Cartography (Science/Social_Sciences/Geography/Cartography)
up CartographyCartography is the science and art of map making. Here you should find information and resources related to the process of making maps.EntriesThe National Geographic Society http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ Explore National Geographic Online. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration. The United States Army Corps of Engineers http://www.usace.army.mil/ The USACE is responsible for investigating, developing and maintaining the nation's water and related environmental resources. A great source for hydrographic information.  Strange Maps http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/ A weblog on unusual applications of cartography. National Geographic Maps http://www.topo.com/ Archive of digital maps that can be downloaded and printed on demand. Covers all of US. Many special maps and foreign maps from Society archives. Map History / History of Cartography http://www.maphistory.info/ Tony Campbell's tightly organized global overview of the subject's resources, activities and opportunities, with leads to the collecting of old and early maps and thousands of links. Oddens Bookmarks http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.php List of maps and mapping resources, maintained at Utrecht University. USGS Geography http://geography.usgs.gov/ National mapping information from the U.S. Geological Survey. Harvard Map Collection: USGS Legend http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/#hmc Scans from 'Standard Symbols Adopted by The Board of Surveys and Maps, United States of America' (1932). Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/ The Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center (EDC) is a data management, systems development, and research field center for the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Mapping Division. Solid Terrain Modeling http://www.solidterrainmodeling.com/ STM creates physical 3D terrain models from digital data. MapTrax Australia: Digital Topographic Maps, Aeronautical Charts, Marine Charts, GPS Compatible Street Maps, New Zealand Maps http://www.maptrax.com.au/ MapTrax Australia distribute digital raster topographic maps of Australia and New Zealand, Aeronautical Charts, NRMA Travel Maps, AUSWAY Street Maps, Marine Charts, OziExplorer, Fugawi and Haicom GPS Receivers. Maps of the World http://www.geoatlas.com/ Digital royalty-free maps covering the entire contemporary world. Maps fully modifiable in programs like Adobe Illustrator. National Imagery and Mapping Agency http://www.nima.mil/ NIMA provides imagery, imagery intelligence, and geospatial information in support of national security objectives. The Map Archive http://www.maparchive.org/ Large collection of ancient and modern maps, maintained by a non profit organization, gathered and submitted by volunteers. This project goal is to create the largest online collection of maps. Terrain Map.com http://www.terrainmap.com/ The purpose of this web page is to assemble, organize, and present digital information about the earth's land surface of use to outdoor enthusiasts. Learn2Map http://www.learn2map.com/ GIS tutorial, free maps, free GIS program. PDF Map Source http://www.mapmatrix.com/tmhtm/mapcat.html The site is a growing collection of pdf maps. The pdf maps are free for personal use. Map Projections http://www.galleryofmapprojections.com/ Collection of printable map projections organized by type. Java World Map Projections http://www.btinternet.com/~se16/js/mapproj.htm An interactive java applet for exploring different map projections of the world, with the ability to change the projection, scale and center of the map. ChoroWare http://choroware.sourceforge.net/ A tool designed to help cartographers and map users find class intervals for choropleth mapping. SubcategoriesMap Societies Organizations focussed on issues relating to cartography and space. Services Commercial firms that specialize in services relating to cartography. Find cartographic consulting firms in this section. Related categoriesCzech Vědní obor, který se zabývá tvorbou, zpracováním, technikou výroby a využíváním map. Japanese 地図投影法等の地図作成の理論、地図作成の技術、地図表現の方法、地図の認知、古地図・地図の歴史に関する学術的・技術的な話題を扱います。 Spanish La Cartografía es la ciencia y el arte de crear mapas. Aquí podrá encontrar información y recursos Swedish Länkar om kartritning, inklusive kommersiella kartritningstjänster. Webbförsäljning av kartor hör dock hemma under Geographic Information Systems A geographic information system (GIS), captures, stores, analyzes, manages, and presents data that refers to or is linked to location. Geomatics The study of gathering and processing geographic information, as well as sharing this information. Some major subfields of this area include Map Making Maps This category is for general world maps that are available for viewing online. Maps for sale can be found at Shopping: Publications: Maps. Maps Maps This category contains sites that focus on allowing the consumer to buy maps over the Web. These sites include information about Neigbour categoriesConferences Conferences, seminars, workshops and other events in Geography. Education Category includes educational resources in the field of Geography. K-12 includes resources such as teacher homepages, class project pages, games, lesson plans, and other sites focusing on geography Human Geography Human Geography is the study of the spatial organization of human activity and human interaction with the physical environment. The @links provided in this category are subareas that are typically of Organizations Physical Geography Physical Geography is the holistic study of the Earth's natural sytems and cycles. It includes the study of the interrelationships among landforms, Place Names Toponymy is the field of science where geography meets with onomastics, the study of names. In short, this is about place names. Publications Category includes academic and non-academic publications about geography and related disciplines. Software (This section is quite beta and buggy, have patience. Thanks) Thumbnails powered by Thumbshots |