Hi Everyone! Welcome back!!! I hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break! Coming back to our lovely campus again, I thought we could look into a few maps of the places we are all familiar with. 😉 This exquisite map Read More …
Geospatial Mapping Projects, Resources, and News at Vassar College
Hi Everyone! Welcome back!!! I hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break! Coming back to our lovely campus again, I thought we could look into a few maps of the places we are all familiar with. 😉 This exquisite map Read More …
Hello everyone, I hope everything is going well with your mid-term exams, papers, or projects! Spring Break is approaching and so are the exciting field trips! This map of California is for those who will go on the East California Read More …
When we saw so many cities and villages built in the water and other great towns on dry land we were amazed and said that it was like the enchantments … on account of the great towers and cues and Read More …
Hello everyone, It’s already the last week of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, have you watched any games? There are a lot of “cold and chilly elements” on campus this week: we got more snow at the beginning of this Read More …
Hello everyone, This week, we’re gonna continue staying in East Asia and take a look at the maps of Kyoto, Japan. Like the Beijing Map we saw last week, these Kyoto maps were made by the Army Map Service for Read More …
Hello everyone, This Tuesday, February 2nd, was Lunar New Year in many East Asian cultures. I hope this map of Beijing (Peking) can bring us closer to this celebration of the beginning of the year of Tiger! Besides having topographic Read More …
Hi everyone, welcome back to campus! I hope you all have a great winter break. As we are all now back on campus, I thought it would be exciting to look into an old campus map. Though the date of Read More …
Kirkbright, no date Hi Everyone, Happy spring from Ely hall. This week’s hand-drawn map is from Vassar’s pre-ArcGIS/ESRI technology cartography days. The map is missing some key identification information; there’s no date (although ArcGIS came out in 1999, so it’s Read More …