ONLINE SOURCES FOR MAPS AND MAP DATA

UN Cartography Section Maps UC Berkeley Map Library
Perry Castenada Map Library T.I.G.E.R. map browser
CIA Factbook National Atlas of the United States
United Kingdom reference maps EPA Envirofacts maps
National Park Maps USGS National Map Seamless Server
NOAA Ocean/Land relief images Type name find lat/long
NOAA Vector Shoreline Hiking Trails in NJ/NY
NOAA Online Nautical Chart Viewer Acme Mapper Google map with topo
NOAA Historical Charts  

Digital Chart of the World OUTLINE MAPS IN VECTOR FORMAT
Digital Chart of the World Resources GIS Data Depot
Country Boundary shapefiles ESRI census TIGER shapefiles
SEDAC CIESIN maps & data World boundary Shapefiles
GADM Country/World shapefiles FAO digital country boundaries
Global Land Cover Data Geography Network GIS data
Transportation Spatial Data GLOBE images of continents
USGS/NASA Imagery EPA region 2 (NJ,NY,PR,VI) GIS data
NOAA Digital Terrain Data 3D Nature Data Source Links

Census Bureau Data for NJ counties NJ Dept of Transportation Maps
NJ Spatial Data Clearinghouse NJ County and Municipal Links
NJ Demographic and Economic Data NJ Geological Survey Geodata
NJ DEP GIS EPA region 2 (NJ,NY,PR,VI) GIS data

MAP SYMBOLS


AIRPORT DATA

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TOPOGRAPHIC ---- MAPS

TOPOZONE US topo quads MAPFINDER find and order USGS topos
TRAILS topo quads MapTech Topos and Nautical Charts
NJ Topographic Quads  Symbols for large scale maps (PDF)
 NY Topographic Quads  State Index maps for topos

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OUTLINE ---- MAPS

d-maps.com from about.com
from the Education Place from the Perry Castaneda Map Collection
from National Geographic

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SATELLITE VIEWS

GLOBAL elevation images Terraserver
Satellite and 3D Posters Earth Imaging
NASA Image Archives Space Shuttle images
NASA Photo Gallery
NASA Visible Earth Images SPACE IMAGING

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PICTURES / ICONS / SYMBOLS / PATTERNS

 Google Picture Search
USGS color chart 
USGS DRG color palettes 
USGS patterns/symbols
Geologic Map Patterns

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NAMES OF PLACES AND FEATURES

 USA (USGS)
 Antarctica (USGS)
 International (NIMA)

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HISTORICAL MAPS

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CALCULATING DISTANCES

Surface Distance Between Two Points of Latitude and Longitude

COMMERCIAL MAP VENDORS

National Geographic

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TUTORIALS

Tactile Graphics Map Librarianship

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NEW JERSEY INFORMATION

NJ State Library links Census NJ QuickFacts
Celebrate New Jersey Official website of NJ

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NJ Maps
New Jersey
Political Maps
Physiographic
Regions
Land Types
TEXT
 
 

Soils
Bedrock Geology
Surface Geology
  Geology description
  Geology
 
 
 

Relief
Landsat image of
New Jersey 1972
Landsat image of
New Jersey 1995
 
 
 

NJ Watershed Management Areas http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dwq/pdf/pspmapco.pdf
River Basins & Water
Management Areas
 
 
 

Passaic River Basin Coalition
Raritan River Basin
NJ TopoMaps

JPEG
 PDF VERSION

NJ State Parks, Forests, Marinas, and Recreation Areas
NJ Area Codes
 
 

USDA hardiness zones- NJ closeup
 NJ Climate overview
 

Census Bureau Data for NJ counties NJ Dept of Transportation Maps
NJ Spatial Data Clearinghouse NJ County and Municipal Links
NJ Demographic and Economic Data NJ Geological Survey Geodata
NJ DEP GIS EPA region 2 (NJ,NY,PR,VI) GIS data


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