.79: Water Resources Investigations, Open File Reports, Interior Depts. maps
  • G-1: I 19.91-I 19.91/3: Geologic Investigations, Scientific Investigations
  • G-2: I 19.98 - I 19.106: National Park Series
  • G-3: I 19.111 - I 29: National Atlas of the U.S., National Park Service Maps
  • G-4: I 49 - I 52.11: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
  • G-5: I 53.11/4: Arizona - California, BLM Surface & Minerals Management Series
  • G-6: I 53.11/4: Colorada-Idaho, BLM Surface & Minerals Management Series
  • G-7: I 53.11/4: Montana-Nevada, BLM Surface & Minerals Management Series
  • G-8: I 53.11/4: New Mexico-South Dakota, BLM Surface & Minerals Management Series
  • G-9: I 53.11/4: Utah-Wyoming, BLM Surface & Minerals Management Series
  • G-10: PREX 3.10/4:A-C, CIA Maps
  • H-1: PREX 3.10/4:D-G, CIA Maps
  • H-2: PREX 3.10/4:H-L, CIA Maps
  • H-3: PREX 3.10/4:M-SN, CIA Maps
  • H-4: PREX 3.10/4:SO-Y 4, CIA Maps & other agencies
  • H-5: Topical (Maps whose primary purposes is not the display of political boundaries, topography, or physical geography.
  • H-6: Government Posters

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