Map Library Collections

University Map Library

We are the map and geographic information centre for Brock University housing a vast collection of traditional paper maps, atlases and air photos as well as providing faculty, staff, students and the general public access to geospatial resources. Restrictions may apply to data resources. We look forward to serving you!

ArcGIS at Brock!

GIS DAY 2011

Digital Exhibits: Historical Maps - War of 1812 Era Maps - Air Photos -
Topos - Census - Outline

Geospatial Data Resources

NEW! Scholars GeoPortal Beta Explore and download data available to the Brock community.

Geospatial Data Resources

Services

Mapping Tools

Help Guides & Tutorials 

Aerial Photography

Air Photo series are maintained for the Niagara Region back to 1921. A digital exhibit of historical air photo collections is available on-line, while more recent years may be accessed in the Map Library. Graphic indexes describing year, scale and coverage are available.

Historical Maps of Niagara

Explore a digital exhibit of Historical Maps of Niagara! This project consists of a collection of maps acquired from the National Map Collection (NMC) as well as locally scanned historical maps.

A NEW project displaying War of 1812 era maps is now available.

Enjoy!

Scanned Topographic Maps of the Golden Horseshoe

The CanMatrix data set includes scanned and georeferenced topographic maps for the entire Canadian land mass. The Map Library has prepared a digital exhibit of topographic maps for the Golden Horseshoe. These data are also available for download from GeoGratis; a portal provided by the Earth Sciences Sector (ESS) of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan).

Census Mapping

Every five years, Statistics Canada surveys the Canadian population and provides the university with access to these data files through the Data Liberation Initiative. The Map Library has generated a series of thematic census maps for the 1996, 2001 and 2006 census years.

Traditional Map Resources

The Map Library is home to over 50,000 paper map sheets, 14,000 aerial photographs, over 1000 atlases and innumerable measures of geospatial data resources. All paper maps and atlases may be searched using the James A. Gibson Library Catalogue.

Outline Maps

A collection of outline maps prepared by Map Library staff FREE for download.