Geography, Mapping, and Images

Amanda Clarke HenleyGIS LibrarianReference Department, Davis Library

Today’s Presentation• Online Cartographic Resources

• Interactive Mapping Resources

• Questions

Image Source: http://englishrussia.com/?p=1466

Cartographic Resources Available Online Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (UT Arlington)

Usage Information: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/usage_statement.html

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

Image Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.Image Courtesy of www.davidrumsey.com

http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~1128~90140#

Google Earth Easy to Use

Simple XML-based format (KML)

Excellent tool for sharing and visualizing geographic data

Not for complex spatial analysis, yet

Still useful for researchers Qualitative Analysis Data Display Data Sharing

1,000,000 GIS Users to > 100,000,000 Users in 3 Years

Evolving Geographic Tool Set My Maps http://maps.google.com/

Google Maps (requires a free google account) Tips on getting started 

Bing Maps

Google Spreadsheet Mapper Make Maps for Google Maps or Google Earth

http://earth.google.com/outreach/tutorial_spreadsheet.html

Easily create your own maps

Open Data – Open Streetmap