The University Library Map Collection contains more than 160,000 items, including the region's largest and most comprehensive collection of aerial photographs. The collection has general world-wide topographical, nautical, and aeronautical coverage. Most of the collection is contemporary. The coverage of the Monterey Bay Region, our primary collection area, is comprehensive. The degree of detail varies from street maps to general maps of large regions of the world.
Gazetteers are available for locating named features for every country in the world.
Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties. This regional emphasis has been the core of the collection since 1966. UCSC has extensive world-wide holdings of earlier material produced by the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency. Maps and reports published by many federal agencies are acquired under the U.S. Government Printing Office depository program. Geologic maps covering California and most of the United States, produced by the USGS, the California Division of Mines, and the Dibblee Foundation are among the Collection's holdings.