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North Dakota W1040300 W0963300 N0490000 N0455600
Grand Forks W0970134 N0475538
Zero datum = 779.00 ft msl
flood stage = 28 ft
USGS: Nortern most: 49'0" (49.0000), Southern most: 45'56'46" (45.9460) Eastern most: 96'33'32" (-96.5590) Western most: 104'3'14" (-104.0540)
- AACR2 Revisions 2002: Chapter 3, Cartographic Materials / OLAC Cataloging Policy Committee Chapter 3 Task Force
Presentation can be downloaded at: http://www.olacinc.org/capc/ch3.ppt
- Date Codes for Maps / compiled by Phil Hoehn
http://www.waml.org/datecode.html
- DMS Converter (which converts geographic coordinates from degrees, minutes, and seconds to decimal degrees)
http://vancouver-webpages.com/META/DMS.html
- GIS Data Depot
http://www.gisdatadepot.com/helpdesk/formats.html
Data Help Desk - GIS data formats
- G schedule
http://ucs.orst.edu/~reeset/html/Gsched/g_class.html
- G schedule subject cutters
http://ucs.orst.edu/~reeset/html/subject.html
- G schedule cutters (G1548-G9804)
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/gcutter.html
- LC Guidelines for distinguishing cartographic computer files
http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/cfmap.html
- Map Projections
http://www.colorado.Edu/geography/gcraft/notes/mapproj/mapproj_f.html
- MARC21 description of 342 field
http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdphys.html#mrcb342
- Scale calculator
http://ucs.orst.edu/~reeset/html/scale.html
- State Coordinates
http://magert.whoi.edu/pubs/coords/usa.html
- Western Association of Map Libraries’ Map Librarian’s Toolbox
http://www.waml.org/maptools.html
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- Geographic Names Information System
http://geonames.usgs.gov/
United States and Territories Data Base Query Form
http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form
Query form for US & CANADA from USGS National Mapping Information
- GeoNet - BGN
http://164.214.2.59/gns/html/index.html
Search U. S. Board on Geographic Names. The GeoNet Names Server (GNS) provides access to the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's (NIMA)
database of foreign geographic feature names. Approximately 20,000 of the database's 3.5 million features
are updated monthly with names information approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (US BGN).
Select at the bottom of the page either:
GNS Database Query - OR -
Geographic Names Database (GNPS IV)
- U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/index.html
Official US respository of domestic and officially recognized names of physical and cultural features in the United States with description, location, and geographic coordinates.
Includes links to GeoNet and other geographic name resrouces world-wide.
- Australian Geographic Place Names (Gazetteer)
http://www.erin.gov.au/database/MAN200R.html
- Benchmark locator
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/datasheet.html
- Canada's official geographic names Web site
http://GeoNames.NRCan.gc.ca/english/Home.html
- Geographic names and the world wide web
http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/geogname.html
Library of Congress, CPSO links and instructions how to use the GNIS search form for U.S. domestic names or the GEOnet Names Server for foreign names.
- USGS National Mapping Information : Home Page
http://mapping.usgs.gov/
Links to geographic resources by subject, links to GNIS, National Atlas of the United States, etc. and Geospatial data sites.
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/gnis/
Peabody 1998 data (easy); Canadian Geographic Names
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN : Getty Information Institute)
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html
Search the world. Hierachically arranged geographic data that is global in scope. It comprises records for approximately 900,000 places in the modern world, and including vernacular and historical names, place types, and other relevant information.
- Global Gazetteer
http://www.calle.com/world/
This is a directory of 2880532 of the world's cities and town, sorted by country and linked to a map for each town.
- New Zealand Geographic Place-Names Database
http://www.linz.govt.nz/databases/geographic/index.html
- Ordnance Survey
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite
Gazetteer of place names (U.K.)
- U.S. Gazetteer
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
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- Broer Map Library / Cartography Associates
http://www.broermapsonline.org/
The Broer Map Library has nearly ca. 2,800 maps including historic USGS maps in 45 states.
