Extractions: McGill Libraries McGill University Internet Search Site Search ... Ask a Librarian Atlases, Maps, Gazetteers HISTORICAL CANADA GAZETTEERS, PLACE NAMES Atlases and Maps Walter Hitschfeld Geographic Information Centre Links to electronic maps and other geographical reference sources. Mapquest National Atlas of the United States US Geological Survey atlas aims to provide mapping of the natural and socio-economic landscapes of the US. Maptech MapServer Access to over 65,000 topographic maps, nautical and aeronautical charts, aerial photographs and satellite images covering the US: browse, view, print, or email the maps. TopoZone: The Web's Topographic Map US only. Planetary Image Atlas Images from US planetary missions (Jupiter, Mars Pathfinder, Galileo, Viking, etc.) From NASA and Jet Propulsion Lab. Gheos World travel portal with maps, flags, anthems, statistical information, weather reports, history and travel information. GeoConnections Discovery Portal Maps, satellite images, publications and other geospatial data provided by Canadian and international organizations. Odden's Bookmarks: The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping From KartLab of Utrecht University.
Country / Place / Travel Information gazetteers. See also the Library s atlases and gazetteers guide. Look under theheading Resources by Geographic Region. . Dictionaries of place names. http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/gen/places.html
REFERENCE SHELF: Maps, Atlases, Gazetteers http//uk8.multimap.com/map/places.cgi. StartersLarge collection of online world, region, country, city and Maps, atlases, gazetteers. Full http://libraries.ucsd.edu/refshelf/refshelf-mapsatlas.html
Ancestry.com - Maps, Atlases, & Locality Collections of the United States for which county atlases are available The 1250,000 series coverssizeable regions in a so check the title listings in three places for a http://www.ancestry.aol.com/learn/learning/maps.htm
Extractions: //var g_Domain = '' var g_Cache = 'http://c.ancestry.com'; var g_CachePartner = 'http://c.ancestry.com/p/4317'; Learn Learning Center Geographic Elements Expert Help ... Genealogical Network Geographic Elements Historical Elements Computer Genealogy You might use maps to locate an ancestral home or to find a reference to a town that no longer exists. In "Gazetteers: Identifying Research Localities," Ancestry 12 (4) (July/August 1994), David Thackery notes the following: "Genealogy is, among other things, an exercise in geography. Successful research often hinges on identifying the locality in which one's ancestors lived. Once we know the locality, we are in a position to consult the records and histories for the area in an effort to piece together the lives of our forebears." Pinpointing modern place-names can begin with Frank R. Abate, ed., Omni Gazetteer of the United State of America , 11 vols. (Detroit: Omnigraphics, 1991). The work is subtitled "Providing Name, Location, and Identification for Nearly 1,500,000 Populated Places and Geographic Features in the Fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Territories." Modern towns can also be sought in Bullinger's Postal and Shipper's Guide to the United States and Canada (Westwood, N.J.: Bullinger's, 1982) or
Maps And Atlases Find maps for all of your needs from route maps to aviation, weather maps, or navigation maps. Maps of countries are included and links for street maps. Maps and atlases. Australia. Canada. Earthquake Maps and Lists Driving Directions. to places in North America. Excite Maps of Northern World. Polar regions and Oceans. Selected World City http://www.hitmill.com/internet/maps.html
Maps And Gazetteers to find links to maps and atlases, map collections of local government, police, healthauthority, region and lieutenancy photos of a selection of places in the UK http://www.bcclgis.gov.uk/gateway/maps.htm
Extractions: Describes the British Library map collection: maps, atlases and globes covering all parts of the world, dating back to the 15th century. The site includes a link to the BL map catalogue and other useful links to major national map collections, the history of cartography, gazetteers, thematic maps, map dealers and streetmaps and road maps.
Atlases, Maps & Travel atlases, Maps Travel Access maps, city, country and Best places to Retire, Bestplaces to Vacation. the Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Polar regions and Oceans http://www.com.edu/library/internet/intsub/ref_at.htm
Extractions: Basics on Australian . . . AJCP Codes Histories ... Feedback Atlases, gazetteers and maps are important for family research. They help identify places and show associations with other places. Historical atlases and maps may reveal that places no longer linked by made roads were once linked by a coach route. Other places owed their existence to the establishment of the overland telegraph. The coming of the railway may have led to the decline of once important towns and the expansion of a hamlet nearby e.g. NSW's Berrima and Mittagong. Some places have changed their names - e.g. in NSW, Germanton changed to Holbrook during World War I. Don't be misled by parish names - localities may bear no relation to similarly named parishes. For example, the parish of Castlereagh NSW is not in the district of Castlereagh; Bathurst parish is not in the District of Bathurst; and the Colo River does not flow near the Parish of South Colah, often mis-spelt Colo. Locality names can also move, as indicated by these NSW examples: Pennant Hills Wharf is at Ermington, and Michael Connor's farm at Hunters Hill is actually at Thornleigh.
