MAPS & GEOGRAPHY

1. MAPS & GEOGRAPHY A SAMPLING OF RESOURCES

2. PORTALS Yahoo Directory:Geography • http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Geography/ • One example of the scope of information on the web. • Many different subtopics

3. http://gos2.geodata.gov • “geodata.gov is a geographic information system (GIS) portal, also known as the Geospatial One-Stop, that serves as a public gateway for improving access to geospatial information and data under the Geospatial One-Stop e-government initiative. Geospatial One-Stop makes it easier, faster, and less expensive for all levels of government and the public to access geospatial information.”

4. Oddens’ Bookmarks • http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.php • Thousands of links to cartographic information. • Try “Wisconsin” > Electronic Atlases

5. John R. Borchert Map Library • http://map.lib.umn.edu/ • University of Minnesota • Portal to many map sites • “While this list is not exhaustive, its goal is to identify and provide access to as many online and interactive maps as possible.”

6. Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection • http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ • From the University of Texas at Austin • Includes maps scanned from the collection, as well as links to other map sites on the web. • More than 5,000 maps including population density, reference maps, vegetation, etc.

7. OTHER PORTALS LibrarySpot: Maps • http://www.libraryspot.com/maps/(This link did not work on11/8/07, though it did work just a few days earlier; perhaps it will be fixed at some point.) Internet Public Library: Maps & Atlases • http://ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref42.50.00/ Best of History Web Sites: Maps • http://www.besthistorysites.net/Maps.shtml

8. WorldAtlas.com MAPS & MAPPING • http://worldatlas.com/ • Links to many maps and other geographical information. • Will answer geography, map, or travel questions by email. • Free clip art maps

9. The World • http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/world.htm • Quick, clickable maps of all of the countries and oceans in the world

10. National Geographic • http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ • Variety of maps • Videos • Can go directly toMap Machinehttp://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/

11. Google Maps • http://maps.google.com/maps • “Google Maps is a Google service offering powerful, user-friendly mapping technology and local business information-including business locations, contact information, and driving directions”

12. http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/maps/introduction.html • From the Library of Congress • Map Collections: 1500-2003 • Includes historical maps from the American Memory Collection • An exploration of maps and their various uses, with sections for local geography, exploration and discovery, migration and settlement, environmental history, travel and transportation, military, pictorial, and unusual maps. Site includes "a graphic organizer, for analysis and note taking, and a set of guiding questions for each type of map."

13. UC Berkeley Earth Sciences & Map Library • http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/ • Digital topographic map sets:http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART// topo.html • Good source for links: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/MapCollections.html#internet • One example: Kentucky Atlas and Gazeteer

14. http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/digilib/maps/ • “The AGS Library presently consists of over one million items, and includes maps, atlases, books, journals, pamphlets, photographs, slides, landsat images, and digital spatial data. The scope of the collection is worldwide.” – Brick-and-mortar library • “The American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection currently contains over 200 maps, ranging from early maps of Asia to historical maps of Wisconsin and Milwaukee, and other American cities, states, and national parks. The digital collection is under continuing development.” • AGS links to major map collections: http://www.amergeog.org/major_map_collections.htm

15. National Atlas • http://nationalatlas.gov/index.html • In addition to political/geographic maps, it includes maps based on biology/wildlife, environment, agriculture, weather, and history. Also included are a map maker, printable maps, and dynamic maps. Contains encyclopedia-style articles on map-making and the information contained in maps. • Zebra mussel invasion map

16. http://nationalmap.gov/From the U.S. Geological Survey • View customizable topographic maps of the United States in whole or in part. Includes satellite imagery, surface elevation data, bodies of water, roads, geographic names, land cover data, and more. Note: as this is a work in progress, not all data is available. • Start by clicking on “Go to viewer.” The Viewer Help is useful. • Try “Find place” > Sussex, WI then add layers

17. MultiMap • www.multimap.com • “Europe’s most popular mapping website, offering a range of free, useful services to assist with everyday life. Key features include street-level maps of the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the US and a number of cities worldwide; road maps of the world; door-to-door travel directions; aerial photographs with map overlay; and local information.” • Lots of ads, as well

18. NationMaster.com • http://www.nationmaster.com • “A massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. …a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. …you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease.”

