Gazetteers | GIS | Map libraries and museums | Mapping organisations | Online journals | Online maps | Remote sensing | Resources | Societies | Weather
These links have been categorised. Where sites fall into more than one category, an entry exists under each relevant heading.
Alpha Command and Control Information System WWW server has maps, images, and other information.
Avis Maps is a collection of road maps (currently the US but coverage will be expanded) which can be downloaded and
printed for personal use.
Brock University Map Library - You can find indexes to their map coverage and an electronic Census Atlas of Niagara.
CIA World Factbook 1996 Reference Maps are now online. These are some nice colour world and regional maps which can
be downloaded in TIFF (or if you have a fast link!) PDF formats.
Catalan Atlas - Images from the 14th century Catalan Atlas in the Bibliothèque Nationale de
France.
Hydrographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean - maps and data.
Color Landform Atlas of the United States includes landforms, state maps from 1895, satellite images and more.
Hydrographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean - maps and data.
DeLorme Mapping - an excellent page, with demos and technical info. Their regularly updated maps of areas in the news are
worth a look.
Earth Viewer - A real-time world map showing daylight and darkness
Harvard Map Collection - now on-line.
Heritage Map Museum In the Amish community of Lititz, Pennsylvania USA, an interesting web site which has images of 15th
to 19th century maps.
Historic Maps of Dutch Cartographers - A selection of maps by Blaeu, Jansson, Colom et. al.
History of Cartography Project
This site has text, graphics and digital maps.
James Ford Bell Library's Historical Map Collection - Monochrome images of early maps and charts.
Magellan Geographix Online Atlas has good quality watermarked GIF maps at world, country, region and city levels.
MapQuest is an online mapping site which creates personalised maps (by address in London and the US).
National Geographic Society Maps, articles and plenty of nice graphics. You will need Netscape Navigator 3 or MS Internet
Explorer to get the best from it.
Out of This World - an exhibition of rare books from the collection of the Linda Hall Library, featuring celestial atlases.
Oxford University Computing Laboratory - Maps of Oxford, London, Europe and the world in GIF format, including pictures
and info.
Ryhiner Project - At the Municipal and University Library of Berne (StUB), Switzerland this site has an online catalogue and
images from the collections of 16th - 18th maps. It includes useful bibliographical records as well.
UK Street Map Page has street maps of London and detailed road maps of the whole UK, together with a gazetteer function.
UNEP/GRID-Arendal - If you need maps and GIS datasets for Europe, the Arctic and the Baltic Sea area, check out this site
where you will find downloadable maps and datasets, together with links to other related sites.
Xerox PARC Map Viewer - Create basic maps of anywhere in the world. Maps are in GIF format and show details such as
coastlines, boundaries and rivers.
World of Maps is a Swiss site with thematic and historical maps, links and information on Swiss cartographic publications.
GIS WWW Server Resource List (Edinb) - For useful GIS links.
Japan GIS/Mapping Sciences Resource Guide - Japanese GIS, remote sensing, geospatial data products, maps, activities and
information sources.
UNEP/GRID-Arendal - If you need maps and GIS datasets for Europe, the Arctic and the Baltic Sea area, check out this site
where you will find downloadable maps and datasets, together with links to other related sites.
Earth From Space has sixteen images in GIF and JPG formats taken from various spacecraft.
RSD/MAPB/GLOBE Server (NASA) - At NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Have a look at this site for remote
sensing.
Univ of Wisc-Madison Space Science & Engineering Center - Another remote sensing site worth checking out.
Australian Geographic Place Names (Gazetteer) - Searchable by place name, place type and region.
Canadian Geographic Names - current Canadian placenames with basic location maps as well.
Canadian Historic Names - Historic Canadian placenames.
GEOnet Names Server has 3.3 MILLION placenames! (outside of the USA). This is the best gazetteer to try for worldwide
searches.
Ordnance Survey Gazetteer of Place Names - is now is also available online, at the BT CampusWorld site.
Tiger Mapping Service (US Bureau of the Census] - A range of services are here, including a comprehensive gazetter of the
U.S. which generates neat GIF maps on the fly. To use the gazetteer option, go straight to the US Places File
USGS Geographic Names Information System - find place names with links to maps as well.
NERC Satellite Station Dundee University
One of the best sites for UK weather maps. You need to register (it's free).
Purdue University Hurricane/Tropical Data page
Data on hurricanes and tropical storms, with maps of the storm tracks can be found here.
Astronomical Museum at the Universita di Bologna has a wealth of information on astronomical observation, including celestial
charts. Take a look at the Globe Room which has some nice gifs of early globes and armillery spheres.
British Library is now online. The Map Library has its own web pages, with examples for the collections.