MAP LIST - Italy, Italian Maps, Atlases, & Gazetteers. ITALY ITALIAN MAPS , atlases gazetteers Also see Italian Books CDs Polo (brand)Folded Map of The Alps Region A colourful a map to tell you where places are http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/italy/maps.htm
Katalogteil-Muster 18, DM. 261 Poland / 1310 National Regional atlases. 7 sheets for the8 new regions, col., chor. 920 Planets / 1114 Place Names / gazetteers. http://www.geokatalog.de/insel987.htm
Extractions: GeoCenter ILH's Top Fourteen, July 1998 This is a selection of important geoscientific titles recently made available. A full listing of all new publications is or will be given in the GeoKartenbrief numbers 338 and 339. Niedersachsen/Bremen - Top50 LGN, Hannover 1997 CD-ROM, containing top. series 1:50 000, 1:200 000 and general map 1:1 000 000, admin. bdrs., index (15.000 entries), various functions, expl., 8 pp. 118, DM "Carte routière et administrative" IGN, Paris 1998- each 11,80 DM 18 departments have been published to date: s.p., num. maps, col., detailed, on human geog. subjects, extensive text, 2 overlays, 30x21 cm, pb. 57, DM
Places To Search - Gazetteers be a tedious search of endless maps and atlases. From around 1750 onwards regionalNewspapers started to report contains a list of names of places, along with http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/favorites/gazetteers.html
Extractions: Topographical Dictionaries of England, Ireland, and Scotland Originally prepared by Samuel Lewis, the gazetteers reproduced on this Family Archive contain detailed information on English, Irish, and Scottish locales as they existed in the mid-1800s. A gazetteer is a topographical (or geographical) dictionary in which a location's political and physical features are defined. For example, for a location listed you may learn information on local industry, nearby towns, population, and primary landholders. This database contains The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, which provides a complete description of these countries and an alphabetical dictionary of their counties, dioceses, parishes, boroughs, etc. Gazetteers are very useful sources for genealogists because they help us locate and learn about the places our ancestor's lived. This well-known dictionary contains over 30,000 historical and statistical descriptions of the counties, cities, townships, and parishes of England as well as the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey and Man. The description includes the name of the place, its location, the number of inhabitants, and when available, any interesting facts such as landmark descriptions, industries, prominent individuals, schools, churches, and local activities. This database contains the six volume series, the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland. It is a geographical dictionary providing statistical, biographical, and historical information on Scotland's topography, as well as a general survey of Scotland as a whole. Gazetteers like this one are very useful sources for genealogists because they help us locate and learn about the places our ancestor's lived.
New College Of California Library - Geography getting custom maps drawn for the places you want ll show you some online versionsof atlases and Gazeteers see it s MAP page, with categories of major regions. http://www.newcollege.edu/reference/geograph.htm
Extractions: [...work in progress...9809..] Geographical Sources One of the useful novelties the Web offers is access to geographical information. Atlases and gazeteers have traditionally been part of "Ready Reference". Now the Web makes getting custom maps drawn for the places you want a snap. Several "Portals" offer map services. I give you links to these 9 portals first. Then I'll show you some online versions of Atlases and Gazeteers. Altavista's map service Excite's map service Infoseek's map service HotBot doesn't offer a map service up front. Choose , and then choose . Note that HotBot are almost identical (and slow). LookSmart doesn't offer a map service up front, but if you choose its you will see a section. Lycos offers Road Maps Snap! doesn't have a map service on it's front page, but if you go to TRAVEL, you will see it's MAP page, with categories of major regions. WebCrawler offers Maps right up front. Yahoo's map service Gazetteers: Of course you can go to a search engine and search for "gazetteer". This will lead you to many particular gazetteers, e.g., for a state or for a city. Some of the more comprehensive links I list below. (Gazetteers as used by genealogists are not included here.) Expedia , from Microsoft. I tested this with a little city I used to live in in Brazil (Crato, Ceara) and it pulled up a localized map pronto. Expedia also lets you save the maps you frequently refer to.
