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Maps of Other Regions
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Alabama Maps 
 A collection of over 3,500 political, demographic, and other maps, both historical and contemporary, of Alabama, the United States, other regions, and the world. The historical maps are divided into time periods beginning with before 1826 for regions and topics. Those for Alabama also include counties, geology, rivers, and state highways. The contemporary maps for Alabama are divided into topical areas. From the Cartographic Research Laboratory at the University of Alabama. http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/ Topics: U.S. Maps Last updated Oct 23, 2002 American Shores: Maps of the Middle Atlantic Region to 1850
A searchable collection of historical maps of "the Mid-Atlantic region of North America--stretching from New York south to Virginia-- [which] was a pivotal area in the early development of the American colonies and the United States." Essays about the Basics of Maps , Maps Through History , and explanations about selected Geographical Areas are included. Most of the maps on this site are from the Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of the New York Public Library. http://www.nypl.org/research/midatlantic/ Topics: U.S. Maps Last updated Feb 12, 2003 Arkansas History & Heritage
Information about the state's history, heritage, people, geography, name, natural resources, climate, industry, and agriculture, with sections on the Civil War, Native Americans, and African Americans, and brief biographical sketches of famous Arkansans. Describes the origins of colorful place names such as Hogeye, Greasy Corner, Ink, and Snowball. From the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. http://arkansas.com/things-to-do/history-heritage/ Topics: U.S. History By Place, U.S. Maps, U.S. Travel Last updated May 17, 2006 Center for the Study of Public Health Impact of Hurricanes
"Using New Orleans as a test case ... [this Louisiana State University research center] is currently developing techniques and models for assessing and mitigating the public health issues associated with complex disasters." The website features maps indicating where flooding could occur in the case of hurricanes in New Orleans, papers on the impacts of hurricanes and flooding in the area, and related material on hurricanes and Louisiana wetlands and coastal issues. http://www.publichealth.hurricane.lsu.edu Topics: Hurricane Katrina, Public Health & Safety, Scientific Themes, U.S. History By Place, U.S. Maps, Water, Weather Last updated Jan 5, 2007 Crossroads of Empire: Early Printed Maps of Texas and the Southwest
A site about the discovery and exploration of the southwestern New World, Texas, and the neighboring region. Each map includes a description in English and Spanish. Includes a history of early mapmaking as well as images and backgrounds for explorers Cabeza De Vaca, de Soto, and Coronado. Also find classic images depicting California as an island, plus games, other learning activities, and related readings. http://www.humanities-interactive.org/crossroads/exhibit26.html Topics: History, U.S. Maps Last updated Jul 5, 2004 Environmental Atlas of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin
Atlas to Lake Pontchartrain and its surrounding basin, which encompasses land in Louisiana and Mississippi. The site "presents information about geology, land cover, types of shorelines, biological resources, flow patterns, significant storms, growth trends and more." Includes a bibliography. From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-206/ Topics: Environment, Geography, Hurricane Katrina, Scientific Themes, U.S. Maps, Water Last updated Sep 2, 2005 Evacuation Maps [Texas]
Links to evacuation maps created by the Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, the National Weather Service, and the Texas Division Of Emergency Management. Covers Brazoria, Galveston, and Harris counties; Matagorda (includes Calhoun, Jackson, Matagorda, and Victoria counties); Sabine Area (includes Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, and Orange counties); and Coastal Bend Area (includes Aransas, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, and San Patricio counties). http://www.click2houston.com/hurricanes/9584817/detail.html Topics: Hurricane Katrina, U.S. Maps, Weather Last updated Aug 30, 2006 Get Lost: Artists Map Downtown New York
