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| Print resources are available in Pius Library. Search
the Saint Louis Universtiy Libraries Catalog by subject, Maps or Gazeteers
and their subdivisions. For geography of a specific
region search by region name with geography as a subdivision
or search for Maps or Gazeteers with the region
name as a subdivision. For example, Maps--United
States, Geography--United States, United States--Geography,
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Cartographic
Materials Page
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/discipline/Cartography/cart.html
Created and maintained by Richard Pinnell, Head, Universiity
Map and Design Library at the University of Waterloo in Ontario,
Canada. Contains links to cartographic resources on
the internet such as map libraries and collections of electronic
maps as well as GIS resources.
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Color
Landform Atlas of the United States
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
Produced by Ray Sterner (Space Oceanography Group, Applied
Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University), this site provides
six maps for each state: Shaded relief map, County map,
Black and white map, Satellite image, 1895 map (Big: 1.81
Mb, and a PostScript map all scaled to fit the screen
so the map scale varies from state to state.
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Getty
Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/
Provided as part of the Getty Vocabulary Program of the Getty
Research Institute, this Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)
allows you to enter a place name or browse the world for information
about places. Enter a place name and receive physical
features, political entities, and sources for the information
given.
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Historical
Maps Online
http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/maps/index.html
From the University of Illinois Library and University of
Illinois Press, this collection of historical digitized maps
contains maps from Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin as well as maps of North
America, the Northwestern Territory, Louisiana Territory,
former colonies in North America, and more.
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Live
Search Maps
http://maps.live.com/?q=&mkt=en-us&scope=&FORM=LIVSOP
Search for
people, businesses, and locations; get directions; or add
your own information about particular places.
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MAPQUEST
http://www.mapquest.com
With MAPQUEST you can type in an address worldwide.
It will produce a map and provide driving directions if you
wish.
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maps.com
http://www.maps.com/FreeStuff.aspx?nav=FF
Includes an online atlas with political and topological maps
for countries worldwide, a world timezone map, weather maps,
and maps games and puzzles.
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Maps on Us
http://www.mapsonus.com
Allows mapping for U.S. addresses and users to set the size
of the map in pixels as well as giving a choice of color or
black and white. Maintained by Switchboard, mapping
data is from Etak, Inc.
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Nationalatlas.gov
http://nationalatlas.gov
Use the MapMaker to draw your own map with the features you want. See average
rainfall, crime statistics for a particular year, or distribution of a particular
plant or animal and much more. Pre-formatted, printable maps are available as
are articles on topics such as agriculture, biology, climate, environment, geology,
government, history, mapping, people, transportation, and water.
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National
Geographic Map Machine
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html
Provides maps for the world, continents, countries and states
of the United States. Information accompanying country
maps include, the flag, area, population, capital, literacy
rate, religion, life expectancy, and economy. This information
is taken from various 1995 and 1996 sources.
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Oddens's
Bookmarks : The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping
http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.html
A very extensive collection of links to maps and mapping information
available on the internet. Created by Roelof P. Oddens
at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, this site now seems
to be updated and maintained by various faculty from Utrecht
University.
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Periodical
Historical Atlas of Europe
http://www.euratlas.com/summary.htm
Even though this site is an advertisement for a CD-ROM, the
maps provided, Europe at the beginning of each century AD1
to AD1700, are useful.
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Perry-Castaneda
Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
Collection of both historical and newer maps from the University
of Texas at Austin. Many of the maps were produced
by the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Central Intelligence
Agency. Includes a link to Other Maps on the Web which is
a list of links to other map services providing various types
of maps.
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TopoZone
http://topozone.com/default.asp
In cooperation with the USGS, this site provides every USGS
1:100,000, 1:25,000, and 1:24,000 scale map for the entire
United States, Alaska (1:63,360), Puerto Rico
(1:20,000), and Canada. Appropriate
for topographic map users and outdoor recreation enthusiasts.
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U.S. Census
Bureau's Maps and Cartographic Products
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/maps/
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U.S.
Gazetteer
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
From the U.S. Government Census Bureau, this allows you to
type in a place and get the population, location in longitude
and latitude and zip code(s) of the place. If you type
in a zip code, you get the place name, population, and location
in longitude and latitude. You may choose to get
a map of the area where you can then zoom in or zoom out
and add features such as highways, railroads, etc.
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| Last updated December
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