| By: | Daniel
F Ring Assistant Professor |
Phone: (248)
370-2498 E-mail: ring@oakland.edu |
GAZETTEER (A gazetteer is a geographic dictionary)
The Columbia Gazetteer of the World. Ref. G 103.5
.C65 1998 (3 volumes)
Much more than a mere listing of latitudes and longitudes.
Information includes demography, physical geography, political
boundaries, industry and trade, transportation and much more.
Length varies from a short listing on a village to a whole
essay on a country.
Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America. Ref.
G 103.5 .O45 1991
This is the most comprehensive gazetteer we have for the U.S.
Webster's New Geographical Dictionary. Ref. G 103.5
.W42 1988
Contains 47,000 geographic names and 217 maps. Provides "essential
information on spelling, pronunciation, and. . . location,
population, size, economy and history."
Index-Gazetteer of the World. Ref. G 103 .T5 1966
Lists 345,000 geographical locations that appear in the Times
Atlas of the World. Cites latitude and longitude.
ONLINE GAZETTEER
Latitude and Longitude of World Cities.
Latitude -Longitude of U.S. Cities.
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online.
GENERAL ATLASES
National Geographic Satellite Atlas of the World. Ref. G 1046 .A43 N3 1998
Today's World. Ref. G 1021 .R4867 1993
Atlas of the World. Ref. G 1021 .A7545 2004
Has city maps for major cities. The thematic maps are very
useful--health, environment, weather distribution.
Concise Atlas of the World. Ref. G 1021 .C74 1999
Encyclopedic World Atlas. Ref. G 1021 .G417 2000
More than maps. Includes brief history of country, information
on landscape, and tables denoting language, currency, trading
partners, etc. Similar in content and scope is World Desk
Reference (Ref. G 1021 .D72x 2000).
Goode's World Atlas. Ref. GN 1021 .G6 1995
See the "World Thematic Maps" for such unusual data as date
or apple exports, production of vegetables and so on.
New York Times Atlas of the World. Ref. G 1021 .N57
1994
Here's what's different about this book: star charts, sections
on the solar system, food distribution, earth structure, climate,
minerals, vegetation.
Hammond Atlas of the World. Ref. G 1021 .H2667 1996
Maps on File. Ref. G 1021 .M33 1992
Contains loose-leaf maps of states and countries, most of
which are "pure vanilla" maps, plain and simple.
Geography on File. Ref. G 1021 .F25 1995
Dorling Kindersley Concise Atlas of the World. Ref. G 1021 .D 2776 2001
Dorling Kindersley World Atlas. Ref. G 1021 .D 625 2000
World Desk Reference. Ref. G 1021 .D72x 2000
ONLINE ATLASES
Online
Maps and Gazeteers.
Covers the world and the US.
Xpedition
Atlas.
Good for reproductions.
National
Atlas of the United States.
Interactive on a variety of topics such as ethnicity, crimes,
agriculture. Arranged by continent and then by region. Of
special note are the economic and physical summary pages.
For example, the economic summary lists the GNP, inflation
rate and daily calories per capita. Also, maps on population
distribution, temperature and precipitation.
HISTORICAL MAPS AND ATLASES
Shepherd's Historical Atlas. Ref. G 1030 .S4 1967
This is the "standard" historical atlas. Covers the years
1450 B.C. to 1964 A.D., chronologically arranged. There are
3 indexes: Original; Index Supplement that includes names
on the maps for the period 1911-1929; and Additional Changes.
The Times Atlas of World History. Ref. G 1030 .T54
1993
Includes maps and essays on the "broad movements" of world
history, i.e., Language Dispersal, Rise of Christianity, Human
Origin.
Rand McNally Atlas of World History. Ref. G 1030 .R3
1983
Excellent color maps, chronologically arranged with narrative
for each historical section. Includes historical maps for
the U.S. and socio-economic maps.
