Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

1888 Bird's Eye View of Evansville

To help celebrate the Bicentennial of Evansville and Historic Preservation Month, EVPL has enlarged an 1888 Bird's Eye View map of Evansville! The map is 10 feet by 15 feet, so you can see a lot of detail. It is located at Central on the 2nd Floor...

Published Tue, May 05 2012 12:18 pm by just_renny@evpl

Filed under: evansville, genealogy, local history, history, maps, indiana room, events, historic preservation

Let's get Evansville on the (Google) map!

Evansville is one of 6 international finalists in Google's 2012 "Model Your Town Competition." Evansville native Randall Crane created a 3D model of Evansville's downtown using Google SketchUp and Google Earth. Google selected Randall's...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2012 9:31 am by professor.knowsitall@evpl

Filed under: central library, google, evansville, current events, local, public opinion, voting, maps, fyi, downloads, news, polls, community, community interest, contests, google earth, downtown evansville

Explore Issues of Global Importance with New Database

Need up-to-the-minute information on child labor? Want to have an idea about current world opinion regarding the US military's use of torture? Are you concerned about nuclear weapons in failed states falling into the hands of international terrorist...

Published Sat, May 05 2009 11:56 am by Bufkinite@evpl

Filed under: current events, education, databases, Online resources, students, maps, issues and controversies, Gale, useful web sites, geography, skills, eResources

New Database Brings the World to your Desktop

A new database called Global Road Warrior brings you comprehensive information on 175 countries around the world. And when I say "comprehensive" that is exactly what I mean. There is information in over 100 specific areas for each country listed...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2009 4:26 pm by Bufkinite@evpl

Filed under: business, education, databases, government, Online resources, maps, security, money, foreign language, culture, Global Road Warrior, geography

Find an address by clicking a map

This resource allows you to enter a city name or zip code, then on the subsequent map, get the mailing address of any point on that map. The number of ways that various websites use Google maps is really incredible. There are blogs devoted to sharing...

Published Sat, Oct 10 2008 9:37 am by googler@evpl

Filed under: google, maps

Indiana Memory

Many books, manuscripts, photographs, newspapers, and maps have and are being digitized to make them viewable online on the relatively new website, Indiana Memory, http://www.in.gov/memories . You can search by broad topic or by keyword. The Indiana State...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2008 2:42 pm by lotech@evpl

Filed under: evansville, library of congress, Online resources, local history, history, Vanderburgh County, maps, Indiana Memory, Indiana

Keeping a weather eye

If, like me, you're keeping an eye on the coastal hurricane activity these days, you'll be interested in a Web site called Stormpulse . You'll find a huge amount of hurricane information there, from as far back as 1851. Great maps, satellite...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2008 6:33 pm by myzticrhythmz@evpl

Filed under: hurricanes, maps, weather

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