Extractions: Rely on the Atlas & Gazetteer for the utmost in trip planning and backcountry access. Each volume contains topographic maps with unbeatable detail, plus gazetteer information on great places to go and things to do. Each atlas is a quality paperback measuring 11" x 15-1/2". The gazetteer categories include hiking, bycycling, canoeing, kayaking, float trips, museums/historic sites, campgrounds, hunting/fishing, scenic drives, unique natural features, and state and national parks & forests.
Ancestry.com - Maps, Atlases, & Locality Collections Maps, atlases, and gazetteers are necessary tools for any genealogist. To discover the placename guides and gazetteers that do include smaller http://www.ancestry.aol.com/learn/learning/maps.htm
Extractions: //var g_Domain = '' var g_Cache = 'http://c.ancestry.com'; var g_CachePartner = 'http://c.ancestry.com/p/4317'; Learn Learning Center Geographic Elements Expert Help ... Genealogical Network Geographic Elements Historical Elements Computer Genealogy You might use maps to locate an ancestral home or to find a reference to a town that no longer exists. In "Gazetteers: Identifying Research Localities," Ancestry 12 (4) (July/August 1994), David Thackery notes the following: "Genealogy is, among other things, an exercise in geography. Successful research often hinges on identifying the locality in which one's ancestors lived. Once we know the locality, we are in a position to consult the records and histories for the area in an effort to piece together the lives of our forebears." Pinpointing modern place-names can begin with Frank R. Abate, ed., Omni Gazetteer of the United State of America , 11 vols. (Detroit: Omnigraphics, 1991). The work is subtitled "Providing Name, Location, and Identification for Nearly 1,500,000 Populated Places and Geographic Features in the Fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Territories." Modern towns can also be sought in Bullinger's Postal and Shipper's Guide to the United States and Canada (Westwood, N.J.: Bullinger's, 1982) or
GEOSPATIAL RESOURCES - Maps And Atlases: Reference Resources For California gazetteers see Maps and AtlasesCaliforniagazetteers and for Search on a geographic feature and link to aerial photos, and regional, http://library.humboldt.edu/~rls/geospatial/refres.htm
Extractions: Guides Gazetteers Map Projections Style Manuals For California gazetteers see Maps and AtlasesCaliforniaGazetteers and for northwestern California gazetteers see Maps and AtlasesNorthwestern CaliforniaGazetteers United States Columbia Gazetteer of North America (Bartleby.com) The 50,000 placenames in this online gazetteer are taken from Cohen's 1998
GEOSPATIAL RESOURCES - Maps And Atlases: California Maps Maps and atlases California Maps. gazetteers GeneralStatewide General-Regional Agriculture Forestry Culture Community Demography Ecology http://library.humboldt.edu/~rls/geospatial/calmaps.htm
Extractions: Gazetteers General-Statewide General-Regional Demography ... Vegetation For California GIS data sources see Digital Spatial DataHSU LibraryCalifornia and Digital Spatial DataInternetCalifornia California Geographic Names Information System: Alphabetical List (US Geological Survey) 1987 (ref F 859 G46 1987) Printout of California section of the Geographic Names Information System for the entire United States. California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names (Godde) 1998 (ref F 859 G79 1998) California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State (Durham) 1998 (ref F 859 D87 1998) Geographical Locator (Gustafson) Use a clickable map of California to identify the following location specific information: latitude/longitude; legal description, including township and range; elevation; gradient and aspect; state, county and FIPS code; hydrologic unit name and code; nearby named places from the Geographic Names Information System; 7.5 minute USGS topographic maps for the area; and links to online 1:100,000 scale maps and other online maps for the area. Jepson Place Name Index (Jepson Herbarium) Contains approximately 41,000 place names found on Jepson Herbarium botanical collection labels. Over a period of approximately 50 years, staff and associates of the Jepson Herbarium have reserched these place names using maps in libraries and archives at Berkeley and elsewhere.
