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1 Geography, Mapping, and Images Amanda Clarke Henley GIS Librarian Reference Department, Davis Library

2 Today’s Presentation Online Cartographic Resources Interactive Mapping Resources Questions Image Source: http://englishrussia.com/?p=1466

3 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#

4 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

5 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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