GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SOURCES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SOURCES
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MAPPINGGeography Internet Resources - WCSU - http://www.wcsu.ctstateu.edu/socialsci/geores.html
Geography - My Virtual Encyclopedia - http://www.refdesk.com/geo.html
Britannica Online - Geography - http://www.eb.com:180/alpha/lists.htcl?aDB=geog_alpha&nHits=10&mode=4
Nations of the World - http://www.eb.com:180/cgi-bin/g?DocF=nations/index.htm
Geographic Information - St. Charles City County Library District - http://www.win.org/library/services/gis/gishp.htm
Geography - Encyclopedia Britannica - http://www.ebig.com/browse.html?HeadingUid=4957
Cartography - WWW Virtual Library - http://geog.gmu.edu/projects/maps/cartogrefs.html
Geography - WWW Virtual Library - http://www.icomos.org/WWW_VL_Geography.html
Geography - Galaxy - http://www.einet.net/galaxy/Social-Sciences/Geography.html
Geography USA - Virtual Textbook - http://alpine.for.nau.edu/~alew/ustxtwlc.html
National Geographic Map Machine Res. - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/csites/index.html
Web Internet Res. in Maps & Cartography - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/MapCollections.html#web
Map Related Web Sites - Perry-Castenada Library Map Collection - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/map_sites/map_sites.html
Internet Resources for Geographers - Univ of Texas at Austin - http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/virtdept/resources/contents.htm
InfoMine - Maps & GIS - http://lib-www.ucr.edu/search/ucr_mapssearch.html
Serials Resources in Geography - http://andretti.iupui.edu/subjectareas/geography/serials.html
Univ. of N.C. - Geography Links - http://www.geog.unc.edu/geolinks.html
Cartography - University of North Texas - http://archive.lis.unt.edu:2025/htdocs/fall711/scitech1.html
Lib. of Congress Map Coll. 1597-1988 - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
Lib. of Congress American Memory Panoramic Maps 1847- 1929 - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/pmhtml/panhome.html
Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection -
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html
Univ. of GA Hargett Library Map Coll. - http://scarlett.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/maps.html
Cartographic Images - http://www.iag.net/%7Ejsiebold/carto.html
Magellan Geophix - Maps - http://www.pathfinder.com/@@JnXDsgUAc9g22Vv9/travel/maps/index2.html
National Geographic Map Machine - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/
CIA World FactBook - Reference Maps - http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ref-frame.html
Association of Research Libraries Electronic Atlas - http://www-map.lib.umn.edu/arl.html
Color Landform Atlas of the United States - http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.htmlhttp://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/
Maps of the United States - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/united_states.html
Maps and Geography of the United States - http://geography.miningco.com/library/maps/blusx.htm
National Atlas of Canada - http://www-nais.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/index.html
Maps From Magellan Geographix - http://www.pathfinder.com/@@JnXDsgUAc9g22Vv9/travel/maps/index2.htmlhttp://www.pathfinder.com/@@JnXDsgUAc9g22Vv9/travel/maps/index.html
National Geographic Map Machine Atlas - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/atlas/index.html
National Geographic Atlas Index - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/atlas/cindex.html
CyberAtlas - http://www.cyberatlas.com/
Atlapedia (tm) - http://www.atlapedia.com/
Electronic Map Library - http://130.166.124.2/library.html
Zerox PARC Map Viewer - http://pubweb.parc.xerox.com/map/
Formation of the Contigious U. S. - http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/48states.html
Cartography &Geographic Info. Society - http://www.landsurveyor.com/acsm/memorg39/cagis06/cagis00.htm
National Geographic Society - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/main.html
Association of American Geographers - http://www.aag.org/
American Geographical Society - http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sarhaus/isss/ags.html
U.S. Geological Survey - http://www.usgs.gov/
USGS Mapping Service - http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/http://mapping.usgs.gov/
Global Land Information (GLIS) - http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/webglis/
U. S. GeoData - http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/doc/edchome/ndcdb/ndcdb.html
TIGER Digital Map Database - http://tiger.census.gov/http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/geo/www/tiger/
TIGER Mapping Service - http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse-tbl
