Virtual Orientation – Nautical Charts in the Geography and Map Division (Feb 3, 2026 12:26)
Join us on Tuesday, February 10 at 3pm Eastern for a virtual orientation discussing nau...

Celebrate Topographic Mapping at Live! At The Library, Thursday, February 26th! (Jan 27, 2026 12:00)
Join us at the Library of Congress on Thursday, February 26th from 5pm to 8pm for Adven...

Sanborn to Run: Overcoming Workplace Obstacles for Fire Insurance Surveyors (Jan 22, 2026 06:42)
Sanborn Map Company fire insurance surveyors successfully mapped many thousands of citi...

An 18th Century Survey of the Roads of the United States of America (Jan 16, 2026 08:17)
A few short years after the United States won its independence, Christopher Colles set ...

A Year in Review: Newly Scanned Maps of 2025 (Jan 8, 2026 08:42)
This post highlights some of the maps that were scanned and made available on the Libra...

Phoenix Rising: Urban Planning after the Great Fire of London (Dec 29, 2025 12:00)
This post summarizes the Great Fire of London that occurred in 1666 and the plans that ...

Colonial Contestations for the “First City of America”: The History of Santo Domingo in Maps (Dec 17, 2025 12:01)
Santo Domingo is the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean islands and the oldest ...

Mapping the Moon: The Apollo Transforming Printer (Dec 12, 2025 07:32)
Using materials from the Geography & Map Division's Frederick Doyle Papers, this po...

John Mitchell’s Map of North America (Dec 3, 2025 13:31)
A background of cartographer Dr. John Mitchell and how he produced one of the most sign...

The Anatomy of a Call Number (Nov 26, 2025 09:14)
I recently saw a public library Instagram reel that explained the breakdown of an entir...