Map Resources Online

Driving Directions & Interactive Mapping Sites

(External) Google Maps Satellite imagery and conventional maps.
(External) MapQuest Includes links to similar sites for England, France, and Germany (click on International Web Sites), some travel information, the ability to download maps to a PDA, and other features.
(External) Yahoo! Maps and Driving Directions Includes Canada
(External) City of Kalamazoo GIS Interactive map for searching and displaying information about Kalamazoo. Scroll down and click on the "CONTINUE TO MAPPING" link.
(External) City of Kalamazoo Equalization Database Detailed information about property assessments.
(External) City of Kalamazoo Crime Statistics Click the neighborhood, choose the time frame and crime type, and click "map it." Statistics can also be viewed in table format.
(External) City of Portage GIS Interactive map for searching and displaying informationn about Portage. Click on the "Geographic Information System (GIS)" link.
(External) City of Portage Equalization Database Detailed information about property assessments.
(External) SWMRIC A searchable database of real estate listings (commerical and residential) for southwest Michigan.
(External) Social Explorer Mapable Census data going back to 1940.

Bureau of the Census mapping sites

(External) American Factfinder. Allows the user to display street maps that can include census geography and some basic thematic maps based on census data.
(External) Tiger Mapping Service. From the U.S. Bureau of the Census provides basic road maps for the general user but also allows for the display of census related geography.

Gateways

WMU Geography Department home page
Geography Subject Guide to General Resources
Geography Subject Guide for Travel
(External) Oddens' Bookmarks:The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping. The most comprehensive site covering cartography on the web.
(External) Alexandria Digital Library Project. A clearinghouse for digital geospatial data available on the Internet.
(External) Infomine Scholarly Internet Resource

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

(External) Michigan CGI. Shapefiles and data for Michigan.
(External) National Atlas. Shapefiles and data from the National Atlas.
(External) Census Boundary Files. Cartographic boundary files created by the US Census.
(External) NHGIS. Historic shapefiles and data based on the US Census.
(External) GeoGratis. Free Canadian data.
(External) World Basemap Data. Free shapefiles from ESRI.

Gazetteers

(External) Place Name Servers on the Internet. From Arizona State University.
(External) Geographic Names Information System -United States and Territories. The major online gazetteer for the United States is available via the USAGE Geographic Names Information Service.
(External) US Gazetteer

Map Libraries

(External) Map Libraries on the World Wide Web

Maps on the Web

(External) University of Texas Map Collection. A major collection of scanned maps. Also provides links to (External) Maps on Other Web Sites where one finds an extensive list of cyber-cartography.
(External) ACME Mapper. Topographic coverage of the entire United States.
(External) Digital Vector Maps. Free outline maps of individual states.
(External) Digital Sanborn Maps 1867-1970. Large-scale plans of over 300 Michigan cities and towns.
(External) Map Collections 1500-1999. The Library of Congress American Memory collection.
(External) David Rumsey Collection: Historical Maps. This collection focuses on 18th and 19th century maps of North and South America but historical maps of the rest of the world are becoming a larger part of this online collection.
(External) MapTech MapServer. MapTech is like TopoZone, however you can switch between aeronautical, nautical, air photo, and the topographic map covering an area if they are available.
(External) National Geographic Map Machine. Outline maps are available printing and copying from the National Geographic (External) Xpeditions Atlas .
(External) Outline Maps and Other Map and Geographic Resources. Links organized by the staff of the map collection at Rohrbach Library at Kutztown University
(External) The National Atlas of the United States of America.
Microsoft's (External) TerraServer contains aerial photography for most of the United States.
(External) United Nations Cartographic Section. Very good country and regional maps. A few thematic maps. Maps depicting the deployment of United Nations peacekeeping operations.
(External) Yahoo: Geography: Cartography: Maps
The (External) Wetlands Interactive Mapper lets you locate these areas by county, city, zip code or longitude and latitude. Links are often available to aerial photography from Microsoft's TerraServer and a topographic map of the area.
(External) World City Maps. From the University of Texas Map Collection
(External) Map Projections A wide assortment of the different types of map projections
(External) World Factbook Reference Map

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