Landscape Architecture / Environment & Design

Digital Library of Georgia - digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, government documents, newspapers, maps, audio, video, and other resources. Includes more than a million digital objects in more than 200 collections from 60 institutions and 100 government agencies.

• Land and Resources section - Includes plats, maps, photographs, Georgia Historic Architecture & Landscape collection

Map Library - The Map and Government Information Library is located in the subbasement of the Main Library. Online collections include Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps,Aerial Photography, and more. See these thorough guides for more information and plenty of digital resources:

• Maps, Gazetteers, and Related Sources
• Aerial Photography and Remote Sensed Imagery 
• GIS Data

More Maps!

• Athens-Clarke County Environmental Areas
  A map depicting lakes, rivers, wetlands, floodplains, and waterway buffers.
• Athens-Clarke County​ Stormwater Map
  Interactive map of watersheds, bodies of water, impaired streams, and floodplains throughout Clarke County.
• Athens-Clarke County Tree Cover Map

Land Cover Maps - Shows changes in Georgia's land use from forest and agriculture to urban uses. Maps depict land cover types including urban, forest, agriculture, clearcut, and water.

• Clarke County Landcover Database
• Georgia Land Use Trends - Including data from the last 25 years on landcover, impervious surface, and tree canopy trends with an interactive map
• Clarke County Land Cover 1974 - 2005 (Interactive Map)
• EnviroMapper - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides this online tool that generates maps showing Superfund sites, toxic releases, air emissions, hazardous waste, water discharge permits, and more.

• Plant ID
• Protected Plants of Georgia
• US Access Board (ADA)
• Whole Building Design Guide (ADA)