Alternative Basic Library Education - Basic Reference Sources gazetteers complement atlases and are an important part of your reference collection.They all contain lists of place names; additional information may http://www.lili.org/forlibs/ce/able/course11/s2-maps-23.htm
Extractions: Geographical information is available in a variety of formats for all audiences. A map is a depiction of certain boundaries of the earth; it may be a political map, showing boundaries for countries, states, counties, and cities. Other kinds include physical maps, which depict geographical features such as mountain ranges and bodies of water, or route (road) maps, which indicate highways, railroads, and the like. Most maps combine several of these features and provide a good deal of information about a geographical area. Atlases are bound collections of maps. They may focus on a single state, a country or region, or the entire world. Some atlases will focus on a theme, such as historical, economic, or social changes; the rest are considered general atlases. Both maps and atlases are useful for showing the relationship of one place to another in geographic terms. In addition to maps and atlases, there are other geographical reference tools, including gazetteers. A gazetteer is a dictionary of place names, giving location information and, often, thumbnail historical sketches of the places described. The federal government is a major producer of maps developed by many agencies, including the Departments of Defense, Commerce, Agriculture and the Bureau of Land Management. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is the largest and best-known of government mapmakers; their topographic maps show detailed physical features including elevation. Maps and atlases are also produced by a few well-known and reputable commercial publishers, including National Geographic Society, Rand McNally, and Hammond. Prices for atlases can be considerable, but there are many desk atlases in a smaller size that are reasonably priced. In addition, interactive maps and atlases are now available on CD-ROM and on the Web.
Geography Resources, University Of Arizona Library MAPS, atlases gazetteers. Maps and atlases Very detailed world, regional,country and thematic (eg, peacekeeping) maps from the United Nations. http://www.library.arizona.edu/library/teams/sst/geo/web/maps.html
Places To Search - Gazetteers places to Search. gazetteers From around 1750 onwards regional Newspapersstarted to report local events and references to individuals became more http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/favorites/gazetteers.html
Extractions: Topographical Dictionaries of England, Ireland, and Scotland Originally prepared by Samuel Lewis, the gazetteers reproduced on this Family Archive contain detailed information on English, Irish, and Scottish locales as they existed in the mid-1800s. A gazetteer is a topographical (or geographical) dictionary in which a location's political and physical features are defined. For example, for a location listed you may learn information on local industry, nearby towns, population, and primary landholders. This database contains The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, which provides a complete description of these countries and an alphabetical dictionary of their counties, dioceses, parishes, boroughs, etc. Gazetteers are very useful sources for genealogists because they help us locate and learn about the places our ancestor's lived. This well-known dictionary contains over 30,000 historical and statistical descriptions of the counties, cities, townships, and parishes of England as well as the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey and Man. The description includes the name of the place, its location, the number of inhabitants, and when available, any interesting facts such as landmark descriptions, industries, prominent individuals, schools, churches, and local activities. This database contains the six volume series, the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland. It is a geographical dictionary providing statistical, biographical, and historical information on Scotland's topography, as well as a general survey of Scotland as a whole. Gazetteers like this one are very useful sources for genealogists because they help us locate and learn about the places our ancestor's lived.
WU Libraries: Reference Sources: Maps & Gazetteers American Shores Maps of the Middle Atlantic Region to 1850 Other usefulprint maps, atlases, and gazetteers in the library s reference collection http://library.wustl.edu/reference/maps.html
Extractions: Forest Parkwith tourist attractions described (pdf) St. Louis Neighborhoods MoDOT's Gateway Guide traffic map Laclede's Landing University City Delmar Loop Map Collections: 1500-2004 at the Library of Congress The American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789 Civil War Maps at the Library of Congress American Shores: Maps of the Middle Atlantic Region to 1850 U.S. Gazetteer (U. S. Census Bureau) HomeTownLocator Gazetteer USGS Geographic Names Information System ... GEOnet Names Server (for international place names) Columbia Gazetteer of North America (from Bartlelby.com) National Geographic Atlas of the World Times Atlas of the World Rand McNally Road Atlas Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World ... Statesman's Year-book World Gazetteer Please inquire at Olin Library's Reference Desk for further assistance in finding and using maps, atlases, and gazetteers.
