Howard College Library Geographic Resources

Maps on the Internet

All the Worlds Maps, maps of the countries of the world, includes area maps of nations' cities
Cartographic Materials, searchable links to cartographic sites from the University of Waterloo, Ontario.
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, "focuses on 18th and 19th century North and South American cartographic materials."
Digital Sanborn Maps, from UMI, maps of American cities and towns; access limited to Howard College campus computers
INFOMINE Maps & GIS, search by keyword, subject, or title.
Map History/History of Cartography: The Gateway to the Subject, this site is devoted to one global subject: the history of cartography and especially the study of early maps (from Choice, Aug., 2000 Supplement)
Maporama, generates maps of cities/areas in the U.S., Europe and other areas
nationalatlas.gov, providing map-like views of America's sociocultural and natural landscapes
Odden's Bookmarks, over 4800 links to web pages with maps or about cartography.
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, large collection of online maps from the University of Texas at Austin.
TopoZone, all USGS topographic maps for the US online.

Last updated July 13, 2005