SELECTED WWW SITES
Here you will find a selected list of WWW sites about maps, and other map-related information.
DIRECTORIES
Oddens's Bookmarks
A comprehensive site with links to geographic and cartographic sources all over the world.
Includes data and boundary sites, time sites, reference sources, etc.
Infomine: maps & GIS
A unique Web resource featuring well organized access to important university level
research and educational tools on the Internet. A virtual library, notable for its
collection of annotated and indexed links.
GOVERNMENT
SOURCES
Manual of Federal Geographic Data
Products
Describes Federal geographic data products that are national in scope and commonly
distributed to the public. Geographic data products include maps, digital data, aerial
photography and multispectral imagery, earth science, and other geographically -
referenced data sets.
Monthly Catalog of U.S.
Government Publications
Source of maps distributed to Federal Depository Libraries. In many cases, the only index
to U.S. Government maps.
1997 CIA World Factbook
The World Factbook is produced annually by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and
contains useful, concise economic and political information about the countries of the world.
USGS Global Land Information System
The Global Land Information System (GLIS) is an interactive computer system developed by
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for scientists seeking sources of information about the
Earth's land surfaces. GLIS contains abstract, description ,and search information for
each data set.
MAPS ON-LINE
Digital Map Collection, Earth Sciences Library, U. C. Berkeley
Several hundred digital versions of maps held in U.C. Berkeley's Earth Science Library map collection.
The majority are pre-20th Century maps.
Map
Collection at the Perry-Castañeda Library (U. of Texas, Austin)
An extensive library of downloadable maps. Includes country and regional maps, samples of
a variety of projections, information on government map sources, and more.
The Map Machine
Developed by the National Geographic. A site for calling up maps of your choice.
Map Stats
This site provides acess to U.S. Census data in cartographic form. Maps are based on the TIGER file maps.
Map Viewer
The Xerox PARC Map Viewer is a World-Wide Web HTTP server that accepts requests for a
World or USA map and returns an HTML document including an image of the requested map.
Each map image is created on demand from a geographic database.
Microsoft's Terra Server
Microsoft's Terra Server provides USGS georectified digitized aerial photographs
(known as digital orthophotoquads) and SPIN-2 high-resolution satellite images, products
of a joint Russian/American venture to market declassified satellite photographs from
sophisticated Russian mapping satellites.
The navigation for the images can be done spatially using a point-and-click map control based on
the Microsoft® Encarta® World Atlas.
TRAVEL MAPS/GUIDES
MapQuest
MapQuest is an interactive atlas of the United States. The user can zoom in to anywhere
from the continental level to rural back roads. Allows users to save custom preferences.
Virtual Tourist
A map-based interface to City.Net, the Web's most
extensive library of local and regional information. "Virtually Tour" the World,
and find general information, tourist guides, and pictures for thousands of places.
Infohub WWW Travel Guide
Virtual Travel, Adventure, Transport, Aid, Accommodation "The most comprehensive
travel guide on the Web"
GEOGRAPHIC
NAMES/GAZETTEERS
Geographic Names Information System
(GNIS)
Contains information about almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in
the United States. The Federally recognized name of each feature described in the
data base is identified, and references are made to a feature's location by State, county,
and geographic coordinates. The GNIS is our Nation's official repository of domestic
geographic names information.
GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
The GEOnet Names Server (GNS) provides access to the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's
(NIMA) database of foreign geographic feature names. Information in this database
has been used to prepare and publish the series of foreign country gazetteers approved by
the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (US BGN)
MISCELLANEOUS
The "How Far Is It" Server
Distance Calculator: Enter Two Places, Find Out How Far Apart They Are
The US Naval Observatory's Time Page
Accurate Clocks, a system for setting your own system clock, Sun & Moon Rise & set
times, GPS information and data on the GPS satellites, plus links to all sorts of
time-related stuff.
Sunrise/Sunset Calculator Enter
airport codes or names, city names, or Lat. /Long Returns a table with Twilight, Sunrise
& Sunset, & other data
WWW Tide and Current Predictor
Last revised:
15 Nov 1998
Map Collection Home PageGuide compiled and maintained by:
Christof Galli