National Atlas of the United States
Access: Publicly available resource
Description: USGS National Atlas provides a comprehensive, maplike view into the enormous wealth of geospatial and geostatistical data collected for the United States. The Atlas includes authoritative national geospatial and geostatistical data sets. Examples of digital geospatial data include soils, county boundaries, volcanoes, and watersheds. Crime patterns, population distribution, and incidence of disease are examples of geostatistical data. This information is tied to specific geographic areas and is categorized and indexed using different methods, such as county, State, and zip code boundaries or geographic coordinates like latitude and longitude. Maps include links to related sites on the Internet for more up-to-date, real-time, and regional data information. Also see The National Map , providing high-quality, geospatial data from the USGS. Other historical and National Atlases:
- David Rumsey Historical Atlases
- Maps of Australia
- National Atlas of Canada
- National Atlas of Sweden
- U.S. Historical National Atlases (Library of Congress American Memory)
- World Sites Atlas
Coverage: Various Dates
Subject(s):
Geography & Maps
Publicly Available Resources
Related Databases
Britannica World Atlas
Columbia Gazetteer
Related Links
Google Maps
National Geographic's MapMachine ** http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine **
United States Geological Survey National Geologic Map Database ** http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ **
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