"Get Lost is a collective portrait of downtown New York. Twenty-one international artists were invited to create a personal view of the city and draw a map of downtown New York, uncovering a territory that is both real and imaginary. ... Get Lost brings together fictional landscapes, utopian visions, private memories, and obsessive instructions to explore Manhattan, its past, present, and future." Browse by artist. From the New Museum, New York. http://www.newmuseum.org/assets/general/getlost/ Topics: Maps, U.S. Maps Last updated Jan 15, 2008 The Great Lakes: An Environmental Atlas and Resource Book
This online edition of a print atlas published in 1995 explores the history, geology, climate, and exploitation of the Great Lakes, with an emphasis on environmental concerns. Features a glossary, factsheets, maps, images, and diagrams. Also available in French. A joint project of the government of Canada and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/atlas/ Topics: Environment, Geography, Scientific Themes, U.S. Maps, Water Last updated Apr 11, 2006 Guide to Springfield USA
"A highly detailed map of the Simpsons' hometown," useful for resolving questions about episodes of this popular animated television show. Maintained by two hobbyists; map also available as a large, high-quality download. http://www.mapofspringfield.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Home & Housing, Home & Housing, Literature: Fiction, Media, Mysteries and More, Recreation, Television, U.S. Maps Last updated Feb 23, 2005 Historic Pittsburgh
This digital collection "provides an opportunity to explore and research the history of Pittsburgh and the surrounding Western Pennsylvania area." This ongoing project currently has hundreds of full-text books from the 19th and 20th centuries and plat maps of the area from 1872 to 1939. Also provides census records and other research help. A joint project of the University of Pittsburgh's Digital Research Library and the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/ Topics: Maps, U.S. History By Place, U.S. Maps Last updated Oct 7, 2005 Historic Route 66
Information on America's most famous highway, from its beginning in Chicago to its end in Los Angeles. Click on any state from California to Illinois and get maps and various goodies: links to related sites, detailed driving directions, sleeps, eats, attractions, detours, etc. There is an events listing covering happenings along Route 66, a list of Route 66 associations, photos, and movie clips. http://www.historic66.com/ Topics: Automobiles, Photograph Collections, U.S. History By Place, U.S. Maps, U.S. Travel Last updated Dec 27, 2005 Kansas City Public Library: Local History
Collections of thousands of photographs, brief biographies of notable people, postcards, interactive maps, profiles of buildings and architecture, and more. From the Kansas City (Missouri) Public Library. http://www.kclibrary.org/kchistory Topics: Maps, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, U.S. Maps Last updated Jul 8, 2009 A Literary Map of Manhattan
This interactive map shows some of the places "where imaginary New Yorkers lived, worked, played, drank, walked and looked at ducks." View the locations on the map, or browse by author or title. Some of the almost 100 book titles represented include "The Invisible Man," "Harriet the Spy," "The Great Gatsby," and "James and the Giant Peach." From a 2005 New York Times Book Review feature. http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2005/06/05/books/20050605_BOOKMAP_GRAPHIC.html Topics: Maps, U.S. Maps Last updated Mar 28, 2006 Maps of the Pimería: Early Cartography of the Southwest
"Pimería was a province or region--never precisely defined--of Spanish colonial Mexico encompassing what is now southern Arizona and northern Sonora, the name being derived from the Pima Indians who live in the region." This site includes over twenty-five maps, ranging in date from 1556 to 1854. Each map features a description and information about the cartographer; some also have brief historical background notes. From the University of Arizona Library. http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/pimeriamaps/ Topics: History By Place, Maps, U.S. History By Place, U.S. Maps Last updated Mar 1, 2006 Military Battles and Campaigns
"Maps showing campaigns of major military conflicts including troop movements, defensive structures and groundworks, roads to and from sites of military engagements, campsites, and local buildings, topography and vegetation.... [Many of the] maps provide information ... not available elsewhere." Most maps are of the United States. Includes themed collections on the American Revolution and the Civil War. Searchable and browsable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/milhome.html Topics: History, Maps, Military, U.S. Maps, United States History Last updated May 25, 2004 Minnesota Maps Online
