Maps and GIS

Our Library's Collection:

• List of Wall Maps
• Map and Atlas Collection Overview
• Digital Sanborn Maps

ArcGIS:

• ArcGIS Site License Program Fact Sheet
• Registration Form
• ArcGIS Data
• Baltimore Data & Maps (coming soon)
• ArcGIS Training Via the Web

USGS Resources:

• USGS Homepage
• Geologic Hazards
• National Atlas of the US
• National Geologic Map Database

Gazetteers:

• GEOnet Names Server (foreign place names)
• Geographic Names Information System (US place names)

Census Mapping Tools:
     (Tools to assist when using census geographies) 

• Census Bureau Maps and Cartographic Products
  • Includes PDF maps based on census geography for 2000 and 1990
    Tip:
    Follow the link for Map Products; at the small geographies there may be several maps for an area - the index map for an area is always labeled 000.dbf
  • Boudary files generalized, digital files suitable for use with a Geographic Information System(G.I.S) as a base for medium to small-scale thematic mapping.
  • Online mapping through American Factifinder and Tiger Mapping Service
• Street addresses for census 2000
• MABLE/GEOCORR Geographic Correspondence Engine. Build tables that relate different kinds of geography to each other. Example: What zip codes fall within a particular MSA/CMSA?... MABLE=Master Area Block Level Equivalency.

Other Online Maps and Atlases:

• Aerial Maps and Photographs from Microsoft terraserver
• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
• Map Machine from the National Geographic Society
• Maps of places in the news includes places like Bosnia, Liberia
• Maps via Perry-Castaneda Library -University of Texas At Austin Includes CIA maps of areas around the world.
• Historical Map and Chart Collection
• Web Soil Survey

Places to buy Maps

• Omni Resources Wide range of Atlases and maps available. A good source for wall maps
• Map Link Good for Travel maps of Europe and Latin America
• George F.Cram Company School maps and globes are their speciality
• National Geographic Maps and Geography Atlases Purchase maps found in the National Geographic Magazine
• East View Strong on maps for Russia, Asia and former Soviet Union countries
• Rand McNally
• Maryland Geological Survey
• RMIB Geoscience BV Earth-scientific maps and books