Brock University Map Library - You can find indexes to their map coverage and an electronic Census Atlas of Niagara.
Exploring the West from Monticello: A Perspective in Maps from Columbus to Lewis and Clark is a new website by The
Special Collections Department of the University of Virginia Library. The exhibition shows the evolution of cartographic
knowledge of North America up to the time that Lewis and Clark set out on their exploratory journey. Most of the materials
in the exhibition are from the map collections of the Tracy W. McGregor Library of American History.
Harvard Map Collection - now on-line. Take a look.
Heritage Map Museum In the Amish community of Lititz, Pennsylvania USA, an interesting web site which has images of 15th
to 19th century maps.
James Ford Bell Library's Historical Map Collection - Monochrome images of early maps and charts.
Koninklijke Bibliotheek Map Collection these web pages contain a general description of the collections of the Royal Library
of The Netherlands. There are also the holdings of Atlantes Neerlandici and descriptions of manuscript atlases, together with
an index to Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici to which is added new items and facsimiles.
Memorial University of Newfoundland Map Library Map Collection - Information about the library and some online images.
National Library of Scotland Map Library Their home page is has been updated. There are new pages of images and access
information.
National Library of Wales is also online with information and images from the collections.
Out of This World - an exhibition of rare books from the collection of the Linda Hall Library, featuring celestial atlases.
Ryhiner Project - At the Municipal and University Library of Berne (StUB), Switzerland this site has an online catalogue and
images from the collections of 16th - 18th maps. It includes useful bibliographical records as well
Current Geographical Publications - Bibliographical references to books, articles, pamphlets, maps and atlases... etc. in the
American Geographical Society Collection of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Institute of British Geographers - Papers from the TIBG are now online in Adobe Acrobat format
Mercator's World - Homepage of Mercator's World Magazine with articles, links and more
Alan Godfrey Maps publish facsimiles of Ordnance Survey one-inch maps and reduced facsimiles of large scale plans.
British Gelogical Survey - Home page of the UK's national geological survey. Includes information about maps and other
publications.
DeLorme Mapping - an excellent page, with demos and technical info. Take a look at their regularly updated maps of areas in
the news.
Ordnance Survey - Their home page. It's worth a look. There is also a customer helpline for information on OS stockists
worldwide.
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research - data and images about ozone holes, meteorology and other
features of the Arctic and Antarctic regions and seas.
Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion(tm) Air-Ocean World Map on the Fuller Projection uses a icosahedron to depict the world
with barely any distortion. There is more information at the Synergetics on the Web site.
City.Net - Wordwide information.
Country Studies/Area Handbook Program - Prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the
Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. Comprehensive information on a range
of countries.
Date and Time Gateway is the place to find the current date and time for just about anywhere worldwide
Geography Resources - numerous useful links.
Faculty of Geographical Sciences - At Utrecht University, there is some interesting material, including a huge list of useful
links!
History of Cartography claims to be THE Gateway to the Subject. It certainly has a comprehensive collection of links,
information and other resources.
History of Cartography Project This site has text, graphics and digital maps.
Infonation is the UN's up-to-date database on member states.
Japan GIS/Mapping Sciences Resource Guide - Japanese GIS, remote sensing, geospatial data products, maps, activities and
information sources.
Links to Great Earth Science Resources links to above-average earth science sites from archeology to vulcanology.
Map Projection Home Page Everything you need to know about this subject.
Mining Company's Geography page has links, map jokes and US data. They also awarded us their July 1997 Best of the Net
award for the Map Case, so check them out!
National Geographic Society Maps, articles and plenty of nice graphics. You will need Netscape Navigator 3 or MS Internet
Explorer to get the best from it.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Oddens Bookmarks is a vast collection of useful links worldwide - always worth checking out!
Open Seas Instrumentation Inc has a large list of oceanographic sites.
Their home page has a wealth of info on global change, ecosystems and other related topics.
Ordnance Survey of Ireland Archives are listed at the National Archives of Ireland web site.
Postaprint offers a mail order service for maps of the UK and elsewhere in the world. There is an online database which is
searchable by subject, country, engraver etc.
Ryhiner Project - At the Municipal and University Library of Berne (StUB), Switzerland this site has an online catalogue and
images from the collections of 16th - 18th maps. It includes useful bibliographical records as well
Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets issued by the US State Department are posted here.
U.S. Census Bureau - THE source of US Census data. You can display data profiles using point and click maps. It also links
to the US gazetteer and Tiger Mapping Service.
Map Curators' Group of the British Cartographic Society Their home page is now up, with information on membership and
their publications.
Society of University Cartographers - Information about the Society is on their homepage, which will have outline maps for
downloading and other useful stuff.
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