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Map Collection Basics

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Map Collection Basics, Christopher J.J. Thiry

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

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

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

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

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

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