Middleton Library
Baton Rouge, LA
70803
Telephone:
225-578-8875
Fax:
225-578-9432
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About.com
Guide to Internet Sources available in Geography. Covers a wide array
of topics
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An Outline of
American Geography A book by Stephen S. Birdsall and John Florin
available online
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BBC
News Country Profiles Full profiles provide an instant guide
to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories,
and background on key institutions.
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Canadian Geographical
Names: French
and English versions of the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base. Provides
access to locational information and maps for current names, and offers
a searchable database of historical names.
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Cartographic Creation
of New England This site is an electronic exhibition of early
cartographic renderings depicting the European exploration and settlement
of the U.S. area now known as New England.
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Census Bureau's State
& County Quick Facts
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CGRER
NetSurfing: Maps and References This site compiles many displayable
maps (images). Included are links to maps of the United States, individual
states, cities, and regions, the world, foreign countries, and foreign
cities as well as interactive (plain, Java, and VRML) maps. Also
included are links to map libraries, historical exhibits and collections,
tutorials, stores and vendors, and on-line atlases.
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Climate Map
of the US JAVA applet of all fifty states; click on areas
of interest to learn more about climate in specific regions.
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Color Land form Atlas
of the United States
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Country Studies Contains the
on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal
Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area
Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army.
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Cultural Maps
This site offers American maps, both historical in nature and symbolic
of the mapmaker's "mental and cultural terrain."
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David Rumsey Map Collection
Contains to date over 6,400 maps online and focuses on rare 18th and 19th
century North and South America cartographic history materials. Historic
maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented.
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Demographic Data
Viewer: "DDViewer provides rapid data mapping, viewing and analysis
to the internet community. It currently supports U.S. Census demographic
data (STF3A 1990) and Boundary Files (TIGER 1992) which cover all the U.S.
states, counties, county subdivisions, census tracts and block groups for
more than 200 variables of population, housing, education, employment,
etc."
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Dictionary of Abbreviations
and Acronyms in GIS, Cartography, and Remote Sensing
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Digital Chart of the World
Test site from Penn State serving up ESRI's
coverages, broken down by country. The site may be busy, as only 4 users
can access their server at a time.
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Early Classics in Biogeography,
Distribution, and Diversity Studies A bibliography and full-text
archive designed as a service to advanced students and researchers engaged
in work in biogeography, biodiversity, history of science, and related
studies. All items in the bibliography are primary sources and were published
in 1950 or before.
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Exploring
the West from Monticello: A Perspective in Maps from Columbus to Lewis
and Clark The University of Virginia offers an online exhibition
of maps and navigational instruments. There area 33 maps available, each
with copious annotations.
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Fifty States
Links to the official home page of each of the states.
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Geocorr:
Geographic Correspondence Engine which generates files and reports showing
relationships between a variety of geographic coverages of the United States.
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Geographia Virtual destinations
around the globe to help to further your experience of the physical geography
of the world around you.
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Geography Discipline Network Resource
Database Search by keyword tutorials and case studies from university
level geographers
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Geographic Names Information
System GNIS is the official United States repository of domestic
geographic names information, kept current by the United States Geological
Survey.
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Geography Site A free, comprehensive
site exploring Geography with on line lessons, revision sheets, selected
links to resources and easy to read information about the geography topics
covered at school and college.
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Google Earth Combines satellite
imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic
information at your fingertips.
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Google Maps Maps, directions and
satellite images of the United States
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Map History/History of Cartography
This site gathers together resources on the history of cartography and
map history. Information points mainly to print resources and non Internet
resources, but it is quite a useful site.
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Mapping Resources This site is from
the United States Geological Survey
and includes mapping products and services, geospatial data standards,
educational resources, and regional mapping centers.
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Map Quest This mapping site has
comprehensive street level coverage for well populated U.S. places. It
has also added maps of cities and regions around the world.
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Mathematics of Cartography
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National Geographic
Map Machine Provides access to dynamic maps and geographic data organized
by physical, cultural and environmental themes.
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National Imagery and Mapping Agency:
Access geospatial and imagery information from the organization that is
replacing the Defense Mapping Agency.
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National Library for the Environment's
Congressional Research Service Publications Search full text reports
for information on agriculture, air quality, biodiversity, waste management,
and other environmental concerns.
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Odden's Bookmarks The
Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping
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Oregon State System of Higher
Education Historical and Cultural Atlas Resource This site offers
maps of cultural and historical regions around the world. Many of the images
are interactive and require Shockwave to view them. A link is offered off
the page to get the Shockwave plug-in.
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Population Index
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Population and
Environment Linkages Services Abstracts and links to 14,259 books,
reports, journal articles, newspaper articles, news analysis, maps, conference
papers, datasets, slide shows, organizations, regional overviews, laws,
bills, and court decisions, and much more from around the world
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Population Reference Bureau Information
regarding people around the world relating to population, health,
and the environment.
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Princeton University Office of Population
Research
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Search Geography Departments Worldwide from
the Department of Geography, University of Innsbruck, Austria
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SPOT Satellite Images:
Retrieve the 5 most recent images (color or black/white) of any area of
the earth taken by the French Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre
(SPOT). Uses latitude and longitude to locate places.
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Terraserver Aerial Photos, houses
for sale, and demographics.
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US Census Bureau Maps and
Cartographic Resources
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United Nations Statistics
Division: Compiles and disseminates global statistical information,
develops standards and norms for statistical activities, and supports countries’
efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems
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University
of Colorado at Boulder A nicely organized set of resources for
geographers of any ilk. View resources by type (e-journals, listservs,
etc.) or by topic (cartography, human geography, etc.)
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U.S. Gazetteer This
is a searchable index of the United States and is intended to be used with
the Tiger Map Server.
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Virtual
Geography Department: "The goal of the Virtual Geography Department
Project is to offer high quality curriculum materials and classroom and
laboratory modules that can be used across the Internet by geography students
and faculty at any university in the world, and to promote collaborative
research."
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World
Factbook 2005 Central Intelligence Agency: publication that gives
information on almost every country and territory in the world.
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Worldwide Directory of Population Institutions
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World Press Review
Includes online maps, data about countries and links to newspapers from
those regions.
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Yahoo! Maps Takes an address
and marks it on a map of the area.
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California State University,
Northridge: Electronic Map Library
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Louisiana State University's Cartographic
Information Center
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Panoramic Maps
1847-1909: From the Library of Congress's American Memory Project
comes a collection of hand-drawn historical maps. Search the maps by keyword,
geographic location, or subject.
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Perry-Castaneda
Library Map Collection: Over 1900 non-copyrighted electronic
maps are linked to from this page. Indexed by geographical region and country.
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Rare
Map Collection at the Hargrett Library, University of Georgia:
The maps in this digital collection are of the New World, colonial America,
Revolutionary America, Revolutionary Georgia, the Civil War, and others,
including coastal Georgia maps.
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University of Georgia
Libraries Map Collection: This site offers a comprehensive listing
of links to GIS and cartography sources on the web, from the USGS to a
screen saver dealing with maps. For easiest navigation, look at the outline.
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