Interactive map makes it easier to navigate Storrs campus

Trying to find a building? Don’t know the name of that new structure? An interactive online map of the Storrs campus may help you find your way around faster.

The map is available at http://uconn.edu/map/; through the “maps and directions” feature on the main UConn page; or by clicking on the map on the faculty/staff, visitors, or students' homepages. The map can be used with any Internet connection.

A search feature enables the user to find any building on campus. It includes the ability to search by the two-, three- or four-letter abbreviations used by the Registrar’s office on the class schedule, such as BOUS for the Weston Bousfield Psychology Building.

The search brings up a red dot that blinks over the structure identified. If the word or abbreviation typed in could apply to several buildings, the search feature lists the likely possibilities.

The user can then zoom in to read the street name where the building is located. Arrows help navigate the map at the higher magnification. Placing the cursor over a building will bring up its name.

The interactive map, designed by staff of University Communications, is part of a virtual tour of campus intended primarily for newcomers, but the map will be helpful to anyone trying to find a building.