Maps and Government Information (MGI)
Maps and GIS
Internet related Resources

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Resources

Reference Materials

Gazetteers

• Geographic Names Database
  Placenames of the World (GNDB)
• Geographic Names Information System
  Placenames for the U.S. (GNIS)
• Thesaurus of Geographic Names
  From the Getty Library

Directories / Handbooks / Dictionaries

• CIA World Factbook 2007
  Concise information on every country
• Map Projections
  From USGS that show details and explanations
• Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets
  From the US State Department
• UN's Island Directory
  A vast site for detailed information on more that 2000 islands
• GIS formats
  A large dictionary list of GIS and image format extensions
• The Dictionary of Units of Measure Includes linear measurment units used in geography and cartography

Meta-Sites

• GIS WWW Resource List
  A comprehensive list from the Geography Dept. at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland
• Oddens's Bookmarks
  Over 22,000 links for cartographic information from Utrecht University in the Netherlands

News / Information

• The Geographic Information Center
  From the National Academies in Washington DC
• ESRI Support Center
  Search the knowledge base for any of the ESRI software packages for solving your Arc software problems
• Open GIS Consortium
  Group involved with GIS open standards
• GeoCommunity's Home page
  GIS and Geography news sources
• GISCafe.com
  Another great site for current news on GIS
• GIS Discussion lists
  Search 13 different discussion lists on GIS and mapping, from Directions Magazine

Organizations

• National Council for Geographic Education
• Association for Geographic Information
• Association of American Geographers (AAG)
• American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
• Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers
• The American Geographical Society
• The Canadian Association of Geographers
• University Consortium for Geographic Information Science

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Interactive Mapping

National Atlases

• National Atlas of the United States
• The National Map Viewer
  View and select the layers and themes from available tools. Data can be downloaded from this site
• Social Explorer
  Interactive mapping website for Census data from 1940 - 2000
• National Atlas of Canada
• The National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics (INEGI)
  The Mapa Digital de Mexico is located on right-hand side of the page is where to link to the interactive mapping tool and provides many maps and statistical sources relating to Mexico.
• SwissGeo
  Interactive atlas of Switzerland
• Brazil National Atlas From the IBGE
  Use the "Map Server" or "Servidor de Mapas" and "Cities@" or "Cidades@ "links in the upper lefthand corner of the page.

Subject Specific Atlases

New York State

• Syracuse - Onondaga County G.I.S. on the Web
  An Internet mapping application for accessing property tax assessment records and various other data sources.
• New York State Social Indicators Project
  From the Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research. Click on "Map Application" to start making maps.
• NYC Oasis
  Click on "Oasis maps" to find maps and aerial photos for New York City
• City of Ithaca's Demographics, Mapping and GIS Data Center
  View properties, infrastructure, zoning and other features and boundaries and view high resolution aerial photography on the web
• Interactive atlas of Election boundaries of New York State
  From the New York State Board of Elections
• Digital Atlas of New York City
  A Project of Professor William A. Bowen, California Geographical Survey, California State University, Northridge

50 Largest Cities in the US

• Albuquerque, N.M.
  
• Arlington, Tex.
  two interactive map links
• Atlanta, Ga.
  Fulton County GIS
• Austin, Tex.
  scroll down to GIS
• Baltimore, Md.
  County only - City is in process
• Boston, Mass.
  The Boston Atlas
• Charlotte, N.C.
  Mecklenburg county Property Ownership Land Records Information System (Polaris)
• Chicago, Ill.
  7 different interact maps
• Chicago, Ill.
  Chicago GIS site
• Cleveland, Ohio
  
• Colorado Springs, Colo.
  links to static and interactive maps
• Columbus, Ohio
  
• Dallas, Tex.
  make sure pop-up is turned off Needs Active-X to run
• Dallas, Tex.
  
• Denver, Colo.
  Denver Maps
• Detroit, Mich.
  11 differenrt GIS atlases
• El Paso, Tex.
  None found - site is of static maps only
• Fort Worth, Tex.
  
• Fort Worth, Tex.
  
