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 ...

It just got way, way easier to search and browse the US Geological Survey’s collection of historical topographic maps, thanks to a new online map viewer. These maps—more than 178,000 of them—date back ...

While the history-stuffed Othmer Library has been closed to researchers during the pandemic, lovers of the borough have a new reason to rejoice with the launch of Brooklyn Historical Society’s map ...

Maps and charts provide another, particularly when they're elaborately decorated historical ones, as may be seen at the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (www.davidrumsey.com/).

The world’s single largest online collection of historical maps launched earlier this week at Old Maps Online. By the end of the year, the site aims to have 60,000 maps available for public access.

When you visit the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford University's Green Library, if you can, take the stairs. Yes, you'll have to spiral up three flights, but the wallpaper will give you plenty of ...

The collection of old documents offers a unique glimpse into how Maryland developed during the 1800s, thanks to atlases that were once sold door to door by canvassers. Among the images is a 1700s ...

An online map portal launched on July 16 by the Brooklyn Historical Society provides access to hundreds of rare Brooklyn maps dating back to the 1700s, giving viewers a look into the borough’s ...

For years, the Brooklyn Historical Society had no idea that it was sitting on an incredibly rare map of New York City dating back to the mid-1700s, until workers literally unraveled it. Much of the ...