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Maps
- David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
http://www.davidrumsey.com/
This site specializes in rare 18th and 19th century North and
South American cartographic materials, but also includes historic
maps of Africa, Asia, Europe, and other parts of the world.
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
http://geonames.usgs.gov/
"The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), developed
by the USGS in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names
(BGN), contains information about almost 2 million physical and
cultural geographic features in the United States. The Federally
recognized name of each feature described in the data base is
identified, and references are made to a feature's location by
State, county, and geographic coordinates. The GNIS is our Nation's
official repository of domestic geographic names information."
- MapQuest
http://www.mapquest.com/
"The culmination of a 30-year evolution of mapping and technology
has made MapQuest a world leader in online mapping and driving
directions, providing destination information solutions to business
partners and consumers anytime, anywhere."
- Maps and Mapping Resources (College and Research Libraries)
http://www.ala.org/acrl/resoct01.html
From the Association of College and Research Libraries, "a
select list of Web resources for easily accessing maps."
- Maps On Us
http://www.mapsonus.com/
Get maps and driving directions from Maps on Us.
- US Gazetteer
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
From the U. S. Census Bureau, "This gazetteer is used to
identify places to view with the Tiger Map Server and obtain census
data from the 1990 Census Lookup server. You can search for places,
counties, or MCDs by entering the name and state abbreviation
(optional), or 5-digit zip code."
- Yahoo Maps
http://maps.yahoo.com
Get maps and driving directions on Yahoo Maps.
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