• Fresno, Calif.
  make sure pop-ups are off
• Honolulu, Hawaii
  Both City and County
• Houston, Tex.
  Houston GIMS
• Indianapolis, Ind.
  
• Jacksonville, Fla.
  
• Kansas City, Mo.
  
• Las Vegas, Nev.
  Open Web Info Mapper - Limited to aerials and property map searching
• Long Beach, Calif.
  no site found or created yet
• Los Angeles, Calif.
  10 different interactive maps
• Louisville-Jefferson Co Ky.
  
• Memphis, Tenn.
  Read requirements for using the mapper
• Mesa, Ariz.
  Various static and some interactive maps
• Mesa, Ariz.
  Masa Maricopa county site
• Miami, Fla.
  Miami-Dade both static and interactive maps
• Miami, Fla.
  Miami-Dade snappy interactive site
• Miami, Fla.
  Three interactive maps from the City of Miami
• Milwaukee, Wis.
  
• Minneapolis, Minn.
  Hennepin County
• Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.
  
• New Orleans, La.
  
• New York, N.Y.
  
• Oakland, Calif.
  
• Oklahoma City, Okla.
  
• Oklahoma City, Okla.
  Oklahoma City The Urban Horizon - metro area mapping
• Omaha, Nebr.
  Static maps
• Philadelphia, Pa.
  
• Phoenix, Ariz.
  Maricopa county site
• Portland, Ore.
  Portland Online - Bike, Planning, Crime, property
• Portland, Ore.
  Portland MetroMap and data
• Sacramento, Calif.
  Static and Interactive maps
• Sacramento, Calif.
  Sacremento County
• San Antonio, Tex.
  
• San Diego, Calif.
  
• San Francisco, Calif.
  
• San Jose, Calif.
  
• Seattle, Wash.
  DPD GIS
• Tucson, Ariz.
  
• Tulsa, Okla.
  Static maps from the Tulsa City-County Library
• Virginia Beach, Va.
  
• Washington, DC
  

United States

• The National Geologic Map Database
  Find a geologic map for a specific area of the United States
• EPA Watershed maps
  Interactive mapper for finding any watershed in the US
• FEMA - Map Service Center
  Map flood, fire, earthquake, hurricanes and tornado hazards in the US
• Mapping Information Platform from FEMA
  Map different hazards nation wide
• The Boston Atlas Website
  From the Boston Redevelopment Authority
• MLA Language interactive atlas
  See where 33 different languages are spoken in the US. Map by county or ZIP code. Dispay by single state or the whole nation.
• Maps on Demand
  Downloadable maps both current and historical from USGS
• Maps and Cartographic Products
  From the U.S. Census - used 1990 data, this is the old mapping tool, still useful
• Enterprise Geographic Information System (EGIS)
  Healthy Communities Environmental Mapping and Demographic Data Viewer.
  Create maps from more than 200 variables
• Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States, 1950-1994
  Interactive maps, graphs, and tables that show geographic patterns for cancer deaths over a 40 year period
• US Daily Weather Maps
  Download maps from 1872 - today from NOAA's Central Library.
• US Daily Weather Maps
  A direct viewing link to maps from 1968 to the present. From NOAA
• National Wetlands Inventory
  A mapping tool for finding wetlands throughout the US
• Digital maps of National Forest or Grasslands
  From USDA

Multi-national

• Earthquake Hazards Program
  map locations of current earthquakes around the world and the US from USGS.
• Nautical/Navigational Charts
  From NOAA's Office of Coast Survey
• South Pacific Island Atlas
  South Pacific Island data and information from the The University of the South Pacific in Fiji
• Baltic Environmental Atlas
  From the United Nations Environment Programme in Norway
• Arctic Environmental Atlas
  Another mapping site from the United Nations Environment Programme in Norway
• UN's Environmental Network
  Select various themes pertaining to the Kyoto protocol and for greenhouse gases
• World Atlas of Biodiversity
  from the UNEP United Nation Environment Programme and the UN's WCMC World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• UN Cartographic Section
  Source for finding Peacekeeping maps by mission in .PDF format as well as general country maps
• ViaMichelin
  A terrific site for street level maps for ALL of Europe as well as other tourist related information that can be mapped
• MultiMap.com
  Interactive mapper for many countries around the World. Also includes Aerial Photography
• Paleomap Project
  Few world maps of the geologic past, present and future
• Green map atlas
  A worldwide project promoting sustainable communities

