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The State Library's 5 million items include geographical books and journals, gazetteers and atlases, reference books and carto-bibliographies, and more than 185,000 maps. Types of current mapping include Illinois flood insurance rate maps, wetlands maps, aerial photos, census tract and block maps, and county taxing district maps. Historical maps for Illinois include the Sanborn fire insurance atlases on microfilm, 19th and 20th century county atlases and plat maps, and General Land Office plats on CD-ROM and microfilm. Though the emphasis is on Illinois, the State Library owns USGS topographic quadrangles for all 50 states and other US and some foreign maps as well. The State Library map collection also includes the 2005 Illinois Digital Orthophotos, the 2004 Illinois National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) photos, and the GeoTIFF CD-ROMs, which supplement the Illinois Historical Aerial Photography Project (ILHAP) website. The State Library also owns the original Historical Aerial Photograph print collection for the counties not yet on the ILHAP website. Information on these unique digital collections is presented in the flyers listed below:
The State Library map collection is the second largest state library map collection in the nation, and the fifth largest government library map collection. The majority of maps housed in the Library come through either the Federal or State Depository Programs and, in most cases, can be accessed via the Library's catalog. Most of the maps circulate. Staff members are on hand to answer inquiries 8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Copying service is available. The map room can be reached by telephone at (217) 782-5823 or by email at islmap@ilsos.net. Resource Links Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles (DOQs) Historical Topographic Quadrangles of IN, IA, KY, MI, MO, WI Illinois County Highway & Traffic Maps Illinois Digital Raster Graphics on CD-ROM Illinois County Land Ownership Maps and Atlases Large-Scale Topographic Quadrangles of Illinois Latest Map Arrivals at the Illinois State Library |
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