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Geography, Mapping, and Images Amanda Clarke Henley GIS Librarian Reference Department, Davis Library
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Today’s Presentation Online Cartographic Resources Interactive Mapping Resources Questions Image Source: http://englishrussia.com/?p=1466
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Cartographic Resources Available Online Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (UT Arlington) Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection Usage Information: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/usage_statement.htmlhttp://www.lib.utexas.edu/usage_statement.html David Rumsey Historical Map Collection Image Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin. Image Courtesy of www.davidrumsey.com http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUM SEY~8~1~1128~90140#
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Google Earth Easy to Use Simple XML-based format (KML) Excellent tool for sharing and visualizing geographic data Not for complex spatial analysis, yet Still useful for researchers Qualitative Analysis Data Display Data Sharing 1,000,000 GIS Users to > 100,000,000 Users in 3 Years
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Evolving Geographic Tool Set My Maps http://maps.google.com/http://maps.google.com/ Google Maps (requires a free google account) Tips on getting started Bing Maps Google Spreadsheet Mapper Make Maps for Google Maps or Google Earth http://earth.google.com/outreach/tutorial_spreadsheet.html Easily create your own maps Open Data – Open Streetmap
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