GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SOURCES

 

    ATLASES     MAP STATISTICS
    ELECTRONIC MAPPING DATABASES     MILEAGE GUIDES
    ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS     ORGANIZATIONS
    GEOGRAPHIC INTERNET QUESTIONS     PLACE NAMES AND GAZETTEERS
    GUIDES AND DIRECTORIES     STATE GUIDES
    INTERNATIONAL AND FOREIGN 
         COUNTRY GUIDES		     TRAVEL GUIDES
    MAP COLLECTIONS     U. S. GOVERNMENT MAPPING

 
 

    GUIDES AND DIRECTORIES

Geography Internet Resources - WCSU  -  http://www.wcsu.ctstateu.edu/socialsci/geores.html

Geography - My Virtual Encyclopedia  -  http://www.refdesk.com/geo.html

Geographic Information - St. Charles City County Library District  -  http://www.win.org/library/services/gis/gishp.htm

Geography - Encyclopedia Britannica  - http://www.eblast.com/

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://www.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.ncsu.edu:80/midlink/gis/links.htm  

Cartography - University of North Texas  -  http://archive.lis.unt.edu:2025/htdocs/fall711/scitech1.html

U.S. Geological Survey - http://www.usgs.gov/

          Matt Rosenberg's Geography Sites - http://geography.about.com/

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    MAP COLLECTIONS

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.maps.com/cgi-bin/magellan/Maps

National Geographic Map Machine  -  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/

CIA World FactBook - Reference Maps  - http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ref.html
 
 American Geographical Society Collection - http://leardo.lib.uwm.edu/cart.html

    ATLASES

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.html

http://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

Planet Earth Home Page  -  http://members.xoom.com/boomslang/earthfr4.html

Maps From Magellan Geographix  -   http://www.maps.com/cgi-bin/magellan/Maps

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

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    ORGANIZATIONS

Cartography & Geographic Info. Society  -  http://www.survmap.org/default.htm

National Geographic Society  -  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/main.html

Association of American Geographers  -  http://www.aag.org/

Royal Canadian Geographical Society - http://www.rcgs.org/   

 

    U. S. GOVERNMENT MAPPING

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
 

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    PLACE NAMES AND GAZETTEERS

Dictionary of Abbreviations & Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/abbrev.html

Thesaurus of Geographic Names - Getty Information Institute  -  http://shiva.pub.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

U.S. Gazetteer    http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer

http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer

Canadian Geographical Journal - http://www.rcgs.org/English/anniver/anniver2.htm

Canadian Geographic Names   -  http://GeoNames.NRCan.gc.ca/english/Home.html

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
 
 

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    MAP STATISTICS

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://www.stats.demon.nl/

 

    ELECTRONIC MAPPING DATABASES

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/

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    MILEAGE GUIDES

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/

    TRAVEL GUIDES

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.highpointers.com/

State Highpoint Information  -  http://www.highpointers.com/

Zip-Find  -  http://link-usa.com/zipcode/

Airlines  -  http://207.88.164.78/tggh/html/cgi/radd.cgi?airlines/index.html

Travel Resource Center  -  http://www.travelresource.com/airlines/airlines.html

Travelocity  -  http://www.travelocity.com/

TravelWeb  -  http://www.travelweb.com/
 

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    STATE GUIDES

Geography U. S. A. - Virtual Textbook  -  http://www.for.nau.edu/~alew/ustxtwlc.html

50 States and Capitals  -  http://www.50states.com/

State Highpoint Information  - http://www.highpointers.com/  
 

    INTERNATIONAL AND FOREIGN COUNTRY GUIDES

Global Statistics - Country Guides  -  http://www.stats.demon.nl/

Country Studies/Area Handbook Program  -  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Travel Advisory and Consular Information  -  http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html

http://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/

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    ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS

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?  What can you find about Kosovo? 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

  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

    c.        Serbia & Montenegro

  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?   http://www.atlapedia.com/

  6. Use the TIGER Mapping Service to draw a map of  Atlanta, TX.   What was the population in 1990?  Draw a map of the city of your birthplace?   What was the population of that city in 1990?

    http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse-tbl

  7. Use the Altapedia to find information about Kosovo?  Where is it?   What is the name of the country? Use the CIA World FactBook to find information about the countries that are related to Kosovo.   What is the population makeup of these countries? 

    http://www.atlapedia.com/

    CIA World FactBook - Reference Maps  - http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ref.html

  8. Use the Texas Mileage Guide - how far is it from Denton to the city where you live? 

    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

  9. How far is it from Houston to all cities named Timbuktu?

    How Far Is It?Direct Line Distance Server  -  http://www.indo.com/distance/

 

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