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The IU Geology Library created a Thanksgiving Maps & Posters Web page which provides links to maps showing where the foods eaten for Thanksgiving dinner are grown in the United States.

View the site to see maps showing which states grow the most beans, carrots, celery, cranberries, onions, pecans, potatoes, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, squash, turkey and wheat. There is also a PDF poster showing all the maps.

These maps were produced with a Geographic Information System (GIS),  which is computer hardware, software and data that can be used to, map, store and analyze geographically referenced information. To learn more about GIS, see the IU Libraries' GIS Services Web site.