Maps
in the News: Haiti
Today
marks the eighth anniversary of the deadly earthquake that hit Haiti in January
of 2010. The Ball State University
Libraries GIS Research and Map Collection (GRMC) includes a variety of maps of
Haiti and the island of Hispaniola.
Mapa de la Isla de Santo Domingo y Haiti
por el General Cashmiro n de Moya (Map of Santo Domingo and Haiti by General
Cashmiro de Moya) is
displayed on the front wall of the GRMC (above, click to enlarge). The map was created by General Casimiro De
Moya in 1905 and corresponds with the U.S. control of Dominican customs during
Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency. De Moya
was a politician and military leader in the Dominican Republic. This was the first detailed map of the island
of Hispaniola.
The
GRMC also has a reproduction map of the island of Hispaniola published in
1722. The map depicts the topography of
the island in color relief. Hispaniola: Urban and Rural Population Map was
published in 1956 and presents the population of Haiti and the Dominican
Republic.
The
map of Port-au-Prince and Petion-Ville, Haiti (above) is a guide map published
in 1978. The map was created by the
Nader Art Gallery in Port-au-Prince and includes the art of many different
Haitians. It identifies points of
interest like the U.S. Embassy, cathedrals, museums, theaters, and hotels with
distances to the Nader Gallery show room.
Nautical
charts included in the GRMC also depict the coastline of Haiti. A large collection of maps and atlases of the
Caribbean islands detail the larger area.
Maps showing seismic activity in the region are also available in the
GRMC. Maps related to the Haiti
earthquake are also available in digital format from the GRMC. For example, the U.S. Geological Survey
created the map showing the over two million displaced people in Haiti (above)
and maintains a Web page related to the earthquake.
Maps
from the GRMC circulate for two weeks or longer. Please contact the GRMC at 765-285-1097 for
more information.
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