Thematic maps describe a specific topic, or theme. The Map Collection includes thematic maps for all parts of the world. Types of thematic maps include geologic, nautical, ethnolinguistic, water resources, landforms, and population. For Western New York, thematic maps provide comprehensive coverage of geology, wetlands, recreation, historical plans, land use, soils, and nautical charts. To find a particular thematic map, use the UB Libraries catalog to retrieve its call number, and then use the floor plan to find that call number in the map cases.

Additional examples of thematic maps are on the page: Maps Featured in News and Journal Articles.
See also examples of electronic thematic maps.

Geological Maps
	1:62,500 geological map of Erie County, Western New York. (6258K GIF image) Call Number: QH1 .B94 v. 21 no. 3
	1:1,000,000 scale geological map of New York State
	1:550,000 Snow Survey Data map of Colorado. (413KB GIF image) Call Number: US A 57.68: SN 6/C
Climate or Soil Maps
	General Soil Map, Islands of Truk. (Thematic map at the University of Texas, Austin). Maps of other Micronesian islands are here as well.
Political Maps
	1:4,000,000 political map of Europe. (3252KB GIF image) Call Number: G5701.E2 1987 I5
Tectonic Maps
	1:5,000,000 International Tectonic Map of Africa. (718KB GIF image) Call Number: G 8201.C5 1964 .M6

Guide Author: David J. Bertuca
Last Update: 23 January, 2009