USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington
Map Servers and Useful Links
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American Memory - Library of Congress
-- Map Collections 1544-1999
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American Memory - Library of Congress -
Mapping the National Parks
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Bali Online -- How Far Is It?
-- determine distance between two cities
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CIA Factbook
-- Nice collection of maps of indiviual countries
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EROS Data Center
-- USGS, Sioux Falls, SD, click on "Products" for Photo/Map
information and ordering information, examples only online
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Early Washington Maps: A Digital Collection
-- Washington State University
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Free Trip on Auto Pilot
-- creates routes from point of origin to destination, lists
motels, etc., withing selected price ranges, gives mileages and
distances etc.
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Geographic Names Information System
(GNIS)
-- USGS Mapping Information
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MapQuest
-- "Where You Want To Be"
-- maps, airports, world atlas, driving instructions,
regions, cities, streets, distances,
live traffic reports, yellow and white pages, travel guides and city guides,
...
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Map Resources
-- "Maps for Graphic Design"
<-- includes maps in popular vector formats, fully editable,
royalty-free
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Maps of the United States
-- USGS Website, includes online, Geological Map of the U.S., by Philip B. King and Helen M. Beikman (USGS), HTML implementation by
William Menke, can select closeups of 13 different regions
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Maps On Us
-- "Navigation Made Simple ... All Across the United States"
-- nice site, create maps and routes, yellow pages, weather
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National Atlas
-- Work on a new National Atlas of the United States began in 1997. This Atlas
updates a large bound collection of paper maps that was published in 1970.
Like its predecessor, this edition promotes greater national geographic awareness.
It delivers easy to use, map-like view of America's natural and sociocultural
landscapes. Unlike the previous Atlas, this version is largely digital.
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National Park Service Maps
-- nice site with LOTS of National Park Maps in various
formats (Illustrator, PDF, JPG) ...
you will need to read "Liability and Restrictions"
and click on "Agree" to enter site ...
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NOAA Office of Coast Survey
-- Navigational Charts ... Historical Charts ...
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Oregon Coastal Atlas
-- The Oregon Coastal Atlas Website is a depot for traditional and digital information which can be used to improve/streamline decision-making relating to the Oregon Coastal Zone. It is a coastal managers web site which provides background information for different coastal systems, access to interactive mapping, online geospatial analysis tools, and direct download access to an array of natural resource data sets relating to coastal zone management.
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Pennsylvania State University Libraries -
Digital Chart of the World Data Server
-- create maps using GIS
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Terra Server
-- Satellite Imagery Database - Microsoft and USGS
cooperative research, provides access to USGS digital aerial
photographs (digital orothophoto quadrangles) and digital
topographic maps (digital raster graphics) ... can view aerial photos ...
or topo maps ... or shaded relief maps ... "advanced find" allows you to
type in exact lat/long and look for map
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U.S. Census Bureau - Maps and Cartographic Resources
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United States Digital Map Library
-- U.S. Maps, State and County Maps, MORE
-- hosted by "RootsWeb", "USGenWeb Archives"
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University of Texas at Austin - Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
-- NICE collection of public domain maps
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USGS Mapping Information - Geographic Names Information System
(GNIS)
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Yahoo's Maps Page
-- nice site, will get you into list of map links for requested
country, region, city, etc.
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10/29/08, Lyn Topinka