Lukol Directory: Science: Social Sciences: Geography: Cartography

International Cartographic Association (ICA)
The primary international organization devoted to the science and practice of cartography.
http://www.geovista.psu.edu/icavis/

Rustbelt Cartography
Map designers, researchers, editors and publishers. Custom maps for print or for electronic media.
http://www.rustbelt.com/

Working with Maps
This tutorial was designed by the USGS to help secondary school children understand cartography.
http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/t...

What's in a Map?
What really makes a map? Find out the required elements that should be placed on all maps you make.
http://gislounge.com/features/aa112200a.sh...

Verification of the Zeno Map and Voyages
Evidence to prove the validity of this map.
http://www.geocities.com/aleph135/zeno13.h...

Oddens' Bookmarks
A search engine and directory of sites with and about maps.
http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.php

Hogweed Mapmaker
Offers free downloadable program to create maps illustrating walking routes, including grid references and landscape features.
http://www.hogweed.org/mapmaker/

Making Maps Easier to Read
Maps are the medium through which spatial data is represented as explained in this piece.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/education/maps...

Digital Terrain Mapping and Modeling
Digital Terrain Mapping using Free Software.On site an SDTS to .TER file translator program.
http://www.terrainmap.com/

Map Projections
Descriptions of many projections with formulas and illustrations.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/MapPro...

Tercomp s.r.l.
Progettazione e Realizzazione Sistemi Informativi Territoriali
http://www.tercomp.it/

Cartographica Helvetica
Journal for the history of cartography. Includes complete table of contents, summaries and indices.
http://www.stub.unibe.ch/dach/ch/ch/carhe-...

National Geographic Maps
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.
http://www.topo.com

Indian Bay Network
We are a network consisting of 17th Century Olde World Cartography, Maritime Art, Nautical Custom Portolan Creation (Hand-Drawn Cartography, known by some as "Artistic Nautical Charts ."), and Themed Web Site Development.
http://www.indianbay.net/

LLEK Bookmarks Scientific Search Engines
Lists German and English GIS resources.
http://llek.de/english/thematic/nature/ear...

Kingfisher Maps
Kingfisher maps has been producing quality maps since 1970. From contour lake maps to county road maps and real estate development maps, we can produce the map you need including custom mapping services.
http://www.kfmaps.com/

PDF Map Source
The site is a growing collection of pdf maps. The pdf maps are free for personal use.
http://www.mapmatrix.com/tmhtm/mapcat.html

World maps from Map Marketing
features a wide range of world maps, country and UK Royal Mail Postcode maps and related cartographic products
http://www.mapmarketing.com/indexse.asp

Power of Mapping
Maps are a powerful tool in spatial analysis, helping problem solvers on many levels.
http://gislounge.com/features/aa042400.sht...

MapTrax Australia
Offers digital raster maps, including marine charts, and GPS compatible mapping software.
http://www.maptrax.com.au/

USGS Geography
Home page for national mapping information from the U.S. Geological Survey.
http://geography.usgs.gov/

Java World Map Projections
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.
http://www.btinternet.com/~se16/js/mapproj...

The United States Army Corps of Engineers
The USACE is responsible for investigating, developing and maintaining the nation's water and related environmental resources. A great source for hydrographic information.
http://www.usace.army.mil

Learn2Map
GIS tutorial, free maps, free GIS program.
http://www.learn2map.com/

Location Maps
cartographers who specialise in producing location maps
http://www.finders-uk.co.uk/

Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS)
A data management, systems development, and research field center for the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Mapping Division.
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/

Harvard University - Map Collection
Library history, general information, an overview of map collections, and an online exhibit of Civil War map images.
http://hcl.harvard.edu/maps/

National Geographic
With a look into the pages of the magazine, plus interactive features, maps, photography, news, exhibitions, things for kids, educational features, and hosting live events. Searchable web site.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

Computer Cartography at Northeastern Illinois University
Online course syllabus and assignments aimed at teaching mapping techniques to effectively display spatial information.
http://www.neiu.edu/~ejhowens/377/

Versamap Digital Mapping
Versamap draws outline maps on many map projections. Print publication quality maps, or export maps in vector graphic (WMF, CGM, DXF, ASCII) and bitmapped (BMP) formats. Text may be added to maps using any Windows font. Plot your own data in a simple ASCII format.
http://www.versamap.com/

Cartographic Images
A directory of websites relating to maps and cartography
http://www.iag.net/~jsiebold/carto.html

ChoroWare
A tool designed to help cartographers and map users find class intervals for choropleth mapping.
http://choroware.sourceforge.net/

National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
Provides imagery, imagery intelligence, and geospatial information in support of national security objectives.
http://www.nima.mil/

GeoAtlas
Digital royalty-free maps of the world, America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, France. Planispheres, globes, seas, oceans, flags and city maps.
http://www.geoatlas.com

Map History / History of Cartography
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.
http://www.maphistory.info

Solid Terrain Modeling
STM creates physical 3D terrain models from digital data.
http://www.solidterrainmodeling.com/

Map Projections
Collection of printable map projections organized by type.
http://www.ilstu.edu/microcam/map_projecti...

KennKart Digital Mapping
Custom maps for outdoor recreation and adventure, real estate, web design, tourism and environmental education.
http://www.kennkart.com/

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