Map

A map is a simplified depiction of a space, a navigational aid which highlights relations between objects within that space. Most usually a map is a two-dimensional, geometrically accurate representation of a three-dimensional space. The science and art of map-making is cartography.

External links

• GBMaps.com]: Custom designed business location maps designed for companies all over the world.
• Microsoft: MSN http://maps.msn.com/ (and, less detailed and less extensive: Expedia http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=mmfn)
• world atlas (the whole world on the same scale: 4 km = 49 pixels, 82 m / pixel)
• North America (Canada, US, Mexico), US to street level, Mexico only some parts to street level (for the other parts street level scale is available, but it shows blank maps with e.g. only one dot to represent a village)
• Western Europe to street level, see map of area covered
• Australia
• Brazil
• US Map: ABMap - Interactive World Map and detailed united states street map
• Historical Maps from the Hargrett Library Collection (University of Georgia) --browse over 1000 maps from as early as 1544-- DjVu format; requires free plugin or JAVA
• Historical Maps from the Portal to Texas History
• atlases with maps by country:
• PopulationData.net
• http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ The World Factbook
• the same maps: http://reference.allrefer.com/world/facts/maps.html, http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cia04.html
• Holt, Rinehart and Winston
• Infoplease
• UT scanned collection - University of Texas at Austin (also at http://us.aminet.net/pix/map/ and ; thumbnails at Google)
• list of links including those to external sites
• Online Map Creation: Webinterface to GMT mapping package
• new version: Planiglobe
• Multimap world atlas: on UK, US, Canada, Australia and Western Europe more detailed than the rest of the world; the list of scales to select from is location-dependent - also provides geographic coordinates of a location selected from a map.
• MapQuest http://www.mapquest.com/maps: on US, Canada and Western Europe more detailed than the rest of the world - the list of scales to select from is not location-dependent: for part of the world several zoom level links lead to an image with just the message "No Data Available".
• Atlas of the World A world atlas with hundreds of very detailed and elaborate maps from every part of the world
• Yahoo Maps: on US, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Italy
• Yahoo Germany: on France, UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux
• Maps of the World (ger.)
• krak.dk: Interactive map of Denmark
• Routenplaner24 Street Maps and Route Planner in Germany
• Map South Pacific: on Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia
• World and Continent Maps
• Street Maps in Switzerland, Austria and Germany
• MapMachine (National Geographic/ESRI)
• planiglobe Interactive mapserver with country and city search, offers vector versions for download
• National Atlas of the United States
• US state maps
• Example of legend (Cito-Plan city maps)
• http://www.geocities.com/marcoschmidt.geo/geo-data.html
• USGS National Map
• Free Maps and Route Planner on Europe
• Maps of OutdoorMountain
• Online Map Catalogs in North America and Europe Lists some good places to search for online maps
• The fascinating world of maps and mapping Lists all kinds of maps
• Map collections Intorductory page to help navigate the online map resources
• A listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar
• Brazilian and World Maps Vector PDF maps of Brazilian states
• Hong Kong Maps CentaMap
• FreeRoute Germany
• Links to on-line atlases
• Link Directory for Maps Link directory of map libraries and societies, antique maps and world, regional, travel, historical and other map resources.
• Royalty Free Maps Royalty Free Vector and Bitmap Maps, available in Illustrator format.
• Map Room - a weblog about maps
• Antique and Rare Maps - Art Source International - Links to rare and antique maps and to cartography resources.
• Google
• Google Earth: Interactive map of the world
• Google Maps Google's map system, similar to Mapquest.
• The Upsidedown Map Page Pictures and info about maps which are oriented without North at the top
• Universal Map A leading map publisher in the United States

Note that map services with various zoom levels sometimes show a new map item, such as a new bridge, only on a smaller-scale map and not on an available larger scale map, because the latter is not as often updated, see e.g. the Tuas Second Link on http://www.multimap.com/p/browse.cgi?scale=100000&lon=103.85&lat=1.3&scale=2000000, and larger scales which do not show it.

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