The History Atlas of Europe. Ref. G 1797.21 .S1 B3 1998
The Times Atlas of European History. Ref. G 1796 .S1 T55 1994
Atlas of American History. Ref. G 1201 .S1 F4 1995
Atlas of Westward Expansion. Ref. G 1201 .S1 W44 1995
Atlas of American History. Ref. G 1201 .S1 J3 1984
Want to know the location of ICBM complexes or hazardous waste
sites? Here's the place. Chronologically arranged. Thus, under
"America at Time of Discovery," one can find the distribution
of forests and Indian tribes. Roads are included for colonial
America, battle maps for all wars. The last chapter contains
maps on social and economic development.
Historical Maps on File. Ref. G 1033 .M128 1984
Three hundred maps arranged in 9 parts: ancient, medieval,
early Europe, modern Europe, America, western hemisphere,
Africa and the Middle East, Asia and Australia. There are
many more historical atlases, by country, state and topic,
such as exploration or war. Be sure to browse the area.
ONLINE SOURCES FOR HISTORICAL ATLASES
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century.
University
of Texas Map Collection.
This is the best one.
Map
Library.
From West Point, this site is good for wars.
National
Geographic's MapMachine
Good for battles among other historical maps. Use the navigation
bar on the left and click on "historical map."
Map
Collections: 1500-2002.
From the Library of Congress, this is good for cultural, transportation,
battles, and cities and towns.
Maps
Online.
Identifies several key collections of historical maps.
Online
Maps.
This collection is from Yale University. It is arranged by
named collections.
SPECIAL ATLASES
Our Magnificent Earth: A Rand McNally Atlas of Earth Resources. Ref. G 1046 .G3 O9 1979
Rand McNally Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide.
Ref. G 1046 .G1 R2 (In Atlas Case, southwest corner of Reference
Area.)
Emphasis is on commerce and marketing -- covers the U.S. only.
Includes zip codes; railroad maps, postal rates; airlines
and the communities they serve; county data, such as population,
income and households. Frequently overlooked, it could save
a trip to Government Documents. Issued annually.
ROAD ATLASES
Rand McNally Road Atlas. Ref. G 1105 .R2 2005
Yahoo Maps and Driving Directions
Rand-McNally Road Construction
STATE ATLASES
Atlas of Michigan. Ref. G 1410 .A85 1977
Includes categories such as People and Society, Economy and
Recreation and topics such as ethnic migration, deer population.
Michigan Atlas and Gazetteer. Ref. G 1410 .D4 1991
City Maps of Michigan. Ref. G 1410 .D3 1994
TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS, LAND FORM MAPS AND AERIAL MAPS
Color Landform Atlas of the United States
Terrafly
Allows you to see a site from the sky.
MAP CASES IN REFERENCE AND DOCUMENTS
The map file cabinets are located in the southwest corner of the main level. They contain an assortment of large, oversized map sheets. Contents include topographic maps of Michigan, country maps, historical, political, and relief maps of the U.S. and other countries. (Note: These maps may be rather dated.) Also, in the government documents collection in the north wing on the main level is a collection of country maps produced by the CIA. Call numbers begin with PrEx: and the collection is housed in a file cabinet placed near the Documents re-shelving area just to the north of the Interlibrary Loans office.
HYDROLOGICAL MAPS
Hydrological Investigations Atlas
Great Lakes: An Environmental Atlas And Resource Book
GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS
CENSUS MAPS
U.S. Census Bureau's Mapping And Cartographic Resources
SATELLITE MAPS
ENVIRONMENTAL MAPS
HUD
Environmental Maps
Shows location of superfund sites, hazardous waste sites,
public housing, etc.
INTERNET SOURCES
Meta Sources and Gateways
Internet
Public Library Maps & Atlases
No theme here. An unusual collection of esoteric maps.
Maps
and Globes
Alphabetically arranged.
What's on the
Net
This a fantastic collection of maps, all alphabetically arranged.
WWW-VL:
History: Maps
Although there are historical maps here, there is much more
including satellite imagery, journals and bibliographies.
Map History/History of Cartography
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