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Map Resources Online

Driving Directions & Interactive Mapping Sites

• Google Maps Satellite imagery and conventional maps.
• 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.
• Yahoo! Maps and Driving Directions Includes Canada
• City of Kalamazoo GIS Interactive map for searching and displaying information about Kalamazoo. Scroll down and click on the "CONTINUE TO MAPPING" link.
• City of Kalamazoo Equalization Database Detailed information about property assessments.
• 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.
• City of Portage GIS Interactive map for searching and displaying informationn about Portage. Click on the "Geographic Information System (GIS)" link.
• City of Portage Equalization Database Detailed information about property assessments.
• SWMRIC A searchable database of real estate listings (commerical and residential) for southwest Michigan.
• Social Explorer Mapable Census data going back to 1940.

Bureau of the Census mapping sites

• American Factfinder. Allows the user to display street maps that can include census geography and some basic thematic maps based on census data.
• 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
• Oddens' Bookmarks:The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping. The most comprehensive site covering cartography on the web.
• Alexandria Digital Library Project. A clearinghouse for digital geospatial data available on the Internet.
• Infomine Scholarly Internet Resource

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

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

Gazetteers

• Place Name Servers on the Internet. From Arizona State University.
• 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.
• US Gazetteer

Map Libraries

• Map Libraries on the World Wide Web

Maps on the Web

• University of Texas Map Collection. A major collection of scanned maps. Also provides links to Maps on Other Web Sites where one finds an extensive list of cyber-cartography.
• ACME Mapper. Topographic coverage of the entire United States.
• Digital Vector Maps. Free outline maps of individual states.
• Digital Sanborn Maps 1867-1970. Large-scale plans of over 300 Michigan cities and towns.
• Map Collections 1500-1999. The Library of Congress American Memory collection.
• 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.
• 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.
• National Geographic Map Machine. Outline maps are available printing and copying from the National Geographic Xpeditions Atlas.
• Outline Maps and Other Map and Geographic Resources. Links organized by the staff of the map collection at Rohrbach Library at Kutztown University
• The National Atlas of the United States of America.
• Microsoft's TerraServer contains aerial photography for most of the United States.
• United Nations Cartographic Section. Very good country and regional maps. A few thematic maps. Maps depicting the deployment of United Nations peacekeeping operations.
• Yahoo: Geography: Cartography: Maps
• The 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.
• World City Maps. From the University of Texas Map Collection
• Map Projections A wide assortment of the different types of map projections
• World Factbook Reference Map