- David Rumsey Map Collection / Cartography Associates
http://www.davidrumsey.com
Over 6000 maps including Lewis & Clark Expedition
- DLG mapping
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/gic/spatial/dlg.browse.html
University of Virginia, Geographic Information Center ; USGS Digital Line Graph Data Browser ; create maps online
- Graphical Locator Home Page
http://www.esg.montana.edu/gl/index.html
Northwest quarter of earth
- Landsat archive
http://landsat.usgs.gov
The USGS Landsat archive is an unequaled 35-year record of
the Earth?s surface that is valuable for a broad range of uses, ranging
from climate change science to forest management to emergency response,
plus countless other user applications. Landsat scenes can be previewed and downloaded using the USGS Global
Visualization Viewer at http://glovis.usgs.gov [under ?Select Collection?
choose Landsat archive: L7 SLC-off (2003-present)]. Scenes can also be
selected using the USGS Earth Explorer tool at http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov
[under ?Select Your Dataset? choose Landsat
Archive: L7 SLC-off (2003-present)]. For further information on Landsat
satellites and products, see http://landsat.usgs.gov
- MapData Online
http://www.mapdata.net/
Sells digital mapping products
- Maps & GIS INFOMINE search screen
http://infomine.ucr.edu/search/mapssearch.phtml
- MAPTECH
http://navigator2.maptech.com/homepage/index.cfm
Online mapping resource for topographic maps and charts for land, sea, and air.
- National Map Viewer
http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm
In the National Map Catalog,layers were added to the catalog, and data is visible in the National Map Viewer.
- Perry Castenada Map Collection / University of Texas
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html
Collection holds more than 230,000 maps covering every area of the world.
- Street maps
http://www.google.com/help/features.html#maps
Google lets you search for street address maps by typing in the name of an address in the search box.
- Topo maps / Trails.com
http://www.trails.com/explore/maps.asp
- USGS Online Map Lists
http://mapping.usgs.gov/mac/maplists.htm
- Order USGS Online Map Lists
http://mapping.usgs.gov/mac/findmaps.html
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- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july02/arlitsch/07arlitsch.html
D-Lib article: Arlitsch, Kenning. Digitizing Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps ...
- U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/main/www/access.html
Data aacess tools including: people, housing, business, geography, news, etc.
- World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
CIA information on countries of the world.
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- MapQuest
http://www.mapquest.com/
- How far is it?
http://www.indo.com/distance/
Gives straight distance; option for driving distance takes you to MapQuest to plot trips. This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places and calculates the distance "as the crow flies".
- Expediamaps
http://www.expediamaps.com/
Look here if you need to find an address, a place, a business, or want driving directions.
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- About.com's Geography site
http://geography.about.com/
Includes links to map sites, online world atlas, a glossary, etc.
- Alexandria Digital Library
http://alexandria.sdc.ucsb.edu/
- Archaeological Research Resources
http://www.har-indy.com/links.html
Includes some GIS and digital mapping, GPS, in addtion to other archeological resources: societies, internet directories, research and reference, journals, and historic archaeology sites.
- Collection Development Plans for cartographic materials
http://www.uwm.edu/~acope/cplans.html
- Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI)
http://www.ias.berkeley.edu/ecai/
- Geo- listservs
http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/community/lists/
- MAGERT / ALA Map and Geography Round Table
http://www.ala.org/ala/magert
- Maps-L : archives
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/maps-l.html
- National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/index.html
- Mary Lynette Larsgaard
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/people/larsgaard
- National Geologic Map Database / USGS
http://ngmsvr.wr.usgs.gov/ngmdb/ngm_PNsearch.html
- National Mapping Agencies and the World Wide Web
http://www.itc.nl/~carto/research/nmo/index.htm
- National Mapping Agencies : Europe
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/map.lib/europe.htmlUniversity of Michigan's Map Library
- NIMA public home page
http://www.nima.mil/
- Odden's bookmarks: the facinating world of maps and mapping
http://oddens.geog.uu.nl
- Online map catalogs in North America and Europe
http://www.sunysb.edu/libmap/libcats.htm
An article including web links intended as an introduction for researchers who need basic information about how to find and use online map catalogs. By David Y. Allen.
- Other sources of map information
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/branner/mappage.html
- Place name servers on the Internet
http://www.asu.edu/lib/hayden/govdocs/maps/geogname.htm
- Open Directory - Reference: Maps: Libraries
http://dmoz.org/Reference/Maps/Libraries/University of Michigan's Map Library
- Thomas R. Smith Map Collection / University of Kansas.
http://www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/kulib/maps/map.html
Easy access to a wide variety of Internet resources: electronic reference, links to online maps, government mapping, etc.
- Yahoo!Maps
http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Geography/Cartography/Maps/
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