Other

• Consolidated Lunar Atlas
  An atlas of the Moon from the Lunar and Planetary Institute of the Universities Space Research Association
• Great Circle Mapper
  Tool for mapping great circle routs and ranges by Airport codes
• J-Track
  Satellite tracking site

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Data Sites

New York and Surrounding State Data Centers

• New York State GIS Clearinghouse
  Track Data for New York State. Site is not as complete as it was before 9/11
• CUGIR
  Cornell University Geospatial Information Repository for New York State datasets
• New York State Geography and Mapping
  From the New York State Data Center. Download maps or data sets for New York State
• New York City
  Datasets and maps are available from various City Departments. Search for MAPS in the "Search Agencies/Offices" seach box for the best results.
• Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access
  Pennsylvania's geospatial data clearinghouse
• New Jersey Geographic Information Network
  Create a user name and password and then you can grab data sets
• Vermont VCGI
  Vermont Center for Geographic Information
• Massachusetts
  Geographic Information System
• Connecticut
  MAGIC: Map and Geographic Information Center

National

• American FactFinder
  Mapping tool for the 2000 US Census
• US Census Bureau
  The Census Bureau's homepage, find data and maps for the 1990 and 2000 censuses
• The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS)
  Provides, free of charge, aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2000. .
• Geospatial One-stop
  A great data site from USGS that 's a web-based searchable clearinghouse for access to maps and data from the US Government.
• National Map Seamless Data Distribution System
  View, order and download files from the National Elevation Dataset "NED"and the National Land Cover Dataset "NLCD"
• NCDC
  National Climatic Data Center - Weather data by region or reporting station
• Resources for Creating Public Health Maps
  From the CDC's Division of Public Health Surveillance and Informatics's Epidemiology Program Office
• US Fish and Wildlife GIS data sets
  Fish and Wildlife geospatial data and maps
• GLIN GIS data
  From the Great lakes states from the Great Lakes Information Network
• MABLE/Geocorr Geographic Correspondence Engine for 2000 and 1990
  Create datasets showing the relationships between a vast number of geographic variables
• (NGDC)
  The National Geophysical Data Center
• National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
  From the FGDC. Find data from over 250 servers.
• National Park data sets
  Download National Park boundary files
• FedStats:MapStats
  Demographic information at the national, state, and county level
• USGS - Water Resources
  Real-time stream data

International

• Geography Network
  Searchable site from ESRI with many data sets from around the World
• GIS DataDepot
  From GeoCommunity. Download free data sets from around the world. The free link is located in the center of the page and is labeled "Download GIS Data"
• Alexandria Digital Library
  Massive worldwide data repository
• Data Explorer
  From NOAA's National Ocean Service
• Sun and Moon rise and set times
• Global Land Cover Characteristics
  Downloadable data for land cover from USGS.
• GeoConnections
  Canada's Geographic Information on the Internet. There are some free datasets available from this site. Most you will need to pay for.
• Statistics Canada
  Limited amount of free data available from this site
• Lansat 7 Browser
  Find Lansat images from around the world. View only, cannot download

Meta-sites

• Stanford Univ. Web Sites for Digital GIS Data
  Another good list of Federal and State data clearhouse links
• GIS data Centers and Clearinghouses
  List of most common Federal and State GIS data clearinghouses from the University of Virginia

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Where can I find online ...

Where can I find digital topographic maps ?

Digital Topographic maps are known as "digital raster graphs" or DRGs

New York State

• New York State GIS Clearinghouse NOTE!
  This portion of the clearinghouse has not been restored. Please check the link to determine its status.
• GISDatadepot
  A site that has DRGs available. Also has a wide variety of boundary files available.

