These links are roughly ordered as described below. This is one of my "links to check" scratch pads used while developing map web pages, including pages for the UB Map Collection. Use the browser "find" command to find specific links below. Not all of the below URLs will be incorporated into final pages, so you are better off Visiting the UB Map Collection website for stable map resource links.
Look for this symbol below , for the best links to hit for various topics.

Map Collections

• University at Buffalo Libraries Map Collection. Starting point for maps both printed and online. Pages include:
  • Geography & Map Resources. Contains a variety of resources, including government, professional, and industry-related links.
  • Teaching With Maps. Useful for teachers, researchers, and students, with links to instructional and practical sources of maps and geographical materials.
• Maps, Geography, Cartography, Glossaries, and Gazetteers
• Maps Online: Digitized and Electronic Map Resources. Examples and links to online maps from reliable sources.
• Colorado Plateau Digital Archives Search (can search for maps and images)

Names

• Gazetteers, Name Authorities, Lists of Names for World Places

Places (sites of specific locations)

• BWCAW Internet: About the BWCAW
• Maps used in VT and VT2 (Virtual Tourist)
• Guatemala: An Educator's Exploration

Other (Miscellaneous)

• Chart Compasses (compass roses).
• Selection of ERS-1 SAR Images [NEED TO FIND NEW LINK]
• WebSeer [NEED TO FIND NEW LINK
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Subject Catalogue
• Web GIS and Online Spatial Information Sites (VERY OLD SITE BUT SOME LINKS USEABLE)
• DMA Public Home Page
• MapPlot database table
• Quick Reference
• Internet Sources in Geography
• PUBLIC NIMA GNPS QUERY FORM
• U.S. Army Homepage
• U.S. Census TMS Home Page
• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
  • National Imagery and Mapping Agency / National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
• Federation of American Scientists (FAS).
• Brock University Map Library Home Page

Earth From Space (Satellite Imagery)

• Map & Satellite Images Online
• Earthviewer (Google).

Calculations, etc.

• Great Circle Calculator. For calculating direct line distances between any two points on the globe. Enter the latitude and longitude to find the length "as the crow flies" of the great circle which arcs between the two locations. Distances are given in miles and kilometers.
• How Far Is It? Distance Calculator.

GIS

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
• GIS Metasite Listings (U.S. Army). Links to all aspects of GIS, including vendors and providers.
• GIS Services (Stanford Map Library).
• Oregon DRGs by county.
• Geospatial Explorer. In collaboration with EarthSoft, Cyze & Associates, Ltd., also announces an interface to EarthSoft's EQuIS data management system. The interface provides rapid access to EQuIS Chemistry and EquIS Geology data in 3-D while maintaining Geospatial Explorer's friendly user interface. EQuIS is the most widely used environmental data management system in the world.
• EarthSoft.

Map Indexes

• Thailand 1:250,000 Scale Index.

Miscellaneous Maps

• Hunters Creek Conservation Park
• Hunter's Creek Park Gerry Rising article.
• Hunters Creek Park maps. With aerial photos.
• Erie County Parks System Master Plan.