Cartography links

References

$/Main page\$ $/Home Page\$ $/About me\$ $/About the site\$ $/MakerSpace\$ $/References\$ $/Library\$ $/Photos\$ $/Retro Computing\$ $/Vermont\$ $/Mail\$ $/Games\$
$/Overview\$ $/Personal interest\$

Do you think my login-id and my interest in cartography are related? Many people do.

General cartographic resources

The WWW Virtual Library has an Earth Science page which includes a link for Cartography History which has lots of useful information and a huge collection of links. Many of his recommendations for map sites are generally good suggestions for anylarge data collection site.

Automatic maps

There are quite a number of sites on the Web that will generate maps of various kinds (although none generate me :-):

Xerox Parc had one of the first, but I think it's completely gone now. That's a considerable pity, because it had a number of features I liked.
Another one called MapsOnUs was also good, one of the first to do street addresses and driving directions. But, it now redirects to a completely unrelated site.
I usually use Google Maps for most of my mapping.
Map Quest is also a good (apparently) site for this.
National Geographic has a section on their site for maps.
FreeTrip.com does route planning with really nice detailed descriptions, but I failed to actually get a map out of it...
The distance server can compute the great circle distance between two locations. But it says it uses the (now defunct, see above) Xerox Map server for maps and I didn't get an option for one.
The Earth and Moon Viewer shows images of the earth with the day/night distinction showing illumination on the night side.

[Overview] [Personal interest]

MAP's pages: [Main page] [Home Page] [About me] [About the site] [MakerSpace] [References] [Library] [Photos] [Retro Computing] [Vermont] [Mail] [Games]

Customize the look of this site. There are several optional features you can turn on or off:

Left sidebar Table of contents: Presently on, turn it off
Top of page graphical tabs: Presently on, turn it off
Bottom of page textual navigation: Presently on, turn it off
Or, you could turn them all on

Web site designed, developed and hosted by MAP Network Engineering
MAP Network Engineering uses, supports and recommends Open Source software and open standards.

Use of the logos above does not imply endorsement by the respective organizations of MAP Network Engineering sites or services.
On the contrary it implies endorsement by MAP Network Engineering of those organizations or software.

And finally, a random note:
When I die I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather and not kicking and screaming like the passengers in his car.