QUICK INDEX
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Defense
- Department of Interior
- Department of State
- Department of Transportation
- Other Federal Agencies
- Resource: Forest Service Map Collection
- Resource: Forest Service Map Links
- Resource: Census Map Links
- Resource: Census Map Gallery
- Resource: Census Bureau Map Statistics
- Resource: Census Bureau Mapping Boundary Files
- Resource: Voting District Outline Map.
- Resource: TIGER Mapping Page
- Resource: Office of the Coast Survey
- Resource: The National Ocean Service's (NOS) MapFinder
- Resource: Office of the Coast Survey Historical Map and Chart Collection
- Resource: National Weather Service
- Resource: NOAA's Geostationary Satellite Server
- Resource: Science For Society Page from the National Geophysical Data Center
- Resource: National Imagery and Mapping Agency Information and Services
- Resource: GEOnet Names Server
- Resource: Digital Terrain Elevation Data
- Resource: Public Sale of NIMA Products
- Resource: National Wetlands Inventory
- Resource: National Park Service Digital Maps Data Directory
- Resource: National Mapping Information
- Resource: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
- Resource: Global land information system.
- Resource: Independent States of the World
- Resource: Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty
- Resource: GIS: Map Gallery
- Resource: CIA Maps and Publications
- Resource: NASA Multimedia Gallery
Department of Agriculture
United States Forest Service
Description: Individual maps of United States Forests. All you do is point to the area you are interested in and click.
Description: Links to all pages dealing with maps on the Forest Service Web Page. Included are how to order Vistor and Wilderness maps, ordering maps of the Pacific Northwest, and Forest Land Distribution Data for the United States.
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Department of Commerce
Census Bureau
Description: Index to all related materal for census maps put out by the government.
Description: Links to this page deals with sample map products by the Census. Maps here change frequently and products are added as needed.
Description: Statistics for all fifty states including information by : State, Congressional Districts, and by county. Included in the county data are: Tiger map of the area, STF1A and STF3A tables from 1990, USA Counties General Profile from 1990 and 1996, and County Business Patterns Economic Profile from 1993, 1994, and 1995.
Description: Cartographic Boundary Files that are available on a "as is" basis. Contains data which needs a GIS program to analyze the data.
Description: County-based maps that can be ordered from the Census Bureau at $5.00 per map sheet with a $25.00 minimum. Contain information about: voting district boundaries, feature and feature names, boundaries and names of the counties, county subdivisions, palaces and American Indian and Alaska Native Areas.
Description: The TIGER files contain digital data that describes geographic features. With the correct software, maps extroplated from that data can be produced. The TIGER digital database was devloped specifically for the Census Bureau for its mapping needs.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Description: This map link contains information about the Coast Survey. Included are: Chart catalog, Nautical charts, hydrography, and tides currents and water levels.
Description: Bills itself as the access point NOS imagery and data holdings for coastal photography, nautical charts, coastal survey maps, environmental sensitivity index maps, hydrographic surveys, water level stations, and geodetic control points.
Description: This web site contains an extensive collection of historical maps and charts in digitally scanned form. The collection contains maps from the mid 1800's to the early 1900's.
Description: This web site contains most of the weather information put out by the United States Government. This includes, weather reports, weather warnings, public forcasts, current conditions and conditions around the United States including marine weather.
Description: This web site contains Geostationary Satellite information from the about the United States, including Puerto Rico from a satellite perspective. Contians movies that move in a 12 hour time frame.
Description: Page contains links to various mapping projects like mapping the sea floor, and your state's topography. Useful for various types of mapping information.
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Department of Defense
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Description: This is general infromation site of what types of maps are available from NIMA. Some of the major highlights of this page will be listed below.
Description: This web page is the main access point to the NIMA database of foreign geographic feature names. Contains about 3.5 million features of about 20,000 are updated monthly. A flexable search system that limits by county and geographical feature make for a easy to use tool.
Description: This particular web page is designed to give terrain elevation data based on maps produced by NIMA. The data is transformed into a 3-D format. According to the page this information may be of value to the scientific and technical community
Description: This is the list of the types of products available from NIMA and which government agency one needs to contact to purchase maps.
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Department of Interior
Fish and Wildlife Service
Description: This web link contains maps dealing with national wetlands that are in GIS format. A listing of the types of maps available is listed. One requires a GIS compatible program to use the data.
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National Park Service
Description: The National Park Service contains a digital maps directory that contains maps and information about individual parks and their respective web pages. Other links include virtual views, and cartographic resources for use with GIS materials.
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United States Geological Survey
Description: The primary mapping source for the United States Government. Links to USGS Map Lists , Geographic Names Information System, Global Land Information System, How to Find and order maps,, How to Find and order maps, Ordering USGS Products, Maps Price List, and Map Dealers.
Description: This database contains information almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the United States. GNIS is the nation's official repository of domestic geographic names information. Also contains a link to the Antarctic Geographic Names Data Base .
Description: This particular link is a finding aid to available resources by USGS. Will also, give an abstract of the product, and the type of products that are available.
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Department of State
Description: This web page contains the short and long form name, and capitals of the independent states of the world. This is in alphabetical order and in text format.
Description: this web page contains the short and long form name, and capitals of the dependencies and areas of special sovereignty. This is in alphabetical order and in text format.
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Department of Transportation
Description: This web site contains various maps produced by the office of Geographic Information Services. This only gives a few maps but is a good beginning point for those interested in what the Department of Transportation is doing with maps.
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Other Federal Agencies
Central Intelligence Agency
Description: This web page contains all the publications dealing with maps from the Central Intellegence Agency. Included on this page is the Links to 1998 CIA Maps and Publications list and the Balkans Regional Atlas.
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NASA
Description: This page contains all the online related maps and other multimedia produced by NASA. The maps are contained in the photo gallery.
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