Map Collection Basics, Christopher J.J. Thiry

• Presentation

Map Collection Basics.ppt 

• Handout

map collection basics handout.doc 

Useful Websites for a Basic Map Collection

• Map Librarian's Toolbox by the Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML):  http://www.waml.org/maptools.html

• Colorado School of Mines Map Library:  http://www.mines.edu/library/maproom/

• University of Colorado at Boulder's Map Library:  http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/map/

• Street maps of the United States, Canada and Europe:

• Mapquest:  http://www.mapquest.com
• Google (has aerials, too):  http://maps.google.com
• Maps at Yahoo:  http://maps.yahoo.com

• Gazetteers:

• Geographic Names Information System (GNIS):  http://geonames.usgs.gov
• GEONet International Names Server (GNS):  http://164.214.2.59/gns/html/index.html

• National Atlas of the United States:  http://nationalatlas.gov/

• The National Map by The United States Geological Survey (USGS):  http://nationalmap.gov/ 

• Digital Map Collections:
  • University of Texas, Austin: Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection:

    http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division American Memory: Map Collections, 1544-1996:  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
  • David Rumsey Collection:  http://www.davidrumsey.com/

     

• Aerial photographs of Colorado:  http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/aerialphotos/home.asp

   

• Aerial photographs of the United States:  http://www.terraserver-usa.com/

• Thematic mapping:
  • National Geological Mapping Database:  http://ngmdb.usgs.gov
  • Flood maps by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA):

     

    http://msc.fema.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/FemaWelcomeView?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=-1
  • Soil maps from the US Natural Resources Conservation Service:  http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app
  • US Census Bureau:  http://www.census.gov/geo/www/maps
• Geospatial One Stop (digital data):  http://www.geodata.gov

• Map Associations/Societies:
  • Rocky Mountain Map Society:  http://lamar.colostate.edu/~mcole/
  • Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML):  http://www.waml.org