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GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Information
Alexandria Digital Library
Alexandria Digital Research Library (ADRL) is UC Santa Barbara Library’s home for collections of digital research materials, including images, text, streamed media, and numeric and spatial data. This comprehensive digital library, when complete, will provide access to millions of hidden digital research assets in UCSB Library’s possession, and serve as a single search access point.
ArcGIS Open Data
Share your live authoritative open data. Esri-hosted ArcGIS Open Data gives you a quick way to set up public-facing websites where people can easily find and download your open data in a variety of open formats.
David Rumsey Map Collection
Offers digital access to the material house in the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford University Library.
GeoData@Tufts
"Search, discover, preview, and retrieve geospatial data from multiple repositories." Tufts University
Linguistic Geographies The Gough Map of Great Britain
he Gough Map is internationally-renowned as one of the earliest maps to show Britain in a geographically-recognizable form. Yet to date, questions remain of how the map was made, who made it, when and why.
This website presents an interactive, searchable edition of the Gough Map, together with contextual material, a blog, and information about the project and the Language of Maps colloquium
Old Maps Online
Old Maps Online is an easy-to-use gateway to historical maps in libraries around the world.
Perry-Castaeda Library Map Collection
The Perry-Castaeda Library Map Collection, from the University of Texas at Austin, contains maps from all over the world including Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the United States.
Trove
Trove is a free search service containing many online resources relating to Australia and Australians
A Vision of Britain Through Time
This website provides a window into the Great Britain Historical 'Geographical Information System', showing a description of Britain and its localities and how they have changed through the centuries.
World Digital Library
World Digital Library provides a range of resources including topography and map materials from around the world.
Canva
Learn about design basics such as space, color, perspective, and scale from old and new maps.
DIY Maps
Free do-it-yourself color-coded state, U.S., Canada, and Mexico maps.
Do It Yourself GIS
A site offering 20 free open source applications for mapping and data visualization.
MapCreator
Free. MapCreator 2.0, "... is a software to create quality maps and animated maps." Georeferenced
Mapping for Everyone--ESRI
Free mapping application and examples
Scribble Maps
Draw and share maps. Free for the basic service.