Cartography
Do you think my login-id and my interest in cartography are
related? Many people do.
General cartographic resources
A list of
map
resources on the net and a list of
Geography
Resources, also
The WWW Virtual Library section on
Cartography Resources on the Web
which has a considerable list. And Yahoo has
a page on
Geography which lists lots of good stuff.
The U.S. Gazetteer interface to the
Geographic Name Server and
the Xerox Map Server is
a good way to look for places in the U.S. The
U.S. Census also has a
U.S. Gazetteer
which is still experimental. Another interface to this data will
compute distance
between any two named points in the US.
Automatic maps
There are getting to be quite a number of sites on the Web that will
generate maps of various kinds (although none generate
me :-):
- The Xerox Parc World
Map server is one of the first. It let's you view arbitrary parts
of the globe, e.g.
New
England. For maps in the US it can include various features like
rivers and railroads, but I don't think it can do minor streets.
- The TIGER Map
Service runs with U.S. Census
data to produce maps, and here's it's map of
New England.
- Maps On Us can draw good
street maps, and can generate one based on a street address. This can
be useful for finding a place you only have an address for. This one
knows how to find me, but I couldn't figure out how to make a URL
reference to that map here... They can also do route planning (give
it two addresses and it will generate a page describing how to get
from one to the other).
- Map Quest seems to have a
really nice setup, but I haven't looked at it quite enough, yet...
- Another useful looking one that I haven't had time to examine is
Online Map
Creation which has lots of geographic features it can show.
- Map Maker will
also draw arbitrary maps.
You can use the
distance server to find
how far it is between places, with options to see them on maps or get
driving directions.
The
Earth and Moon Viewer allows views of any spot on the planet.
Premade maps
The CIA World
Fact Book has lots of
nice
maps.
JHU/APL has a Digital Relief Map of
the US. The United States Geological
Survey is also on-line.
Other information
The United States Geological
Survey has a complete
catalog of
markers to help you figure out where you really are...
Commercial Cartographic resources available on the Web
DeLorme
Mapping is one of the premier map makers in the US, they are on The
Internet and their Web server provides lots of info on their products and
also pointers to other
related resources on the net.
Wessex also offers some interesting items.
World of Maps sells "Maps and
Travel Guide Books for destinations Around the World" (from their
page). This was still only partly constructed when I added the link
(27-Dec-94), but looked like it might turn into a useful resource when
they get it together...
Network maps available on the net
I also have a page that collects references to
network maps of various kinds.
Related topics
A collection of Flags
of the World. There's also a
Zipcode
lookup service, but using the
U.S. Gazeteer is usually
better.
The Worldtime site has an
interactive world atlas with daylight, twilight, and night zones.
CKD has a site about
LOC records in the DNS.
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