WWW-VL: HISTORY: USA: MAPS & ATLASES

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Exhibit: Maps: Finding Our Place in the World, The Field Museum
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Research Tools
- Map Reading
  - Map Reading Made Easy, by the Ordnance Survey, UK [.pdf file]
  - Topographic Map Reading USA
  - Topographic Maps and Map Symbols, by USGS
  - Archaeological Interpretation of Aerial Photographs
  - Interpreting Aerial Photographs, U.S. Army, FM 30-21]
  - Satellite Images, TerraServer USA
  - Interpreting Satellite Imagery
- Bibliography
  - USGS Map Finder
  - GIS Data On-Line
  - GPSy (TM) Digital Map Support [all the maps available on the Internet]
  - 1:1,000,000 Index Map
  - 1:250,000 Index Map 1
  - 1:250,000 Index Map 2
  - Maps and Mapping Agencies Sam Wormley
  - U.S. Geological Survey [USGS]
  - National Geographic Society
  - Mapquest--Worldwide Coverage
  - google maps - USA
- Gazetteers
  - Geographic Names, U.S. Geological Survey
  - Location of Cities and Towns, getty.edu
- Relief Maps 30' per pixel
  - Individual States
  - Western United States [3.2 Mb]
  - Central United States [2.1 Mb]
  - Eastern United States [1.7 Mb]
- Atlases
- Collections
  - Perry-Castañeda Collection University of Texas
  - University of Minnesota John R. Borchert Map Library
  - Road Map Collectors of America
  - David Rumsey Map Collection, Cartography Associates
  - WebMuseum: Map Paris
  - Topography Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University
  - County Boundary Files, Louisiana State University Depart. of Geography and Anthropology
- GIS and Satellite Data
- Cartography
  - History of Cartography Project
  - History of Cartography: The Earth & the Heavens
  - Mitchell Map of North America - 1775, University of Southern Maine
  - Map Collection of the Colonial Period, University of Georgia Libraries, Hargrett Library
  - Exploring the West from Monticello: A Perspective in Maps from Columbus to Lewis and Clark
  - Hargett Map Collection
  - Heritage Map Museum
  - Historic Maps of the Americas, University of Texas
  - Historic Maps of the USA
  - Historical Maps of the United States
  - Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education
  - Panoramic Maps 1847-1909 (Library of Congress, American Memory Project)
Chronological
Maps by States
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Topical
- Railroads
- Military
- World War I
  - World War I Maps (U.S. Military Academy, West Point)
  - World War II in Europe - Maps (U.S. Military Academy, West Point)
- World War II
  - Asia and Pacific
  - Europe
    - German Expansion 1936-1939 U.S. Military Academy, West Point
- Korean Police Action
- Vietnam Conflict
  - Vietnam War - Detailed Maps of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, North and South Vietnam (Jim Henthorn)
  - Vietnam Maps US Military Academy West Point, NY
  - Vietnam Maps Perry-Castañeda Collection University of Texas
  - Vietnam War - Topo Maps (Ray Smith)
- Iraq Wars
  - Iraq Map CIA, 2003
  - Downtown Baghdad: Initial Targets, Jan. 1991, U.S. Air Force, 1996
  - Baghdad CIA, 2003
  - Al Basrah (Basra) NIMA 2003
  - Iraq War Map StrategyWorld.com
- Web Resources
  - Google Maps
  - Heritage Map Museum
  - Mapquest--Worldwide Coverage
  - WebMuseum: Map
  - Yahoo: Maps
  - Topography Global Seafloor Topography from Satellite Altimetry
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WWW-VL: HISTORY: USA: MAPS & ATLASES

Exhibit: Maps: Finding Our Place in the World, The Field Museum
Chicago, IL

Related WWW-VL History Sites:

WWW-VL: History of cartography

WWW-VL: History: Maps

WWW-VL: US Demography and Genealogy

WWW-VL: USA Historic Sites

(©2004-2010 George Laughead)

WWW-VL: HISTORY: USA: MAPS & ATLASES

Exhibit: Maps: Finding Our Place in the World, The Field Museum Chicago, IL

Related WWW-VL History Sites:

WWW-VL: History of cartography

WWW-VL: History: Maps

WWW-VL: US Demography and Genealogy

WWW-VL: USA Historic Sites

(©2004-2010 George Laughead)

Exhibit: Maps: Finding Our Place in the World, The Field Museum
Chicago, IL