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American Memory
http://lcweb2.loc.gov or http://rs6.loc.gov
The LC American Memory project is a collection of historical collections from the Library of Congress archives. A Search form as well as a browser's list of the collections cataloged provide access to the holdings. The Map Collections, 1500 -1999, is a part of the American Memory holdings <http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html>. It is a rich resource for political and historical maps arranged by themes (cities and towns, conservation and environment, discovery and exploration, cultural landscapes, military battles and campaigns, transportation and communication, and general maps) with multiple indices (subject, creator, geographic location) and search options (keyword and title).
http://www.csiss.org
Provides "access to tools and perspectives that will advance the spatial analytic capabilities of researchers throughout the social sciences. CSISS was funded in 1999 with support from the National Science Foundation under its program to promote research of infrastructure in the social and behavioral sciences."
http://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/
Visitors to this site may follow links to maps that project a variety of geological and geophysical data, or they may select the menu-driven Interactive Web-Mapping Tool to assemble their own geophysical maps. Content is strong on Middle East maps. This site made possible by a National Science Foundation grant, the U.S. Department of Defense, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and private oil companies, and is maintained by Cornell University's Institute for the Study of the Continents.
http://www.cybergeography.org
This site explores the geography of the Web, Internet, and other cyberspaces with current research and ideas, atlases, and imaging. Cyber-Geography is a research project directed by Martin Dodge, the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London.
http://www.library.uu.nl/geosource/index.html
This is a well organized site with multiple links to web resources covering many sub-fields of geography: human, physical, environmental and planning science, and cartography. Compiled, updated and maintained by Jeroen Bosman, subject librarian at the Uithof Library Centre of the Utrecht University Library, The Netherlands.
http://www.ala.org/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2001/
october2/mapsmappingresources.htm
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) bulletin, C&RL News, regularly publishes a column, Internet Resources, which compiles and annotates Web sites by topic. The October 2001 column by Brenda G. Mathenia, reference librarian/library instruction coordinator at Montana State University, covers map Web sites. To scan the complete table of topics for this column, see http://www.ala.org/acrl/resrces.html.
http://www.ncar.ucar.edu/ncar/index.html
This site has a clearly hierarchical arrangement with sections covering subtopics.
http://www.noaa.gov
NOAA is maintained by the U. S. Department of Commerce. The National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Services (NESDIS) collects data for NOAA through these three national data collection centers:National Climatic Data Center
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/National Geophysical Data Center
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/National Oceanographic Data Center
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
http://www.un.org
This site is sponsored by the United Nations and provides social, political, economic, and statistical information from a global perspective. Many countries maintain a UN homepage with a mission statement and additional links. Regularly updated by the UN's Department of Public Information. Multi-lingual.
http://www.usgs.gov
This is a network of USGS survey reports, data sets, maps, fact sheets, etc. with options, in many cases, for downloading or ordering these publications. Many links and buttons on the main homepage lead to thematic web sections maintained by USGS agencies, teams, or production units. Two examples of these sections which have been favorably reviewed in the library community are:The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)Pages in these thematic sub-sites are not sytematically inter-linked, so bookmarking relevant pages is advised. For locating general topics or specific publications by title, use the SEARCH button on the main homepage menu bar and select the Advanced search option.
http://geonames.usgs.gov/gnishome.html
Official repository of U. S. geographic names. Searching a term produces physical (latitude, longitude, altitude) and political (county, state) data and area maps. [For foreign geographic terms, search the GEOnet Names Server http://164.214.2.59/gns/html/index.html.]The Geologic Hazards Team
http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov
Up-to-date coverage on global events monitored by the "Team" includes earthquakes, geomagnetism, and landslides. Links to related topics such as volcanoes are also included.
http://www.wmo.ch
The World Meteorological Organization, in existence since 1947, is currently the United Nations' agency providing an international voice on the "state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere and climate." Monitoring and observation data is the primary theme of the site, but links to a library, "hot topics," and each of the 185 member country's weather pages make this a noteworthy resource. Language can be set to English, French, and Spanish.
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