Geographical Resources Atlas and atlases 28 items gazetteers, see variant spellings 12 items Maps 20 items Regional, Virginia to Florida (Coastal) Map 1606 * http://www.heritagelib.org/HowTo/GeographicalResources.htm
Extractions: Geographical Resources Geographical information often enhances the work product of the researcher investigating history or genealogy at the Library. The geographical resources that can be found at the Library are in two broad categories-items that the Library holds, and items that are reached thru the Librarys computers either within the paid subscription sites or thru Links to the Internet. Where the geographical sites reached thru the Internet are cited herein, they are linked so that they can be clicked on and brought up directly. Descriptions of these sites are provided and for the larger more complicated sites a brief explanation of how to get started using them is also provided. Librarys Holdings Cataloged Books and CD ROMs By searching by Keyword, the results, in early 2005, were: Atlas and Atlases 28 items Maps 20 items Most of these items are in book form. There are some duplication in these numbers as between atlases and maps. Some of the significant atlases are: Civil War- The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War by the Government Printing Office, call number 911.737OFF, shelved in the Civil War collection.
Extractions: Libraries Worldwide Location The University Library atlas collection is to be found on B Floor Green Zone, and is shelved on the outer wall of the Map Room B32. A small number of atlases are kept in the Map Room itself - these can be consulted by enquiring in the Map Librarian's Office (Room B41) or at the Enquiry Desk on A Floor. The atlas collection consists mainly of world, national and regional topographic atlases. There are also several thematic atlases (e.g. astronomical, climatic, oceanographic atlases etc.) and world gazetteers. Please note that not all atlases are shelved in the collection - more specialised ones can be found in the appropriate subject area of the Library, e.g. most historical atlases are shelved in the history section on B Floor Purple Zone. This guide contains a brief selection of atlases from the collection. National and regional atlases contain topographic and political maps, but may also contain other valuable information on a variety of topics, e.g. Physical data - geology, soil, climate etc. Economic data - distribution of industrial resources, communications. Political and social data - population, local administrative areas, health and educational facilities. THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM (Kept in B32)
ECAI - PNC Conference, October 2004, Taipei on digital atlases, including development of local, regional and global atlases . Since gazetteers contain latitude and longitude for each place, http://www.ecai.org/activities/Taipei2004/plenary.html
Extractions: ECAI has accomplished many of the goals it envisioned at its inception. At the same time we have a much greater understanding of the challenges facing implementation of a global infrastructure and standards for interoperative cultural atlases. The ECAI clearinghouse is stable and hosting significant spatial resources. It is an active portal for cultural spatial data resources. Can it now grow into being a significant global digital library resource? What can we learn about requirements for building the global digital library infrastructure from our experiences with the ECAI Clearinghouse? Can it fit into a future generation of Grid Digital Library resources? ECAI has developed a global consortium working to develop the genre of cultural atlases. Many scholars are working on digital atlases, including development of local, regional and global atlases. These atlases in turn are linked in a growing web of interactive dynamic atlases. Several recent projects will be highlighted including, Ivories of Begram, Afghanistan and the North American Missions electronic publication.
Template atlases gazetteers. Modern Languages and Linguistics Library This atlascontains 80 world and regional topical maps, such as of population, economy, http://www.library.uiuc.edu/mdx/bibliogs/addresources/atlas.htm
Extractions: Gateway Gazetteers Modern Languages and Linguistics Library Back to Modern Languages and Linguistics Library Atlases The New International Atlas. A beautifully illustrated world atlas prefaced by a series of subject maps, such as of terrain, climate, settlement, population, and communications. There are five classifications of maps used in the atlas, from overviews of entire continents to images of major cities and their environs. (City maps are not included, however.) The text is in English, German, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Cities are easily located through the Index at the back of the volume. Paris: Dictionnaires le Robert, 1999. This atlas contains 80 world and regional topical maps, such as of population, economy, cultural aspects, etc. The maps and accompanying diagrams are easy to read. Gazetteers Directory that locates and identifies nearly three million cities and towns around the world. Locales are organized by country and linked to a map for each place. Included are Google search engine links to internet sites related to each city or town.
Atlases & Maps These maps range from state maps, district and regional maps, Provides linksto maps, gazetteers, institutes, organizations, societies, http://www.library.uq.edu.au/nott/subject_vr.php?id=AT
WVU Libraries In addition to statewide, regional, and county atlases, local histories frequently geographical features include gazetteers, place name directories, http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/wvcollection/genealogy/maps.htm
Extractions: Sources for West Virginia maps include atlases, history books, and the extensive collection of individual maps which are available at the West Virginia and Regional History Collection. In addition to statewide, regional, and county atlases, local histories frequently include detailed maps. Atlases are a good place to start in the search for specific counties, towns, districts, mountains, rivers, and other geographical locations.
