Cartographic Information on the Web

Excellent Overview Sites

• University of Texas, Austin, Perry-Castañeda Map Library
  a go-to site for more of everything listed below.
• Oddens' Bookmarks

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Selected sites for maps and cartographic resources

Iowa Maps Online

• ISU Iowa Geographic Map Server
• Natural Resources Geographic Information System (NRGIS) Library
• DNR Interactive Mapping
• Iowa DOT Maps
• Iowa Historical County Atlases
• Johnson County Auditor maps
• Iowa Geospatial Data Clearinghouse

Historical Maps

• Iowa Historical County Atlases
• American Memory Project maps from Library of Congress
• Digital Sanborn Maps (1867-1970)
  NOTE:  The State Library of Iowa makes Iowa Sanborn maps available online for anyone with an Iowa State Library card, see http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/services/resources/sanborn-login
• David Rumsey Collection
• Odden Bookmarks - limit to “maps and atlases old”
• Images of early maps on the web, a part of the “Virtual Library”
• Historical Map & Chart Project

More Maps & Atlases Online

• NationMaster.com (maps & statistics)
• About Geography/World Atlas & Maps
• UN Map & Geographic Information Resources
• Census Bureau’s Mapping and Cartographic Resources for interactive mapping
• Rural Assistance Center Site for maps and data-- to the county level--on rural topics.
• DNR Interactive Mapping
• Global GIS Data Bundle  for world-wide spatial data
• SimplyMap  for US data and mapping
• Microsoft’s TerraServer (http://terraserver-usa.com/)

Gazetteers

• Columbia Gazetteer of the World  
• GNIS from US Geological Survey for domestic (US) geographic names
• GEOnet Names Server  for non-US geographic names
• Oddens' Bookmarks/Gazetteers
• JewishGen ShtetlSeeker

Map/Cartographic Principles

• About Geography
• Gallery of Map Projections
• Map Projections
• The Geographer’s Craft
• Map scale calculator

Weather

• National Weather Service--local radar
• National Weather Service--local forecast
• Weather Channel--local outlook
• Accuweather--local weather & more
• Intellicast---global weather information
• Iowa DOT weather-related road conditions

Travel

• Distance Calculator
• Maporama (for driving instructions worldwide)
• MapQuest
• Yahoo Travel
• MSN Maps
• Google Maps and its enhanced sibling, Google Earth.  The latter requires a download.
• Iowa DOT travel information
• Iowa DOT weather-related road conditions

 

last revised: 12/20/07