"Search Minnesota's original public land survey plats, created during the first government land survey of the state by the U.S. Surveyor General's Office during the years 1848 to 1907. Also included are the later General Land Office and Bureau of Land Management maps, up to the year 2001." Site also provides digitized plat books and atlases from the 19th century. From the Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnhs.org/collections/digitalmaps/ Topics: U.S. Maps Last updated Apr 25, 2006 Nevada History in Maps
Maps from "the U.S. government, Nevada and other state or territorial governments, publishers of commercial maps and atlases local and national, and associations such as the Lincoln Highway Association. ... By constraint of available material, the history presented is focused on western settlement. Although few were found, maps representing Native American settlements or culture were included." From librarian Linda Newman at the Mary B. Ansari Map Library at the University of Nevada, Reno. http://www.delamare.unr.edu/maps/digitalcollections/nvhistory/ Topics: Geography, Geology, History, Maps, Scientific Themes, Technology, U.S. History By Place, U.S. Maps Last updated Mar 1, 2006 New York City Transit: System Maps
Maps of the subway system, Staten Island Railway, and Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island buses. Also includes information about the stations, lines, and schedules. From New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/ Topics: Maps, Transportation, U.S. Maps Last updated Nov 30, 2006 New York State Historical Maps
Twenty historical maps, listed in chronological order from 1556 to 1895, illustrating early New York. From the University Libraries, State University of New York at Stony Brook. http://www.sunysb.edu/libmap/nymaps.htm Topics: Maps, U.S. History By Place, U.S. Maps Last updated Mar 2, 2006 The Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network (PNSN)
This searchable site contains up-to-date information about geologic hazards in Oregon and the state of Washington. Users may report earthquakes, view information about recent quakes and volcanic eruptions, and access information on hazards preparation, research, maps, and historic quakes. Eruption summaries are available for eight Cascade volcanoes. Centered at the University of Washington, PNSN is a collaborative university and government program. http://www.geophys.washington.edu/SEIS/PNSN/ Topics: Geography, Geology, U.S. Maps Last updated Feb 9, 2003 Tennessee Electronic Atlas (TEA)
This state atlas contains "brief overviews of socio-economic aspects of each county, and links to county specific information" and includes place populations, population characteristics, racial and ethnic composition, business and economic profiles, selected agricultural statistics, and payroll by economic sector. State topics includes agriculture, economics, education, physical landscape, and social aspects. Interactive mapping allows the user to create their own layers and variables by utilizing GIS mapping. http://tnatlas.geog.utk.edu/tea/tea.asp Topics: Maps, Scientific Themes, U.S. Maps Last updated Feb 25, 2003 Utah Geology
A collection of fact sheets and maps on Utah's geology and paleontology. Covers earthquakes and hazards; dinosaurs and fossils; rocks and minerals; oil, coal, and energy; the Great Salt Lake; ground water; and geologic history. Also features resources for teachers. Developed by the Utah Geological Survey. http://geology.utah.gov/utahgeo/ Topics: Scientific Themes, U.S. Maps Last updated Jun 18, 2008 Virtual Atlas of the Pacific Northwest
The maps in this collection describe geographic conditions in Washington state, Oregon, and Idaho. View by state, subregion, or specific theme (including geology, climate, principal Native American groups, and vegetation). Also features classroom resources and related links. "Washington Expedition 2000" provides a chronology of a student hiking trip along the Milwaukee Corridor, with vegetation surveys and personal accounts. http://academic.evergreen.edu/projects/virtualatlas/ Topics: Maps, Scientific Themes, U.S. Maps Last updated Jul 21, 2005 Wines Northwest: A Guide to the Wine Country of the Pacific Northwest
The wines and wine regions of Washington state, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia can be explored at this site. Select a region to find maps, statistics, tour guides, wine shops, and wineries. Also includes details about growing regions for primary red and white varietals, reviews, news articles, and links to wine clubs and online wine retailers. The site can be searched from any of the regional sections. http://www.winesnw.com/ Topics: U.S. Maps, Wine Last updated Jul 15, 2004 |
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