Government Documents Department
The Government Documents Department, housed in the Marston Science Library Building is a regional, federal, state, and European Union documents depository serving Florida and the Caribbean. The Government Documents Department includes the GIS Unit and the Map and Imagery Library.
The GIS Unit provides support for the many University of Florida programs and research efforts using GIS and remote sensing. The Map and Imagery Library contains more than 497,800 maps, 266,500 aerial photographs, 2,250 remote sensing images, and 7,215 atlases and reference books. The Map and Imagery Library has general map coverage worldwide. Special collections include Florida, Latin America, the United States, Africa, and the Holy Land.
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