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The website is home to GLO’s new digital map store and database, offering users access to thousands of historical records and artifacts online.
“For almost two years, the GLO has worked diligently with our vendor, Keepthinking, to produce a website that is not only significantly more user-friendly, but also incorporates a new content management system that helps GLO staff manage the tremendous amount of metadata associated with our continuously growing collection of 45,000 maps,” GLO Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said in a release about Monday's announcement.
“This new site will make it easier than ever for Texans to own their own piece of Texas history and will provide even better support for our constituents like land surveyors, teachers, oil and gas professionals, historians, genealogists and anyone else interested in Texas’ rich land history found at the GLO,” Buckingham added.
New features and research tools offered through the website include:
- Purchasing digital reproductions of historic state maps will now be an automated feature available to the general public.
- The website is now accessible on all mobile devices, including tablets and smartphones.
- The website’s home page highlights its most popular maps based on user engagement.
- Additional search options are now available, including the ability to search for map titles, map numbers, dates, keywords and subjects.
- Several search filters have been upgraded, allowing researchers to select from various dates to find a map instead of being limited to single-year search options.
- Users can create profiles, allowing searches and favorites to be saved and shared.
- The showcase tab now connects individuals with the agency’s latest archival projects.
- Maps can now be easily shared across social media.
