Maps

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Google Earth: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2005/07/google-earth-and-moon.html, Maps: http://maps.google.com, http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2005/02/google-maps.html

National Atlas of the United States of America: http://nationalatlas.gov/

Oddens’ Bookmarks: http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.php

Find out stuff about US places: http://www.epodunk.com/ (also easy links to maps)

GNIS: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic

TerraServer: http://terraserver-usa.com/default.aspx (USGS aerial imagery & topographic maps)

Topozone: http://www.topozone.com/default.asp
  Placename searches: http://www.topozone.com/findplace.asp

Google Maps: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2005/02/google-maps.html

Sustrans: http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ UK local maps online. Some show footpaths, carriageways and Roman Roads as well as ruins and ancient sites.

Global Gazetteer - Worldwide Directory of Cities & Towns: http://www.calle.com/world/index.html

Interactive World Maps/Guide: http://www.gesource.ac.uk/worldguide/worldmapbig/49.html

Links to Maps, Etchings & Related Subjects: http://www.yourmapsonline.org.uk/mapslinks.htm

David Rumsey Map Collection: http://www.davidrumsey.com

MSN's MapPoint: http://mappoint.msn.com/

Modern French Maps: http://fr.maps.yahoo.com/

Antique French maps: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sylvain.chardon/locom/loc_menu.htm

French départements in 1813 which later became German: http://www.cr-lorraine.fr/sarlorlux/deutsch/cartes/1_emp_d.htm

European maps finder: http://www.ismap.com, http:www.mappy.com, http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/gbr/dyn/controller/mapHomePage

   Also, use geo@genealogy.net -- for instructions, see: http://www.genealogienetz.de/misc/geoserv.html

Swedish Gazetteer: http://www.sna.se/gazetteer.html

USDA Soil Survey Maps: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/usda-soil-survey-maps.html

"Do It Yourself" Color-Coded State Maps (save as GIF): http://monarch.tamu.edu/~maps2/

Alabama Maps: http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/

Minnesota Maps: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/tomo.html (1:24,000 , 1:100,000 & 1:250,000 topo maps)

Scottish Maps: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/01/scottish-maps.html

German Maps: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/german-maps.html

Distance Calculator - as the crow flies, not by road: http://www.indo.com/distance/

Wonderful blog! Cartography: http://ccablog.blogspot.com/


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