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Cartography
 Websites presented in alphabetical order American Congress on Surveying & Mapping (ACSM) 
 This professional association's goal is to "advance the sciences of surveying and mapping and related fields " by means of "educational programs and publications." Resources available to the public include certification standards, conference papers, material for students wishing to pursue a career in surveying and mapping, links to relevant associations and state affiliates and state rules and regulations, and more. http://www.acsm.net/ Topics: Geography Last updated Dec 13, 2007 Cartographic Perspectives: From the New World to Your World
This exhibit has the goal of making "clear the power of maps to represent and to shape new knowledge about place." Exhibit sections consider maps from early exploration and discovery and 19th and 20th century exploration, urban maps, and more. Features digitized maps and commentaries from faculty and students on maps that are important to their work. From Lehigh University Special Collections. http://cf2.cc.lehigh.edu/projects/exhibits.asp?id=13 Topics: Maps Last updated Apr 27, 2009 Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (CSISS): Spatial Resources for the Social Sciences
This center at the University of California, Santa Barbara, focuses on "the growing significance of space, spatiality, location, and place in social science research." Topics in this area include cartographic visualization and geographic information systems (GIS). The site features background about important researchers in this area, "a collection of simple descriptions and illustrations of GIS methods," publications related to CSISS presentations, video clips, bibliographies, details about CSISS programs, links to related sites, and more. http://www.csiss.org Topics: Geography Last updated Aug 23, 2006 Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing
A browsable dictionary of "abbreviations and acronyms found in various publications including maps and websites. These abbreviations or acronyms ... are not necessarily authoritative or standardized in format or content." From the University of California, Berkeley. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/abbrev.html Topics: Dictionaries, English Language, Geography, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Aug 9, 2003 Google Maps Mania
"An unofficial Google Maps blog tracking the websites, ideas and tools being influenced by Google Maps" and the applications known as "mashups," in which Google maps are combined with other information. The site also provides links to information about creating mashups and to mashup sites on topics such as current events, transportation, weather, city information, real estate, recreation, and tourism. http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com Topics: Geography, Maps Last updated Nov 16, 2005 Green Map System
A system of maps "charting local natural, social and cultural resources in over 50 countries." There are over 300 map projects, with information about how to participate. Project details include progress of the project, map formats, links to the maps available online, and contact people. Portions of the site are also available in Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, and Bahasa Indonesian. http://www.greenmap.com/ Topics: Environment, Maps, Scientific Themes Last updated Jun 13, 2007 Heading West, Touring West
This site is based on two New York Public Library exhibitions. The first "traces the evolution from an imagined to a defined and mapped American West. Through impressions of the West in maps from 1540 to 1900, the website presents an overview of the mapping process, which continues today." The second "celebrates the [19th century] creators, promoters, and performers of professional theater, music, and dance who toured the American continent." http://www.nypl.org/west/ Topics: Geography, Maps, Performing Arts, U.S. Maps, United States History Last updated Mar 15, 2004 Latitude
This site covers the early history of navigation and mapmaking. Included are histories of compass roses, longitude, traditional astronomy, calendars, maps, math in maps, magnetism, beacons, ocean currents, sailing, an excellent collection of links to 'Net resources on the topics, and more. http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~feegi/ Topics: Geography, Transportation Last updated Oct 6, 2004 Lewis & Clark: The Maps of Exploration, 1507-1814
This exhibit of history, maps, and navigational instruments "examines the planning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the cartographic tradition that made the expedition possible." Includes maps of the emerging view of the new continent of North America, French cartographic contributions, and those "made to western exploration by the Virginia gentry." A bibliography and related links are available. From the University of Virginia. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/lewis_clark/ Topics: Geography, History, Maps, U.S. Maps, United States History Last updated Nov 11, 2004 Lewis and Clark: Mapping the West
A cooperative project of several organizations, this site provides access to Lewis and Clark maps, with related activities and lesson plans. http://www.edgate.com/lewisandclark/ Topics: Geography, History, Lesson Plans, Maps, U.S. Maps, United States History Last updated Jan 11, 2004 Map History / History of Cartography
Tools for discovering the history of cartography here include recommended literature, collections, conferences, map dealers, exhibitions, map collections and collecting, globes, societies, and current research. Go to Image Sites for many annotated links to map images on the Web and Web Articles for links to articles and commentaries on cartography. The author is a retired map librarian from the British Library in London. http://www.maphistory.info/ Topics: Geography, Maps Last updated Feb 23, 2006 Map Projections
An overview of map projections ("attempts to portray the surface of the earth or a portion of the earth on a flat surface"). Covers cylindrical, conic, azimuthal, and other projections, with an illustration and explanation of the distortions resulting from each. From the University of Colorado's Department of Geography. http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/mapproj/mapproj_f.html Topics: Geography, Maps Last updated Feb 28, 2006 Maps In Our Lives
The online companion to this 2006-2007 library exhibit "explores surveying, cartography, geodesy, and geographic information systems." Includes annotated images from the exhibit; for example, the online surveying section "features maps illustrating the historical evolution in surveying with maps of George Washington's farm executed between 1760 and 1999." Also includes images of all objects, and a video clip. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/maps/ Topics: Geography, Maps Last updated May 31, 2006 Maps: Finding Our Place in the World
Companion to an exhibit that shows how early maps were made and how mapping technology changed. Features selected images from the exhibit such as a navigational chart made from wood and twine, a 1698 globe, and an 1855 map tracing cholera deaths in London. Also includes an interactive showing how our portrayal of the world has over time and a detailed educator guide. From the Field Museum and the Newberry Library. http://www.fieldmuseum.org/maps/ Topics: Maps Last updated Nov 27, 2007 Mathematics of Cartography
Presents the relationship between maps and mathematics. Includes a brief history of mapmaking; background on scale, coordinate systems, and projection and demonstrations of how they are related to cartography; word problems; interactive exercises; related resources; and career information. Created and maintained by a math instructor. http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/pres/map/ Topics: Geography Last updated Apr 14, 2004 Oddens' Bookmarks: The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping
Thousands of links to cartographic information. Searchable by country, and category. http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.html Topics: Geography, Maps Last updated Feb 27, 2005 Topographic Map Symbols
This online guide has three brief descriptive sections: "What is a Topographic Map?"; "Reading Topographic Maps"; and "Topographic Map Information," which includes information on buying topo maps. Explains map symbols for elevation; boundaries; land surface features; water features; buildings and related features; and roads, railroads, and transmission lines and pipelines. From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/symbols/reading.html Topics: Geology, Maps, Outdoor Recreation, Scientific Themes Last updated Sep 22, 2009 The World of Maps/Die Welt der Karten
"A gateway for maps and mapping. Maps, spatial data and GIS on the Internet - and how to find them. Links to catalogues of map holdings, map collections and map archives, map curatorship and map history, map institutions, map events and many others...." Also available in German. http://www.maps.ethz.ch/ Topics: Geography, Maps Last updated Sep 4, 2002 |
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