Rumsey Historical Maps Collection is known worldwide for its unique agglomeration of maps. It is a part of Google Earth. Rumsey Historical Maps of Google Earth features various maps belonging to the different historical era.
The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection boasts of having more than15,800 maps , which are available online. This collection comprises various cartographic materials and 18th and 19th century North American and South American maps. Apart from these , the archaic maps of the World, Asia, Europe and Africa are also available.David Rumsey Historical Map Collection consists of various categories. A list of these categories is given below.
Collection Categories of David Rumsey Historical Map Collection are as follows:
- The categories include antique manuscript maps, atlas, maritime chart, globe and important documents on school geography like a list of all the cities, states and so on in an illustrative manner, in order to make geography interesting for the school children.
- The collection of maps of few places of United States like California, New York, Colorado, Arizona and Chicago have aided the study of family history, genealogy and history. Apart from these the other features of David Rumsey Historical Map Collection are as follows:
- The GIS (Geographic Information System) Browser.
- The AMICA Library of David Rumsey Historical Map Collection provides Historical Maps of Japan too.David Rumsey Historical Map Collection has been a recipient of many prestigious awards. It received the Webby Award.