19. Topozone • www.topozone.com/ • Topographical maps of the United States, down to the quadrant level. Do not provide street names, but they do include features such as buildings, streams, woods, mountains, and topographic contour lines.

20. TerraServer-USA • http://terraserver-usa.com/ • Not current, but dates are given for the maps • Aerial photographs and topographic maps covering the United States from the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Searchable by clicking on a map, entering a placename, or selecting a site from the Famous Places display.

21. WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY • http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/maps/ • Brick-and-mortar collection • 25,000 maps and atlases... The majority of the collection focuses on Wisconsin, the Midwest, the United States, and Canada. About 80 percent of the collection pre-dates 1900. • The collection includes 17th and 18th century French and British maps of North America, Wisconsin plat maps and atlases, Sanborn Fire Insurance Company maps for Wisconsin, Wisconsin Bird's-Eye Views, and United States General Land Office survey plats and surveyors' notes. Wisconsin topographical maps, military maps, and a wide variety of state, city, county, highway and railroad maps of the United States and Canada… • Digital collections • Turning Points in Wisconsin History • Reference maps

22. SEWRPC • http://www.sewrpc.org/aerialsandmaps/maps.shtm • The Commission sells map prints. • Types of map prints available from the Commission are topographic maps, base maps, soil mapping, transportation and land use plan maps, and existing land use maps (1963 and 1985). • On the web site, PDF files show the areas of each county that have been mapped, the date of the mapping, and where hardcopy prints can be obtained. • Aerial Orthophotography (aerial photography enhanced by the removal of horizontal displacement caused by ground relief. )http://www.sewrpc.org/regionallandinfo/orthophotos/

23. Waukesha County Land Information System • http://www.waukeshacounty.gov/ • Click on Land Info System • Quick Start Guide • The Department will work with agencies to created customized maps to meet their needs. • Start page:

24. Zip Code Lookup ZIP CODES • http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp • Search by address, city, company • Find all cities in a zip code

25. ZipInfo.com • http://www.zipinfo.com/search/zipcode.htm • In addition to zip codes, can find time zones, longitude and latitude, area code, county name, and MSA/PSMA • (Metropolitan Statistical Area, Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area, used in Census) • Address search links to USPS

26. GEOGRAPHIC NAMES • http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer • Can generate maps, even of small towns • Census links, from 1990 census, are dead

27. Columbia Gazetteer of North America • http://www.bartleby.com/69/ • This encyclopedia features about 50,000 entries for geographical places and features. "It covers every incorporated place and county in the United States, along with several thousand unincorporated places, special-purpose sites, and physical features, as well as Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean." Entries may include population, longitude and latitude, and other facts. Searchable. From Bartleby.com

28. Geographic Names Information Server • http://geonames.usgs.gov/ • This database allows the user to query nearly two million geographic names by Feature Name, State or Territory, Elevation, and Topo Map Name. From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). • Information about physical and cultural geographic features of all types in the United States, associated areas, and Antarctica, current and historical, but not including roads and highways. The database holds the Federally recognized name of each feature and defines the feature location by state, county, USGS topographic map, and geographic coordinates.

29. Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names • http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/index.html • TGN is a structured vocabulary currently containing around 1,106,000 names and other information about places. Names for a place may include names in the vernacular language, English, other languages, historical names, names and in natural order and inverted order. Among these names, one is flagged as the preferred name. • focusing on places important for the study of art and architecture

30. GEONAMES • http://www.geonames.org/ • Simple interface • Finds names the others don’t, i.e. Tolu, KY • Can either download a free daily database export or use the web to directly access the data. • Users may edit, correct, and add new names using a wiki interface • “…Contains over eight million geographical names and consists of 6.5 million unique features.”

