FAU Government Information Maps

1:800,000 scale map of the Alps (Switzerland, Italy, France, Austria, Germany) showing large cities, major roadways, international boundaries, car ferries, railways, national capitals, and administrative boundaries; Inset Maps of: Major roadways through the region and distances in kilometers, as well as street maps of the cities of: Wien, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Zurich, Bern, Geneva, Milan, and Venice. (2006). 

Front: 1:46,360,000 scale political map of the world (Winkel Tripel Projection), showing the various countries across the globe, cold and warm water currents, predominant winds, large cities, airports, and the extent of winter sea ice at the poles; Inset maps of language families across the globe, population density,  and views of the North and South Pole. Back: Map of the world at night, showing the usage of lights at night, fires, night fishing activity, and natural gas burn-off. (2004).  

Front: Star maps of the Night Sky as seen from the North and South Pole, showing the carious stars by intensity, boundaries of constellations, diagrams showing the structure of constellations, diagrams and descriptive text of the planets in the solar system; List of brightest stars and constellations seen in each hemisphere's sky. Back: Star charts for each month in each hemisphere; Descriptive text for for how to use star charts; Overhead map views of the North and South Pole. (1957). 

Front: Several diagrams depicting the different structural regions of the sun and magnetic fields, and atmosphere extending out form the sun; Diagram showing the phases of a solar flare; Diagram showing the movement of Ultraviolet and X-Rays from the sun towards the Earth. Back: Several images of the sun at varying temperatures. (2004). 

Front: 1:27,400,000 scale map of Mars (Winkel Tripel Projection) showing the topographic features of the planet, including dunes, ridges, craters, and ice caps; Inset map views of the north and south Martian Poles; Chart comparing the physical features of the Earth and Mars; Diagram of our solar system. Back: Several diagrams and maps depicting important information about Mars including: A geologic map of the planet; Hellas Basin (the deepest land surface on the planet); Fluvial features on the surface; Canyons; active features like the volcanic region of Thariss; and the elevation of the surface of the planet. (2001). 

Front: Star maps of the night sky as seen from the northern and southern hemisphere, showing star magnitudes, the type of cluster the stars are located in, and boundaries of the different constellations; Images showing different astronomical phenomena, List of brightest stars seen in each hemisphere, Greek alphabet legend. Back: Mosaic of Hubble Telescope images of the Orion Nebula (1995). 

Front: 1:9,469,000 scale map of Antarctica (Azimuthal Projection) showing ice shelves, glaciers, location of research stations, values for elevation, ice thickness and bathymetry, and descriptive texts for areas of interest; Inset map of the bedrock surface of Antarctica beneath the ice along with a cross section of the topography; Inset map of the current territorial claims to portions of Antarctica as according to the Antarctic Treaty. Back: World Map showing the various pinniped (fur seals, sea lions, walrus, and phocids) species throughout the world. (1987). 

1:12,000,000 scale political map of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula (Chamberlin Trimetric Projection) showing large cities, major roadways, oil fields and oil pipelines, international political boundaries of the countries (of the time) and the colonial control over the various countries in Africa; Inset maps of: the Cape Verde Islands, and a physical map of Africa, showing elevation. (1950). 

1:7,920,000 scale political map of the northwestern portion of the African continent (Transverse Mercator Projection) showing large cities, major roadways, airports, oil fields and pipelines, bathymetry, and the international political boundaries of the the newly-independent north African countries featured. (1966). 

1:7,920,000 scale political map of the southern portion of the African Continent (Transverse Mercator Projection) showing large cities, International political boundaries (of the time), major roadways, the colonial power in control of the various countries featured, airports and bathymetry; Inset maps of: Kruger Park in South Africa, False Bay and Cape Town, Johannesburg and its surrounding area, the Comoro islands, and the Malagasy Republic (Madagascar). (1962).