Maps and atlases can also be found in UNI Docs, UNI Stacks, UNI Ref Desk, UNI Ref, UNI Spec Col, etc.
Location | Atlas | Map |
World | 1021 (1976-) | 3200-3202 |
North America | 1105-1107 | 3300-3302 |
United States | 1200-1204 | 3700-3704 |
Iowa | 1430-1434 | 4150-4154 |
South America | 1700-1702 | 5200-5202 |
Europe | 1797.2-1797.22 (1976-) | 5700-5702 |
Great Britain | 1812.2-1812.22 (1976-) | 5740-5742 |
Asia | 2200-2202 | 7400-7402 |
Africa | 2445-2447 | 8200-8202 |
Australasia | 2740-2742 | 8950-8952 |
Australia | 2750-2754 | 8960-8964 |
Folded vs. flat
City, state country maps remain folded, thematic maps get flattened
15/669 | 14/623 | 13/577 | |||
15/667 | 14/621 | 13/575 | |||
16/711 | 15/665 | 14/619 | 13/573 | ||
16/709 | 15/663 | 14/617 | 13/751 | ||
16/707 | 15/661 | 14/618 | 13/569 | ||
17/751 | 16/705 | 15/659 | 14/613 | 13/567 | |
17/749 | 16/703 | 15/657 | 14/611 | 13/565 | |
18/793 | 17/747 | 16/701 | 15/655 | 14/609 | 13/563 |
18/791 | 17/745 | 16/699 | 15/653 | 14/607 |
Electronic sources of maps
Topozone http://www.topozone.com/
Iowa Geographic Map Server http://komodo.gis.iastate.edu/new_site/
David Rumsey Map Collection http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/
Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
Map Collections
American Geographical Society Library: http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/AGSL/
Map Division, NYPL: http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html
NGDA Globetrotter http://clients.alexandria.ucsb.edu/globetrotter/ National Geospatial Digital Archive; University of California, Santa Barbara
Searchable cache of over 15,000 cartographic materials in a variety of formats.
Stanford Map Collection Index: http://cgi.stanford.edu/dept/SUL/library/cgi-bin/depts/branner/show.cgi
The University of Chicago Library Map Collection http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/maps/
This is a guide to the maps contained in library. There is a sizable collection of digitized maps of Chicago and additional locations.
East View Cartographic: http://www.cartographic.com/
"Browse, buy and search online from more than 7,000,000 worldwide maps, geospatial data products, and geographic locations." Choices include: topographic, Digital Elevation Models (DEM), vector, imagery, atlases/books, geological/thematic, and nautical.
GIS Digital Spatial Data Clearinghouse: http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/AGSL/agsgis/gislksA-Jdsd.cfm
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Index Maps: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/ams.html
Index maps of maps put out by the U.S. Army Map Service (AMS) and the Great Britain, War Office, General Staff: Geographical Section (GSGS). Order numbers of the maps highlighted on the index maps are given. It is not clear whether these maps are still available for ordering.
MapRecord Publications: http://www.maprecord.com/
A reference work describing antique maps and listing their values.
National Geographic Magazine Map Collection: http://www.ngmapcollection.com/
Contains maps which accompanied the National Geographic Magazine for the last 100 years. Maps can be seen but this collection is designed to be used as a source for ordering copies of these maps. Many are topical.
The Royal Geographical Society: http://www.rgs.org/HomePage.htm (London) The image library includes maps which are both historical and modern and can be purchased.
USGS Topographic Maps http://topomaps.usgs.gov/
7.5 minute quadrangles for sale
Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing (Regents of the University of California) http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/abbrev.html
Gallery of Map Projections: http://www.galleryofmapprojections.com/ (Paul B. Anderson)
Includes maps showing different types of map projections. Also includes publications and presentations by map professionals.
GeoCoder.ca: http://geocoder.ca/
"Geocode any North American location."
How to convert decimal degrees into degrees, minutes, seconds (Matt Rosenberg) http://geography.about.com/c/ht/00/07/How_Convert_Decimal_Degrees0962932697.htm
How to Measure Distances on a Map http://geography.about.com/od/understandmaps/ht/htscale1.htm (Matt Rosenberg)
Isolines: http://geography.about.com/library/misc/blisoline.htm (About.com: geography)
Journal of Spatial Science http://www.mappingsciences.org.au/journal.htm (Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia)
Map History: The History of Cartography http://www.maphistory.info/ (WWW-Virtual Library History)
This site covers journals and newsletters related to the history of cartography.
Mathematical Data for Bibliographic Descriptions of Cartographic Material and Spatial Data :
http://www.kb.nl/skd/mathemat.html (by Jan Smits)
Includes a section on "Petermann's bar scale values" that lists ways of measuring distance by country and gives the metric equivalent.
Mathematics of Cartography: http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/pres/map/ (Cynthia Lanius)
Relief Shading: http://www.reliefshading.com/
Provides information about shaded relief in mapping.
Shaded Relief: http://www.shadedrelief.com/ (Tom Patterson, U.S. National Park Service) Examples, articles and tutorials of shaded relief mapping.
Topographic Map Symbols: http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/symbols/ (U.S. Geological Survey)
Assists in understanding topographic maps.
Association of American Geographers http://www.csun.edu/~hfgeg003/csg/
North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS): http://www.nacis.org/ Professional organization. Produces the journal Cartographic Perspectives (UNI Periodicals GA 101 C334)
Includes a list of university cartographers and cartographic labs in the U.S.