31. OUTLINE MAPS • http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/ • Very easy to use interface, and the maps are large and accurate.

32. XPeditions • http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html • “Hundreds of printer-friendly maps,” in outline format • Easy to navigate • Other outline map links at: http://geography.about.com/od/blankmaps/Blank_and_Outline_Maps.htm

33. OTHER TOOLS Map Builder • http://www.mapbuilder.net/ • "MapBuilder lets you tag locations on a map and publish it on your own site. Mapping is now easier than ever. It's free."

34. http://earth.google.com/ • Mapping software • Driving directions • Atlas of the sky • Numerous special features • User-created maps and information • Paid subscription with professional features available

35. http://www.earthtools.org/ • “EarthTools provides an easy-to-use interface to allow you to find out about various aspects of a point on the Earth, such as the sunrise and sunset time there, the local time and time zone or the height above sea level. You can navigate to a particular place using the map or by searching for a named place.”

36. …AND MANY MORE • Wisconsin State Cartogropher’s Office http://www.sco.wisc.edu/maps/maps.php Historical mapshttp://www.sco.wisc.edu/maps/historical.php • Indiana University-Bloomington Geography and Map Library http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=81 • Michigan State University Map Library Links to Useful Siteshttp://guides.lib.msu.edu/page.phtml?page_id=810 • Rand McNallyhttp://www.randmcnally.com/ • New York Public Library Map Division http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html • Arthur H. Robinson Map Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Brick-and-mortar library) • Maporama.com http://geography.about.com/od/blankmaps/Blank_and_Outline_Maps.htm • Geography network http://geographynetwork.com/

37. MapQuest & Its Cousins • MapQuest www.mapquest.com • Yahoo! Maps maps.yahoo.com • Multimap www.multimap.com • Ask.com Maps & Directions maps.ask.com • MapNation www.mapnation.com • Rand McNally www.randmcnally.com • Maps On Us www.mapsonus.com

38. Road Conditions • Wisconsin Department of Transportation www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/driving-cond.htm • AccuTraffic www.accutraffic.com • National Traffic and Road Closure Information www.fhwa.dot.gov/trafficinfo/index.htm

39. Hunting, Fishing & Recreation • Ice Age Trail Atlas from Ice Age Park & Trail Foundation, c2005. $25.00 • Sportsman’s Connectionregional fishing map guides • DeLorme Atlases

40. Wisconsin DNR • DNR WebView dnr.wi.gov/maps/gis/appwebview.htmlDNR WebView You select the type of content and level of detail that you need, using DNR databases. Lake Maps www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/fhp/lakes/lakemap/lkmaps_a.htm

41. Bicycle Trails • Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin www.bfw.org • Wisconsin Bike Maps www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/bike-foot/countymaps.htm • Waukesha County Bicycle Trails www.waukeshacounty.gov/page.aspx?SetupMetaId=10888&id=10902 • Milwaukee & Southeast Wisconsin Bike Map from Little Transport Press, $9.95 www.littletransport.com

42. Real Estate Listings & Taxes • Moving.com Real Estate www.moving.com/Find_a_Place/index.asp • REALTOR.com www.realtor.com • WI Homes www.wihomes.com • Waukesha County Tax Listing • http://dwprd.waukeshacounty.gov/applications/production/ROD_TAX_Listing/

43. Online Mapping Tools • Customizable and Collaborative Maps http://mashable.com/2007/07/23/online-maps/ Examples • Airplanes in Flight flightaware.com • Wi-Fi Cafes and Hotspots www.hotspotr.com

44. Sources of Wisconsin Plat Books • 2006 Waukesha County Land Atlas & Plat Book from Parks & Land Use Department • Rockford Map Publishers www.rockfordmap.com • Cloud Cartographics, Inc. www.ccimaps.com • Farm and Home Publishers www.farmandhomepublishers.com • Milwaukee Map Service, Inc. www.mapservice.com Retail store at 959 North Mayfair Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226 (414) 774-1300