All States

• USGS list of online topo map providers

Areas outside the US

• Get-A-Map from the Ordnance Survey, UK
  Search by place name, post code, or grid reference

Where can I find 3-D digital topographic maps ?

3-D digital topographic maps are known as "digital elevation models" or DEMs

• NOAA's GLOBE Project
  1km DEM's for the world available from the National Geophysical Data Center

Where can I find digital aerial photgraphy ?

Digital aerial photos are known as "digital orthophoto quads" (DOQs) or "digital orthophoto quarter quads" (DOQQs).

New York State

• New York State GIS Clearinghouse NOTE!
  Due to 9/11, selected images are currently unavailable. Images on this site are in MrSID format. There is a free MrSID viewer available for download from LizardTech.com
• Historical Aerial Photographs of New York
  From Cornell University, An interactive site for viewing and downloading air photos of New Yoirk State counties from 1936 on.

Other States and around the World

• USGS list of online aerial photo providers
• Google Maps
  Street maps and aerial photo coverage for the entire US.
• TerraServer USA
  Maps and air photos from Microsoft.
• Globe Explorer Covers US and International locations - search by city
• Digital Archive of Illinois Aerial photos
  From the Illinos Nattural Resources - 1938-1941 plus other geospatial data for IL
• MIT/MassGIS Digital Orthophoto Project
  Orthophotos of Boston
• Photo Finder from USGS
  An interactive index to aerial photo coverage for the US
• Stanford University's
  List of federal and state GIS clearinghouses
• California Coastal Records Project
  Provides bird's-eye views in photographs of the entire California coastline.
• Check each individual State GIS Clearinghouse for availablility for DOQs for your area of interest

Where can I find Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps ?

There is a growing presence for Sanborn maps on the Web. Here are a few sites.

• Learn more about Sanborn maps and the Sanborn Map Company from UC-Berkeley's Earth Sciences and Map Library
• Georgia towns and cites from 1884-1922
  From the Digital Library of Georgia
• Charlottesville, VA
  From the University of Virginia
• State of Utah
  From the University of Utah
• The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
  Keyword search, "Sanborn" - Two cities in Kentucky
• Union List of Sanborn Atlases
  From the Western Association of Map Libraries. This is ONLY a listing of atlases held by libraries around the country

Where can I find a general maps or outline map?

• Maps
  of Syracuse University
• World Factbook 2005
  Produced by the CIA
• The Univ. of Texas - Austin
  Fantastic collection of scanned maps copyright free
• TerraServer USA
  From Microsoft, view only
• UN Cartographic Section
  Source for finding Peacekeeping maps by mission in .PDF format as well as general country maps

Where can I find historical maps?

• Erie Canal Museum
  Information about the canal and early Syracuse
• Images of early maps on the web
  Catagorized links of major sites on the web by place. From the Institute of Historical Research in London, UK
• Map Collection 1500-2003
  From the Library of Congress
• Washington State
  Online collection of historical maps of the state of Washington. From Washington State University
• The David Rumsey Collection
  11,000+ historical maps available for all parts of the US and select areas of the world. A must see!
• California
  Scanned Historical USGS 15' topographic maps from UC-Berkeley
• New England
  Scanned Historical USGS 15' topographic maps from the University of New Hampshire
• Historical maps of Great Britain
  Map lisiting for Wales, Scotland and England by County. Lots of other links to historical maps are also available
• Scottish Town Plans
  1900+ large scale maps of 62 towns in Scotland from 1847-1895
• Charting the Nation - Maps of Scotland 1550-1740
  Needs Insite software to see maps. Same as DavidRumsey.com site.

Where do I find a specific place or location ?

• Mapquest
  Find a street map of anywhere in the US
• Map24USA
  A nice route planner like MapQuest
• Placename finder for the UK
  Display a map by post code, placename, or coordinates
• Geographic Names Database
  (GNDB) placenames of the World
• Geographic Names Information System
  Placenames for the U.S. (GNIS)
• Thesaurus of Geographic Names
  From the Getty Library
• ViaMichelin
  A terrific site for street level maps for ALL of Europe as well as other tourist related information that can be mapped

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