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Historical Maps and Atlases

Create Your Own Maps

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Environmental Sources

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Recent World Maps and Atlases

• Alexandria Digital Map Library from UCSB
• An Atlas of Cyberspaces
• Atlas of Palaeo Vegetation
• AskAsia Map & Timeline Library
• Association of Research Libraries Electronic Atlas
• DEMIS World Map Server
• Digital Chart of the World
• Earth-Info (National Technology Alliance)
• The Electronic Map Library Cal State Northridge
• eMapSite
• Encyberpedia from Monte Cristo; see especially their page on maps and geography
• Environmental Atlas (EPA)
• Environmental Maps - E-Map (HUD)
• Exploring the West from Monticello from the University of Virginia
• FINFO: Finland 500 years on the Map of Europe
• Globe Server
• The Great Globe Gallery
• Latin American Maps from LANIC at the University of Texas
• Maps in the News from the Borchert Library at the University of Minnesota
• Interactive Atlas(Mapquest)
• Map Images in the Collection from the UC-Berkeley library
• Maptext from Hyper History
• Map Machine from the National Geographic Society
• Maps and Atlases from the Internet Public Library
• National Geographic Map Machine
• National Atlas of Canada Online and Canadian Communities Atlas from Natural Resources Canada
• Online Map Creation
• Outline Maps
• On-Line World Atlas (maps.com)
• Panoramic Maps Collection from the U.S. Library of Congress
• Perry- Castaneda Map Library (rom the University of Texas)
• Place Finder (Expedia)
• Resources Atlas from Natural Resources Canada
• SPOT Satellite Images
• Toporama (Canadian Atlas)
• United Nations Cartographic Section Maps and Geographic Information Resources PDF Maps  from a pull-down menu.
• USGS National Atlas
• World Outline Maps:  from  Houghton Mifflin's Social Studies Center, and Clifton Fox at Tomball College in Texas
• Web-Weit-Welt Atlas in German; from the Fachhochschule Oldenburg
• Welcome to Microsoft TerraServer
• Xpeditions MapMaker from the National Geographic Society

U.S. Maps and Atlases

• TopoZone Worked with the USGS to create interactive topo map of the entire United States.
• National Atlas of the United States of America
• Color Landform Atlas of the United States
• Historical Maps of the United States
• Eco-Regions of the United States from the U.S. Forest Service; see Ecological Subregions of the United States
• Digital Atlas of the United States from the California Geographical Survey at CSU-Northridge
• Railroad Maps Collection
• 1895 U.S. Atlas includes state and county maps for each state, as well as city and town data

Map and Globe Link Collections

• Map Collections of The British Library
• Geographical Resources and Maps (from the Michigan Electronic Library
• Map Libraries from the University of Minnesota
• Map-Related Web Sites from the University of Texas
• Maps and Publications from the CIA
• Internet Atlas & Time Links
• International GIS Sites - Map Collection
• Map Servers from the Langenberg search site
• Map Resources
• CGRER NetSurfing: Maps and References
• Online Map Lists (from the USGS)
• Maps from the Northwestern University library
• The Electronic Map Library

Historical Maps and Atlases

• Historical Maps from the James Ford Bell Map Collection at the University of Minnesota
• Index of Late Medieval Maps from Henry Davis
• Historical Maps On-Line from the map collection at the University of Kansas
• Digital Historic Maps from the Gold Bug
• Hargrett Rare Map Collection from the University of Georgia
• Heritage Map Museum Commercial site
• HyperHistory's Regional Maps
• OSSHE Historic Atlas Resource library from the University of Oregon
• Perseus Atlas Project online atlas
• Ryhiner Project  map collection at Municipal and University Library of Berne, Switzerland; also other map sites
• East European Map Room from UC-Davis
• J. Siebold's Cartographic Images page map-related links,  map collections: ancient, early medieval, late medieval, and Renaissance maps
• Dutch City maps from the 1649/1652 Blaeu Atlas
• Historical Map Web Sites from the PCL Library at the University of Texas
• Territorial Evolution of Canada from the Canadian National Atlas on SchoolNet
• Centennia Historical Atlas Software  commercial product tracking changes in borders over time; not endorsed.

