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.
Selected sites for maps and cartographic resources
- ISU Iowa Geographic Map Server (aerial photos and maps)
- Iowa Historical County Atlases
- Natural Resources Geographic Information System (NRGIS) Library
- DNR Mapping & GIS
- Iowa DOT Maps
- Iowa Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
- Johnson County Auditor maps
- Iowa Flood Center maps
Historical Maps, Iowa and Elsewhere
- Iowa Historical County Atlases
- Iowa DOT Historical Archives Digital Collections
- Iowa DOT Route Maps on "Historical Auto Trails"
- Historical Maps of Iowa
- Digital Sanborn Maps (1867-1970)
for U.S. cities and towns
NOTE: The State Library of Iowa makes Iowa Sanborn maps available online for anyone with a State Library of Iowa card, see http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/services/resources/sanborn-login - Atlas of Historic County Boundaries
- American Memory Project maps from Library of Congress
- David Rumsey Collection
- Images of early maps on the web, a part of the “Virtual Library”
- Historical Map & Chart Project
- University of Texas, Austin, Perry-Casteñada Map Library
More Maps & Atlases Online 
includes previous cool maps links
- About Geography/World Atlas & Maps
- UN Map & Geographic Information Resources
- North American Environmental Atlas
- Digital Sanborn Maps (1867-1970) for U.S. cities and towns
NOTE: The State Library of Iowa makes Iowa Sanborn maps available online for anyone with a State Library of Iowa card, see http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/services/resources/sanborn-login - Census Bureau’s American Fact Finder for interactive mapping
- Rural Assistance Center Site for maps and data-- to the county level--on rural topics
- Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America
- DNR Interactive Mapping
- Global GIS Data Bundle for world-wide spatial data
- SimplyMap for US data and mapping
- Microsoft Research Maps
- Google Maps and its enhanced sibling, Google Earth. The latter requires a download.
- Bing Maps
- River Maps à la Harry Beck
- Maps of the Warsaw Ghetto
- The 12 States of America: Since 1980, income inequality has fractured the nation into "12 states."
- Bizarre map challenge 2010: http://bizarremap.sdsu.edu/Voting/awardlist.htm
- Crisis in the Horn of Africa: http://www.usaid.gov/fwd/crisis.html
- IfItWereMyHome.com - visualizing the bp™ oil spill as if it were in Iowa City: http://www.ifitweremyhome.com
- Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art from the guardian.uk.co announcement for the British Library: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2010/jan/26/british-library-map
- Mapping the 2010 Census at http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/map?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1: From the New York Times a map showing changes in population from 2000 to 2010, including race, ethnicity, and locales
- Slate Magazine strange maps slide show essay: http://www.slate.com/id/2236256/slideshow/2236927/
- Roach map for New York City, Novemeber 2010: http://roachmap.com
- Swine Flu maps: http://swineflumaps.com
- Flood inundation maps for (spring of 2011):
- Vicksburg, Mississippi
- The New Orleans District
- Missouri River, Omaha, Nebraska From the Corp of Engineers/Omaha District
- GNIS from US Geological Survey for domestic (US) geographic names
- GEOnet Names Server for non-US geographic names
- JewishGen ShtetlSeeker
- About Geography
- Gallery of Map Projections
- Map- and Chart-Making--The Art and Science of Cartography
- Map scale calculator
- Map tutorials -- kdmc (Knight Digital Media Center)
- 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
- KCRG Pinpoint Doppler Radar
- Distance Calculator
- MapQuest
- Yahoo Travel
- Bing 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: November 8, 2011
