Maps in the News: The Gaza Strip
The Ball State University Libraries’ GIS Research & Map
Collection (GRMC) on the second floor of Bracken Library houses over 140,000
maps that can be used for research and learning. Many of the maps can be
used to interpret current events. For example, the GRMC includes a
variety of maps of the Gaza Strip.
The current “Maps in the News” exhibit in the windows of the GRMC features an aerial photograph of the Gaza Strip from 2005 (above, click to enlarge). This view of the area identifies Israeli-developed areas, the Oslo-defined settlement zones and security perimeter, the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees camps, Palestinian-populated areas, border crossings, and roads.
The GRMC also includes maps of the Gaza Strip produced by the Central Intelligence Agency and nautical charts of the Mediterranean area. Maps of Israeli settlements in Gaza available from the GRMC date back to 1980.
The Atlas Collection, also located on the east side of the second floor of Bracken Library, includes an atlas called The Gaza Strip and West Bank: A Map Folio. This atlas features maps showing natural resources, economic activity and land use, selected water resources, Israeli-controlled land, transportation routes and other maps.
The current “Maps in the News” exhibit in the windows of the GRMC features an aerial photograph of the Gaza Strip from 2005 (above, click to enlarge). This view of the area identifies Israeli-developed areas, the Oslo-defined settlement zones and security perimeter, the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees camps, Palestinian-populated areas, border crossings, and roads.
The GRMC also includes maps of the Gaza Strip produced by the Central Intelligence Agency and nautical charts of the Mediterranean area. Maps of Israeli settlements in Gaza available from the GRMC date back to 1980.
The Atlas Collection, also located on the east side of the second floor of Bracken Library, includes an atlas called The Gaza Strip and West Bank: A Map Folio. This atlas features maps showing natural resources, economic activity and land use, selected water resources, Israeli-controlled land, transportation routes and other maps.
An Atlas
of Palestine: The West Bank and Gaza is also
available from the Atlas Collection. This atlas includes maps depicting the
history of the region, socioeconomic conditions, water resources, land use, and
main Palestinian cities from the past and present. The map above from the atlas
shows safe passage routes between the West Bank and Gaza and an inset map of
Palestine before 1948.
Maps from the GRMC circulate for two weeks or longer. Atlases circulate for 28 days or longer.
For more information about these maps, please contact the GRMC Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 765-285-1097.
Maps from the GRMC circulate for two weeks or longer. Atlases circulate for 28 days or longer.
For more information about these maps, please contact the GRMC Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 765-285-1097.
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