Map Related Sites:

(last updated April 19, 2000)

 Online Atlases and Map Collections

 Online Map Generators

 How Maps are Made

 Map Projections

 Cartography Related Sites

 Remote Sensing

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Online Atlases and Map Collections:

Xpeditions Atlas
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/main.html?main=atlas

Microsoft Expedia Maps - http://maps.expedia.com/

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/

World Atlas: Maps and Geography of the World - Matt Rosenberg - about.com
http://geography.about.com/education/geography/library/maps/blindex.htm?terms=atlas&PM=113_300_T

Finding Places -
http://geography.about.com/education/geography/msub15.htm

Oddens's Bookmarks; The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping: http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.html

Map Libraries via the Borchert Map Library: http://www-map.lib.umn.edu/

Map guide - Links to many direct map sites in the world, organized by continent. You can find maps of countries, regions and lots more.
http://www.algonet.se/~cristar/index.htm

Map links from the BODLEIAN LIBRARY
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/maplinks.htm

World Time Zone Map - http://www.worldtimezone.com/

Paris Maps 1716-1887: gopher://gutentag.cc.columbia.edu/11/fun/pictures/art-history/

Thomas R. Smith Map Collection: www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/kulib/maps/library.html

University of Georgia - Hargrett Library Rare Map Collection
www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/maps.html

Relief Web: Map Centre
www.reliefweb.int/mapc/index.html


Online Map Generators:

MapQuest: www.mapquest.com/

Big Book: Look for "Maps" on the lower right: www.bigbook.com

Yahoo: Look for "Maps" near the top: www.yahoo.com

Xerox PARC Map Viewer: http://pubweb.parc.xerox.com/map

Maps and directions - Avis: www.avis.com/maps_and_directions/


Map Projections
Map Projections from the U. of Texas, Austin
www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/gcraft/notes/mapproj/mapproj.html

Area Accurate Map / The Peters Projection: www.webcom.com/~bright/table.html


How Maps are Made
Cartographic Communication: http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/gcraft/notes/cartocom/cartocom_ftoc.html


Cartography Related Sites
geog.gmu.edu/projects/maps/cartogrefs.html
www.rsl.ox.ac.uk/nnj/maplinks.htm

TopoZone - http://www.topozone.com/

JOHN R. BORCHERT MAP LIBRARY History of Cartography http://www-map.lib.umn.edu/history_of_cartography.html

Cartography and understanding maps - http://geography.about.com/education/geography/library/weekly/topicsub1.htm

The History of Cartography Project Madison Wisconsin: http://feature.geography.wisc.edu/histcart/

Virtual Library - Cartography - http://geog.gmu.edu/projects/maps/cartogrefs.html

General Map Sites - PCLMC http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/map_sites/map_sites.html

Nerd World
www.nerdworld.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi?cat=1063

Mercator's World
http://www.mercatormag.com/

Mathematics of Cartography By Cynthia Lanius - http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/pres/map/

Numerical Cartography Laboratory Home Page at the Department of Geography in the Ohio State University. - http://ncl.sbs.ohio-state.edu/

Spatial Data Sources - http://ncl.sbs.ohio-state.edu/5_sdata.html

Academic & Research Home Pages - http://ncl.sbs.ohio-state.edu/4_homes.html

Map Links: http://toltec.lib.utk.edu/~cic/cart.htm


Remote Sensing - Aerial and Satellite Photos of Earth

SATELLITES & REMOTE SENSING - http://geography.about.com/msub22.htm

Photos of Earth from Space - http://earthrise.sdsc.edu/

TerraServer - http://terraserver.microsoft.com/

GIS, Remote Sensing, and GPS - http://geography.about.com/education/geography/library/weekly/topicsub6.htm

Observing Earth Satellites - Remote Sensing: www.physics.ox.ac.uk/sat/vsohp/observe.html

Earth Viewer: www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html

EarthWatch Communications, Inc.: www.earthwatch.com/SKYWATCH/skywatch.html

NOAA satellites: http://www.websites.noaa.gov/guide/sciences/atmo/satellite.html

Cloud Imagery - EarthWatch:
U.S. Southwest: www.earthwatch.com/SKYWATCH/IRSW3D.html
U.S. Northwest: www.earthwatch.com/SKYWATCH/IRNW3D.html

Remote sensing links - http://service.uga.edu/narsal/remote.html

Remote sensing links - http://uggg-pc-s1.uni-geog.gwdg.de/kuf/links-fe.htm

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society - Remote Sensing Links http://ruf6.ee.psu.edu/Newsletter/remsens.htm

Weather and Remote Sensing Links - http://virtualtimes.com/redwoodcity/weather/wthrlnks.htm

Visualization of Remote Sensing Data - http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/rsd/

Virtual Library: Remote Sensing - http://www.vtt.fi/aut/rs/virtual/

Radar versus visible-light photography
www.alumni.caltech.edu/~pamlogan/silkroad/sahara.html


Maps and Technology: GIS/GPS Resources