{"id":19,"date":"2012-11-08T15:21:56","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T21:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forms.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/cartographic-information-on-the-web\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T13:58:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T18:58:23","slug":"cartographic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/cartographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartographic information on the web"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Excellent Overview Sites<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.utexas.edu\/maps\/index.html\">University of Texas, Austin, Perry-Casta\u00f1eda Map Library<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0a go-to site for more of everything listed below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"iowa\">Iowa Maps Online<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/iowafloodcenter.org\/projects\/flood-inundation-maps\/\">Flood Inundation Maps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iowadnr.gov\/Environment\/MappingGIS.aspx\">DNR Mapping &amp; GIS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ortho.gis.iastate.edu\/\">ISU Iowa Geographic Map Server<\/a> (aerial photos and maps)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/atlases\">Iowa Historical County Atlases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnsoncountyiowa.gov\/department-of-geographic-information-systems\">Johnson County GIS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/programs.iowadnr.gov\/nrgislibx\/gishome.htm\">Natural Resources Geographic Information System (NRGIS) Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iowadotmaps.com\/\">Iowa DOT Maps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geodata.iowa.gov\/\">Iowa Geospatial Data Clearinghouse<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"historical\">Historical Maps, Iowa and Elsewhere<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/digital.lib.uiowa.edu\/atlases\/index.php\">Iowa Historical County Atlases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/historicalphotos.iowadot.gov\/\">Iowa DOT Historical Archives Digital Collections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iowadot.gov\/autotrails\/indexauto.htm\">Iowa DOT Route Maps on &#8220;Historical Auto Trails&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.uiowa.edu\/sanborn\">Digital Sanborn Maps (1867-1970)<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/files\/lock.gif\" alt=\"UI access only\" width=\"11\" height=\"12\" border=\"0\" \/> for U.S. cities and towns<br \/>\n<strong><strong>NOTE:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/strong>The State Library of Iowa makes Iowa Sanborn maps available online for anyone with a State Library of Iowa card, see <a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.statelibraryofiowa.org\/services\/resources\/sanborn-login\" href=\"http:\/\/www.statelibraryofiowa.org\/services\/resources\/sanborn-login\">http:\/\/www.statelibraryofiowa.org\/services\/resources\/sanborn-login<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/publications.newberry.org\/ahcb\/\">Atlas of Historic County Boundaries <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/ammem\/browse\/index.html\">American Memory Project maps from Library of Congress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidrumsey.com\/\">David Rumsey Collection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"NYPL Historical Maps\" href=\"http:\/\/digitalcollections.nypl.org\/search\/index?filters%5BphysicalLocation_mtxt_s%5D%5B%5D=Map+Division&amp;keywords=&amp;sort=dateDigitized_dt+desc\">New York Public Library Digital Collections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maphistory.info\/webimages.html\">Images of early maps on the web<\/a>, a part of the \u201cVirtual Library\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/historicalcharts.noaa.gov\/\">Historical Map &amp; Chart Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/project.oldmapsonline.org\/\">Old Maps Online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.utexas.edu\/maps\/historical\/index.html\">Perry-Caste\u00f1ada Map Library<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0University of Texas, Austin,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"historical2\">More Maps &amp; Atlases Online<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/geospatial\/mapsgeo\">UN Map &amp; Geographic Information Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cec.org\/naatlas\">North American Environmental Atlas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.uiowa.edu\/sanborn\">Digital Sanborn Maps (1867-1970)<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/files\/lock.gif\" alt=\"UI access only\" width=\"11\" height=\"12\" border=\"0\" \/> for U.S. cities and towns<br \/>\n<strong><strong>NOTE:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/strong>The State Library of Iowa makes Iowa Sanborn maps available online for anyone with a State Library of Iowa card, see <a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.statelibraryofiowa.org\/services\/resources\/sanborn-login\" href=\"http:\/\/www.statelibraryofiowa.org\/services\/resources\/sanborn-login\">http:\/\/www.statelibraryofiowa.org\/services\/resources\/sanborn-login<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralhealthinfo.org\/visualizations\">Rural Health Information Hub<\/a> for maps and data&#8211; to the county level&#8211;on rural topics<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/data\/ruralATlas\/\">Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iowadnr.gov\/Environment\/Geology\/STATEMAPMapping.aspx\">DNR-IGWS Iowa Geological &amp; Water Survey STATEMAP Mapping<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/landscan\">LandScan Global Population Database<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/files\/lock.gif\" alt=\"UI access only\" width=\"11\" height=\"12\" border=\"0\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/globalgis\">Global GIS Data Bundle <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/files\/lock.gif\" alt=\"UI access only\" width=\"11\" height=\"12\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\u00a0for world-wide spatial data<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.uiowa.edu\/simplymap\">SimplyMap<\/a>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/files\/lock.gif\" alt=\"UI access only\" width=\"11\" height=\"12\" border=\"0\" \/> for US data and mapping<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\">Google Maps<\/a> and its enhanced sibling, <a href=\"http:\/\/earth.google.com\/\">Google Earth<\/a>.\u00a0 The latter requires a download.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"cool\">Other Cool Maps Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Detroit crowdsourced blight maps\" href=\"https:\/\/datasmart.hks.harvard.edu\/solutions\/motor-city-mapping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Motor City Mapping<\/a> July 2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasondavies.com\/maps\/transition\/\">Map Projection Transitions<\/a>\u00a0Mayl 2013<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/money\/2013\/02\/19\/172323211\/beer-map-two-giant-brewers-210-brands\">Beer Map: Two Giant Brewers, 210 Brands<\/a>\u00a0March 2013<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/droughtmonitor.unl.edu\/\">Drought Monitor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/gallery\/2012\/oct\/19\/map-chart-development-city-pictures#\/?picture=397512910&amp;index=15\">Maps charting the development of cities<\/a> &#8211; Pictures from the Guardian<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ediblegeography.com\/the-spatial-distribution-of-Americans-in-relationship-to-Starbucks\">Starbucks Coffeehouse statistics<\/a> October 2012<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/libraries\/agsl\/\">American Geographical Society Library<\/a> August 2012 Newly preserved photographic negatives<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britainfromabove.org.uk\">Britain From Above: Aerial Photos, 1919-1953<\/a> July 2012<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidrumsey.com\/blog\/2004\/4\/6\/cassini-terrestrial-globe-and-gis-layers\">Cassini Terrestrial Globe and G.I.S. Layers<\/a> (watch video!) May 2012<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldmapsonline.org\/#bbox=-92.101878,41.47197,-91.102122,41.872029&amp;q=&amp;datefrom=1000&amp;dateto=2010\">Old Maps Online<\/a> March 2012<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.locatinglondon.org\/\">Locating London&#8217;s Past<\/a> February 2012<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com\/river-maps\/\">River Maps \u00e0 la Harry Beck<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.siger.org\/warsawghettomaps\/\">Maps of the Warsaw Ghetto<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/artanddesign\/gallery\/2010\/jan\/26\/british-library-map\">Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art<\/a> From the guardian.uk.co announcement for the British Library, January 2010<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/projects.nytimes.com\/census\/2010\/map?nl_todaysheadlines&amp;emc=thab1\">Mapping the 2010 Census<\/a> From the New York Times a map showing changes in population from 2000 to 2010 including race<\/li>\n<li>The New York City Roach Map November 2011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"historical3\">Gazetteers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geonames.usgs.gov\/pls\/gnispublic\">GNIS from US Geological Survey<\/a> for domestic (US) geographic names<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geonames.nga.mil\/geonames\/GNSHome\/index.html\">GEOnet Names Server<\/a>\u00a0 for non-US geographic names<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishgen.org\/Communities\/\">JewishGen ShtetlSeeker<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"revisedDate \">Last revised:\u00a0 September 4, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cartographic Information on the Web<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"pagetpl-maps.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","","maps","wp-json","wp","v2","pages","19"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":54,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}