Map & Imagery Laboratory Holdings
MIL's collections of maps, aerial photography, satellite imagery and other spatial data exceed 5 million information objects.
The image collection of about 4 million items is composed of 2.8 million air photos and 1.2 million Landsat MSS satellite images, with the latter being world archival coverage for the time period 1972-1978.
The map collection of about 500,000 sheets is principally medium and large-scale topographic sheets of physical science data. A collection of more than 5,000 atlases and reference books rounds out the map collection. While the book collection is completely cataloged, only 60% of the map collection is cataloged. To search the maps and books holdings, use Pegasus, the Library's on-line catalog. If you don't find the items you're looking for, send email with your request to the MIL reference staff.
The digital data collection
is growing at about one terabyte per year and is composed predominantly of
physical sciences datasets, satellite imagery, and digital mapping data of the
As of 1992, MIL was ranked the number one
spatial data collection in the top 100 members of the Association of Research
Libraries.
CAUTION!!! The scanned indexes are large image files. For best viewing, download the image files and view them using software that provides flexibility in viewing image files (zoom, brightness, contrast, etc.) such as MSWord, Adobe Photoshop, or MS PhotoEditor. Also note that the listings here are not our complete holdings. We are still in the process of converting our hardcopy records and holdings into digital formats.
Air Photo Flights listed by County including access to indexes and information about the flights
Air Photo Indexes listed by Flight ID
Digital Data Access and Procedures
Geology Teaching Slides of Dr. Arthur Gibbs Sylvester
Ready Reference Aids for Air Photos
Ready Reference Aids for Local Maps
Santa Barbara, California earthquake of June 29, 1925
Topographic Maps of Foreign Countries
USGS Topographic Maps of California
The MIL is a closed-stack
collection, most MIL materials do not circulate. Fees for access to the imagery
and digital data collection are charged to those persons not performing
Copyright © 2009 University of
Last updated: 20091106