- Ordnance Survey
U.K. government agency, founded in 1791 and now providing comprehensive digital geospatial and topographic mapping data.
www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
- David Rumsey Map Collection
Focuses on 18th and 19th century North and South American cartographic materials. Includes maps, atlases, globes, school geographies, and maritime charts.
www.davidrumsey.com
- USGS National Mapping Information
National mapping program, mapping products and services, geographic analysis and monitoring, land remote sensing, and science impact.
mapping.usgs.gov
- Map History
The history of cartography or the study of early maps.
www.maphistory.info
- Radical Cartography
Collaborative projects and resources for understanding the critical power of mapping, in between art, cartography, and history.
www.radicalcartography.net
- Four Color Theorem@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Famous_Problems/Four_Color_Theorem
- GLOBE Project
Developers of a 1-km gridded, quality-controlled global Digital Elevation Model (DEM).
www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/topo/globe.html
- WorldProcessor
Gallery of globes visualizing the world in a genuine political and geo-political sense.
www.worldprocessor.com
- NASA Space Shuttle Radar Topography Mission@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Missions/14__STS_99
- Ancient World Mapping Center
Promotes cartography and geographic information science in ancient studies. Includes project news, information about the Barrington Atlas, and maps for students.
www.unc.edu/awmc
- Australian Map Circle (AMC)
Group of map producers, users and curators which acts as a medium of communication for all those interested in maps.
australianmapcircle.org.au
- History of Cartography Project
Explores the social contexts, historical functions, and technical production of maps from all cultures of the world.
feature.geography.wisc.edu/histcart
- Map Projections
www.geography.hunter.cuny.edu/mp
- Round Earth, Flat Maps
Encounter the options available to our cartographers and the tools that help them face the challenge of portraying a round Earth on flat maps.
www.nationalgeographic.com/features/2000/exploration/projections/index.html
- BBC Dimensions
Takes important places, events, and things and overlays them onito a map of where you are.
howbigreally.com
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