The Technical Archive and the Map Library of the National Geographic Institute of Spain (IGN): Documentation, accessibility and applications

摘要

The Technical Archive and the Map Library (Cartoteca) of the National Geographic Institute of Spain (IGN) have a large number of original documentation: including different cartography series such as the Cadastral Topography of Spain, the National Topographical Map 1:50.000, their related documentation and other maps and cartography. This paper will collect and describe all the valuable information that is preserved in the facilities of the IGN, paying attention to both accessibility for users through the website and the different applications that can be given to the documentation. In the same way, we will explain how to download the documentation from the Download Centre of the IGN website, how to access to the documentation that is not digitized yet and, above all, we will show some examples of different problems users can face as practical cases.