UofA Map/GIS Librarian
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William C. Wonders Map Collection, University of Alberta Library. Curation by Wyman Laliberté (he/him) (settler on Treaty 6 land). WCW Map Collection on Internet Archive #spatial #maps #cartography #gis #qgis
I have seen the US National Geodetic Network showing the Status of horizontal control, October 1, 1985. archive.org/details/WCWd... A world map must exist? Will check our collection and others.
A constant disappointment when looking for other online copies (the original in this case) is finding them scanned at resolutions that make it difficult to read the smaller print. You think #LAC would know better? Though it may have been scanned a while ago? tinyurl.com/2r49337e
the ever fleeting, oft misleading #map Quote in Alt text compiled from Herman Melville's #MobyDick or the #Whale. Chapter three The #SpouterInn #Illustrations by #RockwellKent Published 1930. tinyurl.com/yc8knx95 This Random House copy entered the #publicdomain January 1st, 2026. #InternetArchive
Nantucket! Take out your map and look at it. See what a real corner of the world it occupies; how it stands there, away off shore... Look at it a mere hillock, and elbow of sand; all beach without a background. CHAPTER 14. #Nantucket. MOBY-DICK; or, THE [MAP]. #SpatialEkphrasis #VisualPoem #MobyDick
#McGill Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections #Bayfield #Charts #Collection Consists of #navigational charts created by Henry Wolsey Bayfield who began charting the #waterways of #Canada in the early 1800s www.library.mcgill.ca/hostedjourna... Scale Pt., Moncton, Gut of Canso, House of Refuge
World Cup #pictorialmap. #Literary Review of Canada. August 2026. Vol. 34, No. 6. Print copy at the #Burnaby public library.
1969 Directory of Canadian Map Collections is fascinating. A very detailed survey providing a glimpse of the printed map collection landscape (academic/gov.) that was taking off with growing enrollment & gov. depository programs. Many lib. positions vacant. Includes Questionnaire. Not scanned - yet.
Flood Awareness Map Application - Government of Alberta website. An interactive map showing flood hazard areas. floods.alberta.ca
Maps@Work 1994 #Canmore Alberta #Flood Information map. Shows Normal Water Surface; Designated Floodway; Designated Flood Fringe. Part of a series of flood maps produced in the 1990s by the Canada-Alberta Flood Damage Reduction Program. archive.org/details/WCWd... #DesignatedFloodway #FloodFringe
[verso inset] illustrates oil sands and mining with a note about environmental actions being undertaken 95% of the water used in Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) operations is recycled, and companies are using air cannons, scarecrows, and lights to keep birds off of tailings ponds.
We tend to think about propaganda maps (persuasive cartography) as visually evident & easy to discern. There are also maps that are disingenuous by design. Running Water by In[s]yde education 2015. archive.org/details/WCWd... A poster accompanying the Alberta Grade 8-10 Running water curriculum.
Thought this was a political riding map. Franco-Ontarian green up in the North Bay area. Supplementary affiliate geographies of Thunder Bay, and the disconnected white space surrounding it. Alberta cloaked in Liberal reds that spill into the Okanagan Valley. archive.org/details/WCWd... #CTV
#wcwmc map scan in question. The Trans-Canada Map featuring the New Trans-Canada Highway and the Alaska Highway. Publisher S. A. Renouf Advertising in 1942. archive.org/details/WCWd...
Through the publisher link "S. A. Renouf Advertising" of a recent map scan [we] stumble into the "Southwestern Ontario Digital Archive Maps Plans" Scans added 2024-25. Great Work ledsys #Windsor #InternetArchive archive.org/details/swon...
Tried a 3D scan. Went sideways. Though it captures the atmospheric conditions in #yeg this morning.
Printed #orthophoto #mosaic accidently dropped and rendered in paper peak. archive.org/details/WCWd...
90 years ago a #cartographic #algae bloom unfolded throughout Capital Hill. That year the "Standard Guide Ready Reference Map of Washington" went full algae #green to illustrate park areas. archive.org/details/WCWd... The Reflecting Pool was spared. HTML Notation #c8d88f
Overlay of the historical lake extent on top of a recent image of #ParkallenSchool area. Ever wondered why the school's sports field is below the surrounding surface area? It is an EPCOR #drypond, a green space that acts as catch basin for excess stormwater during heavy rainfall. 3/4
Surprise! The deeper ponding depths correspond to historical (lost) lakes, wetland, river/ravines in Edmonton. This 1924 air photo captures the draining of McKernan and Lendrum Lakes. [portion] Historical Map of South Edmonton About 1890 to 1900. (1951) archive.org/details/n-03... 2/4
The 1 in 100 year rainfall vibe reminds me about the 2014 #EPCOR #Flood #Mitigation Study that shows potential surface ponding depths tinyurl.com/2w3xj3bw #Yeg #Parkallen #Garneau #McKernan #QueenAlexandra Green (0.00 - 0.35 m) Yellow (0.35 - 0.50 m) Orange (0.50 to 0.75 m) Red (0.75 m) 1/4
Sea Alps of the N.W. Coast Plate: Mountain Chains in North America. In: Johnston, A. K. (1850). The physical atlas a series of maps & illustrations of the geographical distribution of natural phenomena embracing I. geology, II. hydrography, III. meteorology, IV. natural history [Map]. W. Blackwood.
Some dialogue between “the cartographer” and “the rastaman” in Kei Miller’s The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion. 2014.