-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Re: Map Database / Reference Resources?
Date:   Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:07:12 -0400
From:   Joel Kovarsky <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>



Some of this really depends on what you are looking for, whether earlier
cartographic materials or other types of sources. The initial query
seemed to leave this wide open. What sort of collections, articles,
etc.? What sort of databases (image, bibliographic, etc.)?

I would strongly suggest looking at Tony Campell's Map History site:
http://www.maphistory.info/ . In terms of early images, he lists quite a
few sites, some more useful than others in terms of linking
cartobibliographic descriptions to images:
http://www.maphistory.info/webimages.html . As to "relevant journal
articles" I would again wonder about narrowing the query, but there is
the journals page for the History of Cartography:
http://www.maphistory.info/journals.html . As to a more recently
reported GIS Gateway: http://www.his-gis.net/ .

These are just a few.

             Joel Kovarsky

Maps-L wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Re: Map Database / Reference Resources?
> Date:   Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:43:21 -0700
> From:   Matt Fox <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
> <[log in to unmask]>
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> There are all kinds.  Here's a few of the bigger ones off the top of my
> head.
>
> http://gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos
> http://gisdata.usgs.net/
> http://www.davidrumsey.com/
> http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
> http://clients.alexandria.ucsb.edu/webclient/index.jsp
>
> Matt
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Maps-L" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 12:29 PM
> Subject: Map Database / Reference Resources?
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>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject:        Map Database / Reference Resources?
>> Date:   Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:56:53 -0400
>> From:   Matthew Matthias <[log in to unmask]>
>> To:     [log in to unmask]
>> CC:     Matthew Matthias <[log in to unmask]>
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>>
>> Dear List,
>> I am currently an MLS student at the University of Maryland.
>> In a current class we are assessing electronic reference resources and
>> databases.  The topic of maps surfaced recently and I am wondering what
>> electronic resources and databases of maps are available and most
>> popularly used.
>>
>> Does a commercial database exist that indexes maps and map collections,
>> such as those that allow one to search for relevant journal articles?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Matthew Matthias
>> Government Documents and Maps
>> McKeldin Library
>> University of Maryland - College Park
>>
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