Dictionary of Abbreviations & Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/abbrev.html
Thesaurus of Geographic Names - Getty Information Institute - http://www.gii.getty.edu/tgn_browser/
GIS Dictionary - University of Edinburgh Deptartment of Geography and Association for Geographic Information -
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/root/agidict/welcome.html
USGS Place Name Gazetteer gopher://gopher.peabody.yale.edu:71/1
U.S. Gazetteer http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteerhttp://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
Canadian Gazetteer - http://ellesmere.ccm.emr.ca/cgndb/english /cgndb_current.html
Geographic Name Server/Xerox Map Gateway - ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/pub/eecs/geo/
Canadian Geographic Names - http://GeoNames.NRCan.gc.ca/english/
Antarctica Geographic Names Data Base - http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/antform.html
Geographic Names Information System USGS - National Mapping Service - http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/
Geographic Names Information System - http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/gnis/
GEONet Names Server - http://164.214.2.59/gns/html/index.html
Geographic Names Server - http://www.mit.edu:8001/geo
Mas. Area Geographic Glossary of Terms - http://www.census.gov/plue/geocorr/htmls/maggot.html
Map Stats - http://www.census.gov/datamap/www/index.html
MABLE/Geocorr V2.5 Geographic Correspondence Engine - Tiger Mapping Service - http://www.census.gov/plue/
Global Statistics - http://home.worldonline.nl/~quark/index.html
CitySearch - http://www.citysearch.com/
Mapquest - http://www.mapquest.com
MapBlast - http://www.mapblast.com/
Avis Maps - http://www.avis.com/maps/
Mapmaker - MapsOnUs - http://www.mapsonus.com/
Texas Mileage Guide Calculator - Distance - http://www.window.state.tx.us/comptrol/texastra.html
Texas Mileage Guide - http://www.cpa.state.tx.us/comptrol/texastra .html
How Far Is It?Direct Line Distance Server - http://www.indo.com/distance/
Texas Travel Guide - Distance Calculator - http://www.window.state.tx.us/comptrol /texastra.html
USA CityLink - http://usacitylink.com//
Virtual Tourist I - http://www.vtourist.com/http://www.vtourist.com/webmap/
City.Net http://www.city.net/
http://www.city.net/countries/united_states
Foreign Language for Travelers - http://www.travlang.com/languages/
TravelLang - http://www.travlang.com/
Roadside America - http://www.roadsideamerica.com/map.html
State Highpointers Club - http://www.cris.com/~Mfedor/statehps/statehipointer.shtmlState Highpoint Information - http://www.cris.com/~mfedor/statehps/stateinfo/
Zip-Find - http://link-usa.com/zipcode/
Travel Resource Center - http://www.travelresource.com/airlines/airlines.html
Travelocity - http://www.travelocity.com/
TravelWeb - http://www.travelweb.com/
Geography U. S. A. - Virtual Textbook - http://alpine.for.nau.edu/~alew/ustxtwlc.html
50 States and Capitals - http://www.50states.com/
State Highpoint Information - http://www.cris.com/~mfedor/statehps/stateinfo/
Global Statistics - Country Guides - http://home.worldonline.nl/~quark/index.html
Country Studies/Area Handbook Program - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Travel Advisory and Consular Information - http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.htmlhttp://www.stolaf.edu/network/travel-advisories.html
CIA World Factbook - http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
CIA Home Page - http://www.odci.gov/cia
Expedia Worldwide Links - http://links.expedia.com/am/
National Geographic Online - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/main.html
Current Geographical Publications - http://leardo.lib.uwm.edu/cgp/whatis.html
The Professional Geographer - http://typhoon.sdsu.edu/PG/home.html
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Geographic Information Sources Questions
1. Use the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program at the Library of Congress. Find some
information about Seychelles? How big is the country, What is the population, and What is the
religion?http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
2. Go to the Rare Map Collection at the Hargrett Library. When was the Battle of Atlanta?
http://scarlett.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/maps.html
3. Use the Geographic Name Server/Xerox Map Gateway. How many cities are there in the United
States named Vidalia? What states are they in?http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/pub/eecs/geo/
4. When was the last travel advisory issued for the countries below?
http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html http://www.stolaf.edu/network/travel-advisories.html
a. Bahrain
b. Burkina Faso
5. Use the Altapedia and find the following information about the country Sao Tome and Principe.
What are the official name, location, capital, official language, and main exports?
