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American Memory: Map Collections
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
Composed of selected Americana and cartographic treasures of the Library of Congress, Map Collections: 1500-2004 has seven major categories: cities and towns, conservation and environment, discovery and exploration, Cultrual Landscape, military battles and campaigns, transportation and communication, and general maps. Within these categories, there are smaller collections: Panoramic Maps, Mapping the National Parks, Maps of Liberia, and Railroad Maps.

Historical Maps Online
http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/maps/
The intent of the Historical Maps Online project is to publish electronically the images of maps charting the last 400 years of historical development in Illinois and the Northwest Territory.

Alabama Maps
http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/
Alabama Maps is an ongoing project of the Cartographic Research Laboratory, which operates under the auspices of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alabama. This web site is divided into three sections: the Contemporary Map Index, the Historical Map Archive, and the Aerial Photography Index.

United States Digital Map Library
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/table2.html
Collection of scanned historical maps of the United States. Organized by state and county.

National Map
http://nationalmap.gov/
The National Map is an onine, interactive map service to provide public access to high-quality geospatial data and information.

National Atlas
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/
Nationalatlas.gov™ provides a comprehensive, maplike view into the enormous wealth of geospatial and geostatistical data collected for the United States. Products and services included are: Map maker, printable maps, wall maps, dynamic maps and article.

Aerial Photos ^ back to top

Google Maps
http://maps.google.com
The easiest and free access to high resolution aerial and satellite imagery. Try also Google Earth, free!

National Map
http://nationalmap.gov/
The National Map is an onine, interactive map service to provide public access to high-quality geospatial data and information.

TerraServer-USA
http://terraserverusa.com
Like Topozone.com, TerraServer (by Microsoft) provides free access to both USGS topographic maps and aerialphotographs.

Demographics ^ back to top

U.S. Census: Thematic Maps
http://factfinder.census.gov/jsp/saff/SAFFInfo.jsp?
_pageId=thematicmaps&_submenuId=maps_0
The Census Bureau's American FactFinder includes tools to create thematic maps showing geographic patterns in statistical data, such as population or median income, displayed as color-coded areas on a map.

Social Explorer
http://www.socialexplorer.com/
Social Explorer is based at Queens College of CUNY and is dedicated to providing easy access to demographic information about the United States.

DataPlace
http://www.dataplace.org/
DataPlace, a KnowledgePlex® initiative sponsored by the Fannie Mae Foundation, aims to be your one-stop source for demographic, housing and other economic data about your community, your region and the nation.

Navigational Charts ^ back to top

Historical Map & Chart Collection
http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/csdl/ctp/abstract.htm
The Office of Coast Survey's Historical Map & Chart Collection contains over 20,000 maps and charts from the late 1700s to present day. The Collection includes some of the nation's earliest nautical charts, hydrographic surveys, topographic surveys, geodetic surveys, city plans and Civil War battle maps.

Maptech's MapServer
http://mapserver.maptech.com/
Free online resource for NOAA Nautical charts, aeronautical charts, Nav Photos and USGS topographic maps.

Topical ^ back to top

American Ethnic Geography
http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/geo/courses/geo200/
religion.html
The AEG site has choropleth maps of the United States showing the percentage of religious adherents to particular religions based on the Glenmary Research Center's research from 2000. Each map shows a percentage of a particular religious group's adherents in each county in the U.S.l

FEMA Map Service Center
http://msc.fema.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/
The FEMA Map Service Center allows access to National Flood Insurance Maps (NFIP), Digital Flood Insurance Rate Databases (DFIRM), Coastal Barrier maps, and other information realated to flood-prone areas. Viewers are able to enter in addresses, and view available maps for that area, and create images or .PDF files.

Housing and Urban Development Interactive Map
http://egis.hud.gov/egis/
HUD provides an interactive map to let users navigate to communities and then view HUD Data, including housing, and other related agencies.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Maps, GIS Data, and Tools
http://www.nrel.gov/gis/maps.html
Available from this site are maps, dynamic and interactive maps, and analysis tools developed for analyzing and researching various renewable resources. Map options include solar maps, wind energy maps, biomass maps, hydrogen maps, and atlases of energy and renewable resources.

Topographic Maps ^ back to top

USGS Map Locator & Downloader
http://store.usgs.gov/locator/
USGS's official topographic maps (7.5'=1:24K, 30'x60'=1:100K, 1=1:250K) download site. Maps are in the GeoPDF format.

Topozone.com
http://www.topozone.com/
Topozone.com provides easy and free access to various levels of USGS topographic maps, including 1:24,000 (7.5'), 1:100,000 & 1:250,000 scale topographic maps.

TerraServer-USA
http://terraserverusa.com
Like Topozone.com, TerraServer (by Microsoft) provides free access to both USGS topographic maps and aerialphotographs.

Libre Map Project
http://libremap.org/data/
The Libre Map Project houses map image files (TIFF), GIS Data and documentation. Its data includes 24k scale USGS DRG data, SVG coundary files, TIGER/Line data and GeoNames. Users can search by state, place name, and feature, and data is available in tiff, tfw, fgd, and TIGER/Line formats.

MapTech: Historical Topographic Maps (US Northeast)
http://historical.maptech.com/
A collection of historic USGS topographic maps of Northeastern States (so far). See also the University of New Hampshire's original historic USGS Maps site - UNH Historic USGS Maps of New England & New York.

USGS Historic Topographic Map Project
http://infotrek.er.usgs.gov/
Note: this is a scanning map project site. Images are not available yet.

Last updated: January 14, 2008

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