Maps & Atlases Maps by Geographical regions World regions China Hong Kong United In Library collection, atlases, maps and related materials are shelved in http://library.ust.hk/guides/maps.html
Extractions: Thematic Maps Bathymetric Environmental Historical In Library collection, atlases, maps and related materials are shelved in these broad ranges of Library of Congress call numbers. Notice that many are oversize items and shelved in Oversize shelves in the Book Collection or in Atlas Stand in the Reference Area of ground floor. Some folded road maps are found in boxes behind the Reference Counter. There are two big wall maps on Hong Kong and on China on ground floor and LG1. Gazetteers, geographic names and terms Many atlases are oversized and shelved in Oversize shelves in the Book Collection or on the Atlas Stand in the Reference Area on the G/F . There is also a very large wall map of Hong Kong on a wall of the Reference Area. On LG1, between the Computer Laboratory and the Media and Microforms Area, a very large map of China is displayed. Some folded road maps are also kept in boxes behind the
GAZETTEERS, ATLASES, MAPS & GEOGRAPHIC SERVERS gazetteers, atlases, MAPS GEOGRAPHIC SERVERS IDAHO PLACE NAMES, A GeographicalDictionary, by Lalia Boone; The University of Idaho Press, Moscow, http://home.rmci.net/dyingst/gazmaps.htm
Extractions: CONTENTS GAZETTEERS: Gazetteer of cities, villages, unincorporated communities, and landmark sites in the State of Idaho. 3d ed. Prepared in cooperation with U. S. Bureau of Public Roads. [Boise 1966] ADDRESSES Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America ; Frank S. Abate; Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics, Inc. c1991. Eleven Volumes: Vol 1. New England Vol 2. Northeastern states Vol 3. Southeast Vol 4 South Central states Vol 5. Southwestern states Vol 6. Great Lake states Vol 7. Plains states Vol 8. Mountain states (includes Idaho Vol 9.Pacific Vol 10.- National Index Vol 11.- Appendices Boise State University Library Idaho State Library Idaho State Historical Society Library and Archives Vols. 8 and 10 ADDRESSES NOTE: This set of Gazetteers is highly recommended. The National Index lists all the features contained in the regional volumes and shows the volume where each feature will be found. The regional volumes show the feature, type, county, USGS quadrangle map and latitude and longitude. IDAHO PLACE NAMES, A Geographical Dictionary
SCC - Library: Research Sources - Maps SCC Library information on how to use the maps, atlases and gazetteers for They may focus on a single state, a country or region, or the entire world. http://www.scc-fl.edu/library/research/researchsources/maps.htm
Extractions: SCC has full service Learning Resource Centers at both Sanford/Lake Mary and Oviedo Campuses. SCC Homepage Library Research Basic Reference Sources Reason to Use LINCC Online Catalog Search Terms Atlases Astronomical Atlases (geographical atlases of world coverage) Atlases Historical Gazetteers Maps Any subject maps
Geography Resources atlases and gazetteers, Maps, All Types, Other Geographical Information They are categorized by geographical region although there are a couple of http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/ss11.html
Chinese Historical Geography Project - Atlases ? Title Sichuan sheng dituji Place Chengdu Maps on the western regions of Sichuan are on the scale of 1500.000. http://wason.library.cornell.edu/Geoweb/atlas.html
About MAGIC Used with regional atlases, these provide a comprehensive geographic perspectiveof the nations gazetteers gazetteers are dictionaries of placenames. http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/about_magic.html
Extractions: site index web search help comments ... MAGICam The Map and Geographic Information Center (MAGIC) , the University of Connecticut's Map Library, collects maps, atlases, gazetteers, aerial photographs, and digital geospatial data, as well as resources on the history and current state of cartography. Maps Atlases are bound collections of maps, and can be regional, thematic, or historical. Thematic atlases provide detailed information in a specific field, such as meteorology, oceanography, transportation, agriculture, and other subjects. MAGIC maintains a current collection of state and national atlases. Used with regional atlases, these provide a comprehensive geographic perspective of the nations of the world. Facsimile and historical atlases provide a window to the past.
