

NRI Map Store featured in The Austin Chronicle
September 5, 2025
Our new online Map Store was featured in The Austin Chronicle's September Events Roundup "Travel Notes" section. Our award-winning maps allow Texans to travel to new periods of history and parts of the state from the comfort of their own homes.
The Austin Chronicle—"Maps as art." The Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute (NRI) launched its new online Map Store, offering the public access to a curated collection of award-winning maps that are as beautiful as they are informative. Each one of the initial six colorful maps goes beyond traditional cartography to such subjects as historic cattle drive trails, boundaries of Texas aquifers, night lights, river basins, and ecoregions. Granted, these are of most interest to those who can see the beauty of some pretty wonky topics. The maps are available as digital downloads or printed posters."