Create-Your-Own Maps

United States Maps

• MapBlast!
• MapQuest Driving Directions
• AutoPilot / Free Ride (travel planning
• DeLorme's CyberAtlas Commercial site; not endorsed.
• Lycos Road Map (create customized street maps)
• TIGER Mapping Service (from the US Census Bureau)
• Maps On Us: A Map, Route and Yellow Pages Service

Worldwide

• Find A Map from MapQuest
• Earth Viewer another web site that allows you to look at the earth
• Online Map Creation create downloadable maps of any area of the world, where you pick the area to be mapped, the magnification level, and which geographic features to include
• Xearth Earth Viewer from Ohio State; creates images of the globe, at any rotation and any sun position, and with or without background stars

Map Servers

Autodesk MapGuide
Caliper Web Map Servers
Caris Spatial Fusion
EarthKey (SoftReality, Inc.)
ESRI Internet Mapping
Formida Fire (XMarc)
FreshMaps.Net (MapCloud Services, Inc.)
FrontGIS (Collins Software)
Full Circle Technologies
GeoMicro AltaMap Server
GenaServer (GenaWarehouse)
Geofactory
GeoMedia WebMap
GINIS Web (Sysdeco Kongsberg) - PDF *
Gothic Web Mapper (Laser Scan) - PDF
idevio - Innovative Vector Storage and Deliver
Image Mapper
Internet/Intranet Products/Services (GE Power Systems - Smallworld Technology)
Ionic Software
JMap (Kheops Technology)
MapExplorer (Triscape)
The Map Server (University of Minnesota)
map-TV (Spatial Media) - Web Map Server
Map Manager (Compusult)
MapXtreme (MapInfo)
Mapquest
NAC Geographic Products, Inc. *
Professional Geo Systems
Push.n.See (Korem)
Questerra
SICAD Internet Suite - Web
SIS ASC (Cadcorp) - Web
Spans Web Server (PCI Geomatics)
SpatialAge Web Viewer (Byers Engineering)
SpatialDirect (Safe Software)
Star NeXt (Star Informatic) *
TatukGIS
TNT Server (MicroImages)
YYMap.com

Image Servers

ImageConnect (GlobeXplorer)
Image Web Server (EarthEtc.com)
MrSid Image Compression/Image Server (LizardTech)
Pangeo Publisher (IBIS Software)
Xippix Image Life Cycle Solutions

General Map and Cartography Resources

• The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping Oddens' Bookmarks,", an extensive compilation of map-related web links from Roelof Oddens at Utrecht University in the Netherlands
• Mercator's World magazine of maps, exploration, and discovery
• Map History / History of Cartography - Welcome
• Maps and Cartography from the UC-Berkeley library
• Cool Map Sites from the University of Minnesota
• History of Cartography from the University of Minnesota)
• Map Projection Links from the University of Nebraska at Omaha
• The Peters Projection  homepage devoted to the area-accurate Peters map projection, in which one square inch represents the exact same distance at any point on the map, unlike the more familiar map projections
• The Mathematics of Cartography from Cynthia Lanius at Rice University
• Globali an interesting mnemonic-based approach to learning world geography. Commercial product, which costs $14.99; not endorsed.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

• GIS Information Site from the US Geological Survey
• GIS and Remote Sensing Site from the UK
• GISWorld Magazine
• Nice Geography and GIS Servers from the Netherlands
• Geomatics Canada
• South Carolina Geography Dept. links and information from the Department of Geography at the University of South Carolina
• ESRI Home Page Environmental Systems Research Institute, the makers of ArcData and ArcView GIS software
• ArcData Online: ESRI's Internet Mapping and Data Site
• Official GRASS GIS Web Site
• Digitized World Map ftp site with access to a digitized version of the CIA's world map, which can be used with geographic software