Internet Bibliographies

Includes history and background of the Geography and Map Division, bibliographies and finding aids. "Digital Collections" includes online maps from 1500-2003 (covering cities and towns, conservation and environment, discovery and exploration, cultural landscapes, military battles and campaigns, and transportation and communication).

National Geographic Society's site providing political and physical maps and information for places anywhere in the world. Categories include conservation, astronomy, world, and information for educators.

This site includes a collection of interactive, multimedia and printed maps from the United States Department of the Interior.

Visitor use maps include maps of National Parks, National Park System and the American Revolution. Site also contains 3-D maps of selected National Parks. Maps are available in Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Illustrator and sometimes jpeg format.

Browsable maps of countries of the world, both current and historical, derived from the CIA, U.S. Bureau of the Census and other major sources. Compiled by the University of Texas at Austin.

Bibliography of historical map websites. Site created by former British Library Map Librarian, Tony Campbell. Categories include conferences and talks, exhibitions, globes, image sites, journals, map collecting, map collections, map societies, news (sources), researchers, thefts, and web projects. Site includes searchable index.

Federal government site contains links to government data in a variety of categories, such as administrative boundaries, atmosphere, cadastral, elevation, oceans and more. Data is searchable. Also contains a Quick Start Guide on using the site and information on current events in mapping.

Site includes GIS data, orthoimagery, raster imagery, NYS GIS Help Desk and other resources. Data is provided through the GIS Data Sharing Cooperative. Some data is restricted to Cooperative members.

Provides mapping products and services, geography resources, geographic programs. Links to many downloadable documents. Includes TIGER products, online mapping, geographic resources, geographic programs, understanding census geography and GIS.

Contains over 8,000 18th and 19th century maps of North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Maps are easily accessible through the Insight Browser. Search by country, state/province, publication author, keywords or data field. More advanced users can use the Insight Java Client or GIS Browser.

Contains maps of historic cities all over the world, from Aachen to Zurich. Browse by city name, year or map maker.

Contains historic USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) maps of New England and New York. Access maps using the quadrangle index, town index or image map.

Includes history and background of the Geography and Map Division, bibliographies and finding aids. "Digital Collections" includes online maps from 1500-2003 (covering cities and towns, conservation and environment, discovery and exploration, cultural landscapes, military battles and campaigns, and transportation and communication). External links take you to web sites with more map resources.

Visitor use maps include maps of National Parks, National Park System and the American Revolution. Site also contains 3-D maps of selected National Parks. Maps are available in Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Illustrator and sometimes jpeg format.

Browsable maps of countries of the world, both current and historical, derived from the CIA, U.S. Bureau of the Census and other major sources. Compiled by the University of Texas at Austin.

USGenWeb Project site contains digital state and county maps, United States maps and Indian land cession maps.

The Digital Earth Project, part of the Geoscience Information System (GIS), is a global database created by the Institute for the Study of the Continents (INSTOC) at Cornell. It includes over 100 different data sets on the structure of the Earth's crust, location of earthquake faults, a record of earthquake and volcanic events, magnetic and gravity measurements and descriptions of aquifers, along with details of surface topography. Interactive tools allow users -- from advanced researchers to elementary schoolchildren -- to create maps with almost any selection and combination of the data.

Select your region from the map. Zoom in on an area for more detail (new layers appear as you zoom in). Metadata and data set titles can be searched using keywords.

Create sky maps for any time and date, viewpoint, and observing location.

Annotated bibliography contains history of New York cartography in the nineteenth century, list of selected reference works and bibliography of selected maps (dated 1793-1900) owned by the New York State Library. Maps are listed by date or author/publisher. Keyword index is included. The New York State Library's extensive New York State historical map collection can be searched at http://nysl.nysed.gov.

Contains links to digital images of maps of New York State from 1500s-1800s. Arranged chronologically.

Digital atlas of New York City organized by topic and time period. Topics include population and race, ancestry, income and poverty, adult educational attainment, household types and commuters.

Site includes GIS data, orthoimagery, raster imagery, NYS GIS Help Desk and other resources. Data is provided through the GIS Data Sharing Cooperative. Some data is restricted to Cooperative members.

Includes 2002 and 1992 legislative district maps for the United States Congress (New York only), New York State Assembly and New York State Senate. This website contains statewide and individual district maps in pdf format.

The US Board on Geographic Names is the agency responsible for the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). GNIScontains names of physical and cultural geographic features in the United States and its territories. Also contains links to information about foreign geographic features. State and topical gazetteers are available for download.

Directions and maps for towns and cities worldwide.

Contains historic USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) maps of New England and New York. Access maps using the quadrangle index, town index or image map.

Topographic maps accessible via map, quadrangle name, USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) code or DOT (Department of Transportation) code. Includes orthoimagery.