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Geographical Sources

Geographical Sources. LS 500 Information Sources and Services Clarion University of PA Fall 2002, Southpointe Center. Overview. Maps Atlases Gazetteers Travel Guides Miscellaneous. Maps. Topographical Highway Relief Contour Matt’s prized Gettysburg watercolor maps. Atlases.

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Geographical Sources

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  1. Geographical Sources LS 500 Information Sources and Services Clarion University of PA Fall 2002, Southpointe Center

  2. Overview • Maps • Atlases • Gazetteers • Travel Guides • Miscellaneous

  3. Maps • Topographical • Highway • Relief • Contour • Matt’s prized Gettysburg watercolor maps

  4. Atlases • World • Regional • Thematic

  5. Electronic Atlases/Maps • National Atlas of the United States • http://www.usgs.gov/atlas/ • National Geographic Map Machine • http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/ • DeLorme CyberAtlas - link now dead • http://atlas2.delorme.com/atlas.asp

  6. Gazetteers • Pennsylvania Gazetteer • American Places Dictionary • Pennsylvania Atlas & Gazetteer • USGS GNIS • http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/

  7. Miscellaneous • Perry-Casteñeda Map Library Online Maps • http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html • Background Notes • http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

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