Misc. Map Links

Map Libraries - Online Maps & Mapping - Air Photos - Citations Guides - etc.

See Also (other Links pages): Cartography, GIS, GPS, Remote Sensing, Map, MXD, Spatial Data, Spatial Web

        Cartographic Examples (maps from WWU classes and projects)

 

Map Libraries

    Huxley College Map Library - Arntzen Hall 101

    The Center for Pacific Northwest Studies

    University of Washington Map Library

    Central Washington University

    Library of Congress - American Memory Map Collection

    The British Library

    Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative

    David Rumsey (Historical Maps)

    Perry-Castaneda (U Texas) Collection - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

 

Cartograrphy

    North American Cartographic Society - http://www.nacis.org/

       Cartographic Perspectives (Journal) - http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm?x=42

    ESRI's Mapping Center - http://mappingcenter.esri.com/

    Cartography and Geographic Information Society - http://www.cartogis.org/

    Canadian Cartographers Association (CCA) - http://ccablog.blogspot.com/

    International Cartographers Association (ICA) - http://icaci.org/

       Art & Cartography (from ICA) - http://artcarto.wordpress.com/

    CartoTalk (forum for Cartography and Design) - http://www.cartotalk.com/

    Making Maps: DIY Cartography - http://makingmaps.net/

    Shaded Relief - http://www.shadedrelief.com/

    Color Brewer - http://colorbrewer2.org/

    Cartographer's Guild (forum) - http://www.cartographersguild.com/

    Cartographer's Users Advisory Council - http://cuac.wustl.edu/

    Strange maps (blog) - http://bigthink.com/blogs/strange-maps

    Kelso's Corner (Nathaniel Vaughn Kelso blog) - http://kelsocartography.com/blog/

    Something about Maps (Daniel Huffman blog) - http://somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/

    Cartastrophe (Daniel Huffman blog) - http://cartastrophe.wordpress.com/

    Cartographer (Andy Woodruf blog) - http://andywoodruff.com/blog/

    The Map Room (blog) - http://www.maproomblog.com/

    Radical Cartography - http://www.radicalcartography.net/

    Indie Maps - Neocartography (Zachary Forest Johnson blog) - http://indiemaps.com/blog/

    F*!@ Yeah Cartography! - http://fuckyeahcartography.tumblr.com/

  

 

Online Maps and Mapping

    City of Bellingham online map (CityIQ) - http://www.cob.org/cityiq

    City of Bellingham Maps - http://www.cob.org/planning/source/html/gis_maps.htm

    Skagit County online map (iMap) - http://www.skagitcounty.net/GIS/Applications/iMap/asp/iMap.asp

    Skagit County maps - http://www.skagitcounty.net/Common/Asp/Default.asp?d=GIS&c=General&p=Gallery/main.htm

 

    Blank Outline Maps - http://gis.about.com/cs/blankoutlinemaps/

    Cartography 2.0 (interactive, animated and online mapping)

    CIA World Factbook Maps - http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

    Color Landform Maps of USA - http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html

    EPA EnviroMapper - http://www.epa.gov/emefdata/em4ef.home 

            http://www.epa.gov/waters/enviromapper/

    Geographic Name Information System (USGS GNIS) http://geonames.usgs.gov/

       

    MapTech - http://mapserver.maptech.com/homepage/index.cfm

    Map Digger - http://www.mapdigger.com/

    National Atlas of USA - http://www.nationalatlas.gov/

    National Geographic - http://www.nationalgeographic.org/

        Map Machine - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/

    Nautical Charts (current) - http://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/states.html 

    Rand McNally - http://www.randmcnally.com/

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

    Toxi Waste - http://www.filtersfast.com/US-Toxic-waste.asp

    USGS online store - http://store.usgs.gov/

        Includes map locator and downloader (GeoPDF files)

    World Mapper: http://www.worldmapper.org/ 

    World Maps - http://www.worldpress.org/map.cfm

 

Historical:

    David Rumsey Collection (Historical) - http://www.davidrumsey.com/    

    Historical Topographic & Nautical Charts - http://historicals.ncd.noaa.gov/historicals/histmap.asp

    Historical Washington Topo Maps - http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/usgstoposindex.htm 

    Historical Topos and Charts on Google Earth - http://www.gelib.com/ 

 

 

Misc:

    Geology.com - http://geology.com/

    Pacific NW USGS Geological Maps - http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/pacnw/mapgeo.html 

    Strange Maps - interesting cartography - http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/ 

    Tsunami Maps (Brochures) for Washington State (DNR)

           http://www.dnr.wa.gov/geology/hazards/tsunami/evac/ 

    WWU Faculty Research Projects - http://onlinefast.org/v4/index.php?blog=20 

 

 

Air Photos

    GlobeXplorer (USA Air Photo - with MapQuest Addressing)

    TerraFly (USGS Ortho Photos by USA address)

    TerraServer (MSN - USGS Ortho Photos)

    Washington State DOE Shoreline Photos (oblique)

    

 

 

Citing Maps & Digital Data (for academic works)

    Western Washington University (Wilson Library) ( http://libguides.wwu.edu/mapcite )

    Brock University Map Library ( http://www.brocku.ca/maplibrary/howtoref.htm )

    McMaster University Library ( http://library.mcmaster.ca/maps/mapcite.htm )

    Michigan Tech http://forest.mtu.edu/staff/mdhyslop/gis/citation.html

    University of Waterloo ( http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/locations/umd/digital/citation.html )

    Arizona State University ( http://www.asu.edu/lib/hayden/govdocs/docscite/docscite.htm )

    University of Wisconsin ( http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/AGSL/agsgis/find.cfm)

    Univ. Saskatchewan (Citing Data Files) - http://library.usask.ca:9003/data/cite.html  

 

 

etc.

    Unit Conversions #1 (Area, Length, etc)

    Unit Conversions #2

    Digital Earth

    Puget Sound LIDAR Consortium

 

   

 

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