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David Rumsey Historical Map Collection Posted on February 08, 2005
The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection has over 11,000 maps online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America maps and other cartographic materials.
FAO, Tsunami Map resources and satellite images Posted on January 24, 2005
This page contains references to FAO and external resources that provide actual and base line maps, satellite images and related information.
MapAction - Mapping for Disaster Relief Posted on January 10, 2005
MapAction is a UK-based international charity that specialises in the mapping of disaster areas and supplying geographical information for humanitarian relief operations.
The Geographic Information Center Posted on January 05, 2005
The Geographic Information Center provides access to geographic information-related resources across all of the National Academies program areas.
USDA Geospatial Gateway Posted on December 27, 2004 When I first used this fabulous resource the first thing that came to my mind was that anyone out there who's being paying big $$ to download free DRGs, DEMs, DOQQs, TIGER files, Q3 flood data, and anything else in the public domain for that matter is going to freak out ... on the flip side though, you're going to love on us for pointing you to this amazing clearinghouse.
FEMA Flood Map Store Posted on December 20, 2004
Locate FEMA flood data - The MSC has several how-to guides available online for free download. Find products by State or county in the catalog, locate products by street address, order data, or preview data... its all here.
GRASS GIS Posted on December 13, 2004
GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is an open source, Free Software Geographical Information System (GIS) with raster, topological vector, image processing, and graphics production functionality that operates on various platforms through a graphical user interface and shell in X-Window. It is released under GNU General Public License (GPL)
Landcover.org from the University of Maryland Posted on July 26, 2004 The GLCF develops and distributes remotely sensed satellite data and products concerned with land cover from the local to global scales.
Degree Confluence Project Posted on July 10, 2004 The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. The pictures and stories will then be posted on the website.
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