Digital Maps & Data Licensed for MSU Use
The following map resources have been licensed for use by the MSU community. For off-campus access, users must have a MSU NetID and password.* For a list of freely available map resources, see the Online Map Guide.
| Region | Coverage | Set Title | Scale | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | World | Tactical Pilotage Charts (TPCs) | 1:500,000 | 1967- |
| World | World | Vector Map Level 0 (VMAP0) World Shape Files | 1:1,000,000 | 2000 |
| World | Africa | Africa 1:500,000 | 1:500,000 | 1962- |
| World | World | Joint Operations Graphic (JOG), U.S. Defense Mapping Agency, 1:250,000 | 1:250,000 | 1965- |
| Africa | Africa | Africa 1:200,000 Soviet | 1:200,000 | 1973- |
| Africa | Ethiopia | Ethiopia 1:50,000 | 1:50,000 | 1975- |
| Africa | Ethiopia | Ethiopia | 1:250,000 | 1967-2007 |
| Africa | Ethiopia | Ethiopia Joint Operation Graphic | 1:250,000 | 1979- |
| Africa | Gabon | Gabon | 1:50,000 | 1950- |
| Africa | Gambia | The Gambia | 1:50,000 | 1975- |
| Africa | Kenya | Kenya 1:50,000 | 1:50,000 | 1969- |
| Africa | Malawi | Malawi 1:50,000 [4-min video - using EVGeoCloud] ** | 1:50,000 | 1973- |
| Africa | Malawi | Malawi Digital Elevation Model (Dezda Area Only) | 12-meter | |
| Africa | Mali | Bamako 1:5,000 | 1:5,000 | 2016 |
| Africa | Mali | Mali 1:200,000 | 1:200,000 | 2017- |
| Africa | Nigeria | Nigeria 1:100,000 | 1:100,000 | 1964- |
| Africa | Nigeria | Nigeria 1:50,000 | 1:50,000 | 1968- |
| Africa | Nigeria | Nigeria 1:25,000 | 1:25,000 | 2013- |
| Africa | Rwanda | Rwanda 1:50,000 | 1:50,000 | 1987- |
| Africa | Somalia | Somalia | 1:200,000 | 1973- |
| Africa | Somalia | Somalia 1:100,000 | 1:100,000 | 1976- |
| Africa | South Africa | South Africa 1:50,000 | 1:50,000 | 1968- |
| Africa | Tanzania | Tanzania 1:50,000 | 1:50,000 | 1963- |
| Africa | Tanzania | Tanzania Digital Elevation Models | 12-meter | |
| Africa | Uganda | Uganda 1:50,000 | 1:50,000 | 1998- |
| Americas-Central | Cuba | Cuba 1:100,000 | 1:100,000 | 1970-1990 |
| Americas-Central | Cuba | Cuba Vector Data (National) | 1:100,000 | |
| Americas-Central | Cuba | CubaVector Data (Tiles) | 1:100,000 | 2017 |
| Americas-Central | Nicaragua | Nicaragua 1:50,000 | 1:50,000 | 1980-1990 |
| Americas-Central & South | Assorted | Latin American Censuses | n/a | 2002-2014 |
| Americas-South | Brazil | Carta do Brasil | 1:50,000 | 1949- |
| Americas-South | Brazil | Carta do Brasil 1:250,000 | 1:250,000 | 1949- |
| Americas-South | Chile | Chile 1:50,000 | 1:50,000 | 1967- |
| Americas-South | Peru | Peru 1:100,000 | 1:100,000 | 1993- |
| Asia | Cambodia | Cambodia 1:100,000 [4-min video - using EVGeoCloud] ** | 1: 100,000 | 1992- |
| Asia | China | China 1:1,000,000 | 1:1,000,000 | 1997- |
| Asia | China | China 1:100,000 | 1:100,000 | 1970- |
| Asia | China | China 1:50,000 | 1:50,000 | 1958- |
| Asia | China | China 1:25,000 | 1:25,000 | 1980- |
| Asia | China | China 1:10,000 | 1:10,000 | 1960- |
| Asia | Hong Kong | Hong Kong 1:50,000 | 1:50,000 | 1999- |
| Asia | India | Mumbai, India Vector Data Files | ||
| Asia | Iran | Iran vector data [Tehran and Mashhad areas only] | 1:25,000 | |
| Asia | Israel | Israel 1:50,000 | 1:50,000 | 1998- |
| Asia | Jordan | Jordan 1:50,000 | 1:50,000 | 1997- |
| Asia | Laos | Laos 1:50,000 | 1:50,000 | 1968- |
| Asia | Lebanon | Lebanon 1:20,000 | 1:20,000 | 1975- |
| Asia | North Korea | North Korea 1:50,000 | 1:50,000 | 1977- |
| Asia | Oman | Oman 1:100,000 | 1:100,000 | 1981- |
| Asia | Soviet Union | Geologicheskaya Karta SSSR / Geological Map of the USSR [4-min video - using EVGeoCloud] ** | 1:1,000,000 | 1939- |
| Asia | Taiwan | Taiwan 1:50,000 | 1:50,000 | 1972- |
| Asia | Thailand | Thailand 1:50,000 | 1:50,000 | 2006- |
| Asia | Tibet | Tibet 1:100,000 | 1:100,000 | 1975- |
| Asia | Vietnam | Vietnam 1:50,000 | 1:50,000 | 1965- |
| Asia | Yemen | Yemen 1:50,000 | 1:50,000 | 1979-1981 |
| Asia | Yemen | Yemen 1:100,000 | 1:100,000 | 1990- |
| Europe | Baltics | Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania [4-min video - using EVGeoCloud] ** | 1:200,000 |
* Our contracts with the vendors restrict off-campus access to currently enrolled MSU students and current employees. MSU Alumni are not included in these groups.
** Current MSU affiliates may contact us for TIF downloads of these files
Visitors to the main library may also access these maps at one of our Selected Resources computers. The main library has four workstations on the first floor in the East Lobby, and we also have one workstation in the Map Library which is inside the main library East Wing, second floor.
If you are a member of the MSU community and your NetID and password are not working to get you into these sites, please see this Guide to Off-Campus Access.