Regents' Professor EMERITUS John R. Borchert

"In a period of intellectual flux, when geography seems tempted to follow nongeographical sirens of transient glamour, John Borchert always manages to anchor the discipline's sense of identity on the rock of cartographic information." Yi-Fu Tuan

Regents’ Professor John R. Borchert was a University of Minnesota geography faculty member from 1949 to 1989. He died March 30, 2001 after an extraordinary life of scientific study, teaching and travel dedicated to the understanding and advancement of our community and world. We remember him with admiration and respect as a great scholar. More...

Research Tools

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Aerial Photography & Remote Sensed Imagery
Links to online resources for nationally and locally produced aerial photography and remote sensed imagery

Gazetteers & Placename Guides
Identify and verify placenames, coordinates and locations

GIS Data
Links to online resources for nationally and locally produced GIS data

Map History/History of Cartography
Information and links to other resources related to the history of cartography

Minnesota Aerial Photography Index
Index to the Borchert Map Library's aerial photography holdings

Minnesota County Plat Maps and Atlases
Index to the Borchert Map Library's Minnesota county plat map and atlas holdings

Online and Interactive Maps
Links to nationally and locally produced online and interactive maps

Tools and Definitions
Links to resources and tools for interpreting maps and measuring the Earth's surface