Geographic Names Adelaide University Library atlases and gazetteers. Atlapedia. This is an excellentplace for teachers to obtain maps of the regions of the world. http://www.bay.k12.fl.us/pdk/kiosk/geonames.htm
Extractions: Select a Country America (USA) Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Anguilla Argentina Armenia Austria Australia Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Britain Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma (Myanmar) Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France French Guiana Gabon The Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Holy See Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhtan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Korea, South Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papau New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda St. Lucia
Early Maps: What Can You Find On The Web? For a brief introduction to early atlases see Ashley BayntonWilliams s notesin the For significant places and geographical regions, Infoplease may http://www.maphistory.info/whatfind.html
Extractions: Online encyclopedias ... (journals, early texts, access) Online histories of maps Most literature on the subject, and certainly the authoritative sources, remains only in printed form, see Reading Suggestions . Despite the millions of Web pages now available, you will still find relatively little information about early maps on the Web. Much of what is offered is superficial, random or unreliable. This site is therefore highly selective in the links it provides. That said, there is a fast-growing body of online literature - see Web articles and commentaries on specific topics in the History of Cartography The fullest overview of the subject, especially as it relates to printed maps available to collectors, is to be found in the Web version of Carl Moreland and David Bannister's Antique Maps . This is described as a 300-page online book. For a summary of the subject, see Chapter 1
Extractions: East View Cartographic offers an impressive selection of topographic maps of North America. EVC offers USGS produced, NIMA produced, and Russian produced maps of the United States, as well as national topographic mapping of Canada and Mexico. EVC can offer georeferenced topographic maps to the customer's requirements. Product List American Places Dictionary "A Guide to 45,000 Populated Places, Natural Features, and Other Places in the United States" Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America "A Guide to 1,500,000 Place Names in the United States and Territories" The National Gazetteer of the United States of America partnerships ... publications
Carrier Library - Geography Research Guide (Ref G103 L7 1998) An encyclopedia of places with a atlases are located in the G s,but atlases on a CIA Maps of various countries, regions, and cities (Ask at http://www.lib.jmu.edu/geography/geoghand.htm
Extractions: The purpose of this guide is to help students who are doing research on cultural, historical, and political geography topics. Students who need additional help should ask for assistance at the Reference Desk or contact Lynn Cameron, Librarian for Geography. Table of Contents Maps Government Documents Statistical Sources Current World Events ... Indexes Encyclopedias are good sources of background information. Many list additional references to consult on a topic. General encyclopedias, such as World Book, Encyclopedia Americana, Encyclopedia Britannica , etc. are located on shelves near the Electronic Reference Area. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mankind New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1990.
Extractions: VI. Collection levels for Geography I. Introduction This Collections Policy Statement deals with geography and cartography as a subject rather than a format. Geographic literature is defined as literature relating to the discipline of geography, including exploration and discovery, general geographic description and analysis, the history of geographic thought, geographic bibliography, historical geography, place-names, regional geography, and the various themes encompassed in the subfields of physical and human geography. Cartographic literature is broadly defined as literature relating to the discipline of cartography, including cartographic processes (data collection, compilation, design, and painting), aerial photography and remote sensing imagery, geographic information systems, the history of cartography, cartobibliography, and map librarianship (including map collecting and map conservation). II. Scope
How To Find A Map At Stony Brook world atlases, thematic atlases, and regional atlases are located in can be foundin various places in the maps of the United States, regions, individual states http://www.sunysb.edu/libmap/mapguide.htm
Extractions: SUNY Stony Brook Maps and other cartographic materials (such as atlases and digital files) can be found in several campus libraries. The bulk of them, however, are in the Map Collection on the second floor of the Main Library, which also serves as a central point for map reference questions. This page describes briefly the most important types of materials in the Map Collection. Click on the highlighted words for more detailed information about particular types of maps and how to find them. Click here for informat ion about services provided for users of the map collection or to see a map of the map collection . The map librarian (David Allen) can be reached at (516) 632-1159 or at dyallen@notes.cc..sunysb.edu Click here to return to Map Collection Home Page After going through this tutorial, you can take a quiz to find out if you are truly a "Master of the Map Collection." Aerial Photographs. These include high-altitude aerial photographs of Long Island, New York City, and some other areas. Aeronautical Charts.
Maps And Atlases Early maps, atlases, and gazetteers may be of North American Maps, Topographic Maps,Regional Maps, Map places of interest, national parks and monuments, state http://www.masthof.com/pages/catalogpages/maps&atlases.html
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY MAPS 420 satellite images, maps/atlases in microformat maps of the world, continents, regions,countries, and political divisions, populated places, physical features http://www.libraries.psu.edu/select/manual/mapolicy.htm
