Cartography

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The National Geographic Society

Explore National Geographic Online. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration.

Rustbelt Cartography

Rustbelt Cartography: map designers, researchers, editors and publishers. Custom maps for print or for electronic media

Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS)

The Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center (EDC) is a data management, systems development, and research field center for the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Mapping Division.

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.

ChoroWare

A tool designed to help cartographers and map users find class intervals for choropleth mapping.

MapTrax Australia

Produce digital topographic maps, street maps, aeronautical charts, marine charts and NRMA travel maps of Australia, New Zealand and Thailand.

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.

Hart Felt Productions

online portfolio and personal homepage of Lisa Hartjes. A freelancer writer and cartographer for the role playing game industry.

Working with Maps

This tutorial was designed by the USGS to help secondary school children understand cartography.

Terrain Map.com

The purpose of this web page is to assemble, organize, and present digital information about the earth's land surface of use to outdoor enthusiasts.

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.

Map Projections

Descriptions of many projections with formulas and illustrations.

Cartographica Helvetica

Journal for the history of cartography. Includes complete table of contents, summaries and indices.

Oddens Bookmarks

List of maps and mapping resources, maintained at Utrecht University.

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.

Computer Cartography at Northeastern Illinois University

Online course syllabus and assignments aimed at teaching mapping techniques to effectively display spatial information.

Hogweed Mapmaker

Offers free downloadable program to create maps illustrating walking routes, including grid references and landscape features.

Verification of the Zeno Map and Voyages

Evidence to prove the validity of this map.

Harvard Map Collection: USGS Legend

Scans from 'Standard Symbols Adopted by The Board of Surveys and Maps, United States of America' (1932).

Cartographic Images

A directory of websites relating to maps and cartography

Learn2Map

GIS tutorial, free maps, free GIS program.

Maps of the World

Digital royalty-free maps covering the entire contemporary world. Maps fully modifiable in programs like Adobe Illustrator.

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.

Making Maps Easier to Read

Maps are the medium through which spatial data is represented as explained in this piece.

Map Projections

Collection of printable map projections organized by type.

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.

Location Maps

cartographers who specialise in producing location maps

KennKart Digital Mapping

Custom maps for outdoor recreation and adventure, real estate, web design, tourism and environmental education.

Tercomp s.r.l.

Progettazione e Realizzazione Sistemi Informativi Territoriali

Solid Terrain Modeling

STM creates physical 3D terrain models from digital data.

PDF Map Source

The site is a growing collection of pdf maps. The pdf maps are free for personal use.

World maps from Map Marketing

features a wide range of world maps, country and UK Royal Mail Postcode maps and related cartographic products

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.

International Cartographic Association (ICA)

The primary international organization devoted to the science and practice of cartography.

Power of Mapping

Maps are a powerful tool in spatial analysis, helping problem solvers on many levels.

What's in a Map?

What really makes a map? Find out the required elements that should be placed on all maps you make.