Selected Internet Subject Resources
Geography
- Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer Server
- Search by place name or feature type.
- David Rumsey Map Collection
- Historical maps. Works better with Explorer than Netscape.
- Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing
- Geographic Names Information System
- Information on cultural and physical geographical features in US.
- Geography Dictionary
- Definitions of common terms used in physical, human and environmental geography
- GEOnet Names Server
- Non-US names of geographic features.
- GIS Dictionary
- Made available by the Association for Geographic Information and University of Edinburgh Dept. of Geography.
- Glossarist / Earth Sciences
- Collection of links to glossaries and subject dictionaries in climatology, ecology, environment, forestry, geography, geology, hydrology and weather. Site is also searchable.
- Historical Maps
- Historical maps made available by University of Texas at Austin, Perry-Castaneda Library, Map Collection
- Outline Maps
- Basic maps for personal or educational use.
- Topozone
- Online topographic coverage with place name searching
