Map sites

SF Bay Area

• Clickable Map of Bay Area Regional Database

Maps

• Distance Calculator
• Find Latitude and Longitude
• International Map Trade Association: collection of links to sources of maps
• ASTER Global Digital Elevation Map - NASA et al.
• US Geological Survey Maps-on-Demand ordering
• National Geographic Maps: digital topographic maps
• David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
• Microsoft's TerraServer
  Alt URL
• DeLorme | Maps and Mapping Software
• National Geophysical Data Center of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the US Department of Commerce
  • Marine Geology & Geophysics
    • Products
    • Posters, Slide Sets, Images
  • Nighttime Lights of the World
    Explanations
    Hardcopy available from many outlets, or from Hansen Planetarium Publications, Salt Lake City, UT, (800) 321-2369
    JPEG (2400 x 1200 pixels = big) Another source or local cache
  • Global Wildfire Images
• Digital Conservation Altas, Resources Agency, State of California
• Digital Earth: TerraVision: About
• myTopo.com Vendor of large-format (24" X 36"), fully customized, topographic maps
• Japanese Historical Maps from the East Asian Library, UC Berkeley
• Gallery - Where's the remotest place on Earth? (Gallery of 8 maps + …) - New Scientist
  Alt for main map: It's a Small World, Afterall - Infographic of the Day - FastCompany - shows the distance in travel time from major cities = the most remote places in the world
• Operational Significant Event Imagery from NOAA Satellite and Information Services (NOAA = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) - great images of current storms, volcanoes, ...
• Google Maps Mania : Unofficial Blog

Oceans / Bathymetry

• Bathymetic Data Viewer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• Explore The World's Most Detailed Map Of The Seafloor, Released Today
  Researchers today published the most detailed map of the ocean floor ever produced. Data collected by satellites and remote sensing instruments were used to created a model at least twice as accurate as previous maps, revealing thousands of previously uncharted seafloor features in the process. And best of all, you can explore the maps for yourself!
  Marine Gravity from Satellite Altimetry (the maps)

Satellite Imagery

Coordinates of Barron Park neighborhood, Palo Alto:
Acronym: SPIN-2 : SPace INformation - 2 meter resolution - trademark for Russian (formerly Soviet) product

• EarthBrowser
• EarthRISE: Photos taken by astronauts out of the windows of the Space Shuttle
• Space Imaging: see image of the day
• Digital Globe
  formerly EarthWatch Inc.: High-resolution satellite imagery from EarlyBird and QuickBird, plus lots of GIS data
• Earth as Art (stunning satellite images) from US Geologic Survey
  Alternate site: Our Earth as Art (NASA), same pictures, different organization. 3921 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto
• OrbImage: gallery of images from various satellites
• Sovinformsputnik (English language site): Imagery from Soviet/Russian satellites
• Earth Resources Observation System (EROS) Data Center of USGS
  • Earth Sciences data on the Global Land Information System (GLIS)
    EarthExplorer: Advanced Webglis interface: does not support all browser (as of 8/2002, explicitly excludes Macintosh)
  • Corona Satellite Photography (also includes Argon and Lanyard satellites). From USGS: declassified US intelligence satellite product. Distribution by EROS (USGS) and possibly others.
  • LandSat 7 (NASA) - now available through USGS GLIS
• www.spin-2.com: defunct site. Now a casino. Used to be location for the KVR-1000 panchromatic camera images from the Soviet Cosmos satellites (1.5-3 m resolution)
• Microsoft TerraServer Image Page
  • Initialized for Barron Park neigbhorhood
• Terraserver.com (not the Microsoft Terraserver site) As of 8/2002, this site is hostile to browsers other than IE 5.0 and better.
• Other good indexes
  • Satellite-Related World Wide Web Sites from Dundee University (U.K.)
  • Earth Observing Resources from Society for International Space Cooperation
• Urthecast - See the planet (pronounced earthcast)
  OUr evolving planet, captured from the ISS (International Space Station)

Google Maps: Tools and issues

Tools

• batchgeo.com: Create map from Tab-delimited file (such as a spreadsheet)
• Google Map Saver ! GUI.brush Blog
• Latitude and longitude coordinates - Google Maps Help

Problem: The normal legends in the left-hand panel are not printed as part of the map

• Legend and print out the google map
• How do I print the legend or write on the map?

Mapping/GIS Systems

• On The Map from the US Census Bureau
• Microsoft Streets & Trips
• Microsoft MapPoint
• Street Atlas USA
• Rand McNally StreetFinder
• Rand McNally TripMaker
• Rand McNally Road Atlas
• Street Atlas Powered by Mapquest
• Skymap
• National Geographic Trip Planner
• XMap Business
• Street Wizard
• National Geographic Maps: The complete collection
• Yellow Pages and Free Streets USA (by Info USA)
• TopoUSA (expensive)
• Earthmate (expensive)
• BusinessMap Pro

History/Background

• Inside the Secret World of Russia’s Cold War Mapmakers by Greg Miller - Wired, 2015-07.