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1 Hallie Pritchett Map & FRD Librarian University of Georgia June 25, 2011 STATIC MAPS

2 STATIC MAPS DEFINED  User cannot customize the map online  Maps can often be downloaded or printed for use elsewhere  Includes both born digital & scanned maps

3 STATIC MAP SITES  CIA World Factbook  United Nations Cartographic Section  American Memory Map Collections (Library of Congress)

4 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

5 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK - ALBANIA

6 FACTS ABOUT ALBANIA from the CIA World Factbook  Capital: Tirana  Slightly smaller than Maryland  Population (est. 2011): just under 3 million  Languages: Albanian, Greek, Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects  Parliamentary democracy (after 46 years of Communist rule)  Export commodities include textiles & footwear, asphalt, metals & metallic ores, crude oil

7 REGIONAL & WORLD MAPS from the CIA World Factbook

8 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

9 UN CARTOGRAPHIC SECTION

10 SUDAN MAPS from the UN Cartographic Section

11 UN MISSION IN SUDAN from the United Nations Peacekeeping site

12 THEMATIC MAPS from the UN Cartographic Section

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14 AMERICAN MEMORY MAP COLLECTIONS Library of Congress

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20  Maps date from the late 15 th century to the early 20 th century  Limited to maps not under copyright  No special viewers required to view maps online  For off-line viewing, some maps are available in MrSID format & others in JPEG2000 format


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