Cartography & GIS Links
Table of Contents
- UWM
- Organizations
- Education
- Support & Forums
- General/Reference
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- Milwaukee
- Shaded Relief Resources
- Topographic Map Resources
- Wisconsin
- Employment Links
NOTE: No endorsement for any of these sites is implied. Donna Genzmer's links have been placed on this site for better searchability. [Please notify me of any broken links.]
UWM
Organizations
Education
Support & Forums
General/Reference
- AmericaView (access to remote sensing data and products)
- The Applied Population Laboratory, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- batchgeocode free web based batch geocoding app. Provides zip code lookup, geographic coordinates, and plots to a web map. No longer downloadable into GoogleEarth, but can be save to a batchgeocode webpage. Unsure whether the functionality of transferring back to a spreadsheet still exists.
- "Beyond Mapping: Meeting National Needs Through Enhanced Geographic
Information Science" National Academies Press
- Bird's Eye images http://www.birdseyetourist.com/ provide a high-resolution, low-angle aerial view of a small area.
- Brewer, Cindy: (cartography, color) resources and archive of resources
- CartoTalk resource links
- CIESIN, Columbia University World Data
- Census Bureau, US
- Citations, how to cite maps, reference to Ohio Wesleyan University and the Chicago Manual of Style, by Alan Glennon
- ColorBrewer, Cartographic Color Selection Tool
- Color Oracle, tool for designing for color blindness, Mac only; contains links that include PC
- Jeremy Crampton's site at Georgia State University
- David Rumsey Map Collection "contains to date over 7,180 maps online and focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials."
- DRG free downloads, Libre Map Project, or from the archive
- EarthSLOT, free collection of 3D GIS and terrain visualization applications
- EnviroMapper
- Public domain GIS data and Free GIS data repositories and clearinghouses http://gisdata.blogspot.com/
- G.Projector, NASA: FREE 'Java' App. explores a large collection (60 in this first version) of global map projections, allows you to project user supplied GIF, JPG or PNG equirectangular map images. A graticule and continental outlines may be drawn, and the resulting map images can be saved to disk in GIF, PDF, PNG or PS format. A small library of compatible map images can be found here: http://flatplanet.sourceforge.net/maps/
- GeoCommunity (includes links to data)
- GeoGratis, A web and ftp site that distributes geospatial data of Canada for free data download.
- Geospatial One-Stop, GeoData.gov portal
- GIS Certification
- GIS Data Depot
- GIS Dictionary: http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidict/welcome.html
- GIS Inventory, Ramona Its primary purpose is to track the status of GIS in US state and local government to aid the planning and building of Spatial Data Infrastructures. from National States' Geographic Information Council (NSGIC)
- GIS Master Bibliography
- Geographic Names Information System(USGS)
- The Geography Network, "online resource to discover and access geographic content, including live maps and data, from many of the world's leading providers"
- Geologic Map Patterns, Dr. A. Plesch
- The Green Map Atlas
- GPS Visualizer, free online geocoding
- Historic Atlas and Map Valuation and Conservation References
- Historical census data, interactive maps & reports: SocialExplorer
- Historic Maps and Panoramas, for purchase: Universal Map
- Historic Maps from the Library of Congress Archives
- Historic Map Reproductions
- Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, does include historical census data
- Library of Congress Online Catalog, see Geography and Map Division
- Map Mashup, good wiki entry
- Map Milwaukee, City of Milwaukee (Wisconsin) GIS site
- Map Projections, Paul B. Anderson
- Map Reading and Land Navigation, US Army field manual
- Maporama, geocode and map addresses (no batch function)
- Mapping Center, ESRI, "helps GIS users make better maps"
- MapShaper.org, experimental, online GIS generalization application
- MapTech, order a map
- The Maps & GIS INFOMINE Search Screen
- Milwaukee
- choosemilwaukee.com, information/data on 7 southeastern WI counties, geared toward encouraging economic development and investment
- Milwaukee County Interactive Mapping Service, Milwaukee County (Wisconsin) GIS site
- Map Milwaukee, City of Milwaukee (Wisconsin) GIS site
- Milwaukee Green Map Online
- Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 1885-1992
- MPROP, City of Milwaukee Parcel data in dbf III format, provided free of charge from the Non-Profit Center of Milwaukee
- Milwaukee Map Data, City of Milwaukee site, click on [download map data]; ie voting wards, Aldermanic districts, street centerlines, parcel outlines
- Milwaukee Urban Atlas, 2000 US Census data, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- National Atlas of the United States
- National Geographic Map Collection, order flat print-on-demand copies of just about all the old NGS map supplements from the 1890s through 1999
- National Geographic Map Store
- National Geographic, make your own map
- National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS), historical data including historical county boundary shapes
- The National Map Viewer
- Natural Earth, world physical map at 1.24 km resolution (public domain)
- Natural Earth subset, North America 500 meter resolution shaded relief and landcover (public domain)
- North American Transportation Atlas Data (NORTAD)
- Oddens' Bookmarks, "The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping"
- Omni Map, retail
- Open Data Consortium
- Outline Maps, geography.about.com; Outline Maps, for personal and classroom use
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, including online map images
- Raisz Landform Maps
- Raven Maps
- Relief Shading
- Shaded Relief Resources
- Spatial News' List of GIS Discussion Lists
- Terraserver (Microsoft)
- Topographic Map Resources
- TopoZone.com
- The Ultimate GIS Search Engine
- US Geological Survey On-Line Store
- US Geological Survey National Geologic Map Database
- The Visible Earth, imagery typically available only to the media and scientists is now more accessible to all. Most of the images have no copyright and are available for educational and other non-commercial purposes.
- MSN Virtual Earth
- Wisconsin
- World Fact Book (CIA)
- Zip Code, US data TeamRedLine $5 monthly (updated monthly)
Employment Links
- Geospatial Careers: Getting a Job [Feb 2011]
- Nature Magazine, 22 January 2004, (pdf file) Mapping Opportunities
- The Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) "is a national, non-profit organization that develops professionals for the environmental field through paid environmental internships that provide highly professional, on-the-job learning experiences for bachelor's, master's, and doctoral students and recent graduates."
- Geosearch http://www.geosearch.com
- Student Conservation Association http://www.sca-inc.org/
- Geojobs http://www.geojobs.org/
- Association of American Geographers http://www.aag.org/Jig/memberjig.html
- Google http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Social_Sciences/Geography/ Geographic_Information_Systems/Employment/ (GIS)
- About.com http://geography.miningco.com/msub41.htm
- Geospatial Industry Workforce Information System (GIWIS), industry-wide resources for educators, current and future geospatial/GIS&T workers, workforce development professionals, and employers
- ESRI careershttp://careers.esri.com/
- ESRI internship http://careers.esri.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=dsp&tmpl=internships.cfm &nav_id=7&parent_id=57
- http://www.gisl.co.uk/jobs.htm
- Earthworks http://www.earthworks-jobs.com
- GIS Jobs Clearinghouse http://www.gjc.org
- Careers in Geospatial Technologies http://www.geospatialcareers.net/
- CartoTalk's List of Online Job Resources http://www.cartotalk.com/index.php?showtopic=92
- gis-jobs list http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/GIS/gis-jobs_list.html
- WI State Cartographer's Office Job listings http://www.sco.wisc.edu/jobs/jobs.php
- Dice "the career hub to tech insiders" http://www.dice.com
- GIS Gig http://gisgig.com
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