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Maps & Geography Resources

General Reference and Trip Planning

Gazetteers

GIS Data & Information

LI, NYC, & NY State

History of Cartography

Federal Gov Agencies

Libraries, Gateways, & Academic Sites

Commercial Sites

General Reference and Trip Planning

CIA Maps - maps and other information from the CIA's World Factbook
City Information - maps and travel information around the world
Earth Explorer - locate maps, aerial photographs, and satellite images available from federal government
EarthaMaps - street maps for the entire United States. From DeLorme
Mapquest - driving directions for trip planning (triptics); city maps of U.S. and foreign countries
Mapblast - makes free street maps of any place in U.S.
Maps On Us - amap, route, and yellow pages service
Microsoft TerraServer - aerial photographs and satellite images
National Climatic Data Center - historical weather data
TerraFly - simulated flight using aerial photographs and satellite images
TIGER Map Server - make customized demographic maps using Census data
Time Zones - provides correct time around the world
Tide Tables - tide tables and other tidal information from the National Ocean Survey
Yahoo! Maps - excellent source for maps and driving directions.

Gazetteers

The Columbia Gazetter of the World - place names accompanied by brief descriptions
USGS Geographic Names Information System - all names that appear on U.S. topographic maps
U.S. Gazetteer - dictionary of U.S. place names from the Census Bureau
GEOnet Names Server - foreign place names from National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Getty Geographic Names Browser - world gazetteer supplemented with historical place names

GIS Data and Information

Long Island, New York City, and New York State

LONG ISLAND

LIGIS - Long Island Geographic Information Systems Users Group
Suffolk County GIS - Suffolk County maps to view and download
Toxics Targeting - detailed pollution maps of Long Island
The Geographic Information System for the Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project
Metro Commute - Long Island highway conditions updated every minute
Long Island Maps on the Internet - collection of links to sites with maps of Long Island

NEW YORK CITY AND METROPOLITAN AREA

New York Public Library Map Division - information about the largest map collection in the New York Metropolitan Area
Bytes of the Big Apple - digital maps from the New York City Planning Commission
GISMO - New York City GIS users' group. Many links to regional resources
Digital Atlas of New York City - demographic maps based on 1990 and 2000 census data
New York City Historical Population Maps - demographic maps covering period 1900-2000
New York City Maps - demographic maps from the Office of Social Research of the Queens College (CUNY) Dept. of Sociology
New York New Jersey Trail Conference - trail maps and hiking guides

NEW YORK STATE

New York State County - maps, statistics and other information about New York State Counties
New York State Maps - maps for sale from Map Information Section of NYS Dept. of Transportation
Map New York - online maps from New York State government agencies
New York State GIS Clearinghouse - metadata and data sets available for downloading
The Cornell University Geospatial Information Repository - GIS data for New York State
New York State Map Pathfinder - links to hundreds of sites with New York State maps

History of Cartography

History of Cartography Gateway - gateway to online resources in the history of cartography
Library of Congress, Map Collections, 1544-1996 - bird's-eye views of many American towns and other high-resolution images of historical maps
Cartes géographiques - digital maps of Quebec, New France, and surrounding areas from Bibliothèque nationale du Québec
The David Rumsey Collection - huge collection of high-resolution historical maps (mostly North and South America)
Historical Map and Chart Collection - high-resolution images of nautical charts published by U.S. Coast Survey
Amsterdam University - good collection of historical maps of Europe and the Netherlands
Osher Map Library (University of Southern Maine) - maps of New England
Historic USGS Maps of New England and New York - old 15 minute maps of all of New York State from University of New Hampshire
Hargrett Library at University of Georgia - maps of Georgia and the Southeast.

Federal Government Agencies

U.S. Bureau of the Census - look for TIGER Map Service to make detailed interactive census maps
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - use Maps on Demand (MOD) to create detailed environmental maps
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - information about ordering flood insurance maps
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - maps, CD-ROMs, and data sets dealing with oceans and coastal areas
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - download wetlands maps in digital form
United States Geological Survey - products and information from the U.S.G.S.
Ask USGS: Satellite imagery - links to various sources of images
NASA ESAD MrSID Image Server - satellite images of entire world
USGS Earth Explorer - query and order satellite images, aerial photographs, and cartographic products
Visible Earth - easy to use site with many satellite images of the entire world
Federal Geographic Data Committee - important source of digital data and metadata from federal government and elsewhere

Libraries, Gateways, & Academic Sites

Bodleian Library Map Room - cartographic happenings at Oxford University
Borchert Map Library, University of Minnesota - another map collection with extensive links
MAGERT - Map and Geography Round Table (American Library Association)
MAGIC-Map and Geographic Information Center (University of Connecticut) - digital data for Connecticut and New England; historical maps of Connecticut and Long Island
Maps InfoMine - a very comprehensive collection of links to maps and GIS
Massachusetts Electronic Atlas - interactive maps from Harvard
Michigan Electronic Library - geographical Resources and Maps
Odden's Bookmarks - over 13,000 links dealing with all aspects of maps and mapping
Online Map Catalogs in North America and Europe - guide to locating and using map catalogs from SUNY Stony Brook
University of California at Berkeley. Earth Sciences and Map Library - extensive resources, including many links to other Web sites
University of Texas at Austin (Perry-CastaÑeda Library) - Map Collection has many digitized maps, particularly of the United States
University of Waterloo (Canada) Library - cartographic materials home page has links to many other resources

Commercial Sites

About Geography Homepage - extensive collection of links to resources relating to maps and geography
DeLorme Mapping - information on DeLorme Products (electronic and paper atlases)
East View Cartographic - map dealer specializing in Russian and other international maps
Environmental System Research Institute - home page of ESRI, makers of ArcInfo and ArcView. Includes downloadable software and data files
GIS Data Depot - extensive collection of commercial and non-commercial GIS data
A Galaxy of Maps - sells modern maps, globes, reproductions of old maps. Web site has photographs of many products
Goldbug Maps - historical maps and genealogical information
K.B. Slocum Books and Maps - inexpensive facsimilies of historical maps
Map Link - extensive stock of U.S. and foreign maps
Omni Resources - sells a wide range of paper and digital maps
Satellite Images Online - information on ordering images. Some sample images
TopoZone - topographic maps online for the entire country
A World of Maps - sells modern maps, antique map reproductions, digital maps

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