Part 1: Useful tools
Glossary of Cartographic Terms - UTexas Library
GIS Glossary - CSISS GIS Cookbook
GIS Glossary - GIS Lounge
Abbreviations for GIS, Cartography and Remote Sensing - UC Berkeley Library
Part 2: Reference and Thematic Maps
Reference maps, also known as general maps, help us navigate by showing the locations of features in areas, regions, places, and buildings. Features often include roads, locations of specific structures, bodies of water, landscape features, and infrastructure. Commonly used reference maps include topographic maps, street maps, and maps of buildings.
Planimetric - Line map, showing horizontal position of mapped features
Topographic - Overview from USGS
Nautical charts -
Click here for NOAA's online Chart Viewer
Census Boundary Maps
County Boundaries -
Click here for atlas of historic boundaries
Thematic maps represent specific kinds of information. Examples of common thematic maps include population maps, weather maps, habitat maps, political maps, and land use maps.
3. Wayfinding - using and creating reference maps
4. All of a kind - using and creating thematic maps
Part 3. Topographic maps
Topographic maps is a type of map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of elevation. Elevation is depicted using contour lines that connect equal levels of elevation according to a ratio of actual to illustrated elevation. Topographic maps depict both physical and human features in a given area. Many countries, including the U.S. have developed a series of maps that represent area at consistent scales for the entire land coverage of their country boundaries.
Click
here to see scales of coverage used by the USGS in it's topographic maps series of the United States.
For more information about topographic maps see:
http://geology.isu.edu/geostac/Field_Exercise/topomaps/index.htm
Investigate these categories on the website:
What is a Map?
Using Topographic Maps
Map Scales
Reference Datum
Map Projections
Distortions
Grid Systems
Geographic Coordinate System
Universal Transverse Mercator Coordinate System
State Plane Coordinate System
Public Land Survey
Part 4: The National Atlas of the U.S.
The National Atlas allows Internet users to examine combined reference maps series for the entire U.S. through layering data, reference information, and features for specified locations.
Here is a link to the viewer:
http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm
The National Map viewer allows users to see elevation, hydrology, and vegetation along with cultural features on the landscape including political, jurisdictional and monitoring locations and boundaries; transportation; and structures.
The National Atlas includes topographic layers for the 1:250,000 scale; but the 7 1/2 minute series (what are commonly referred to as quadrangle maps) are not available using the National Atlas.
The National Atlas allows the user to pinpoint latitude and longitude with great precision using a mouse. This means that one can examine the features shown on the atlas at a specific setting. For instance, if you want to know what both the physical and cultural characteristics of Boulder Dam are, you can use the National Atlas to examine features at or around the facility. (36.07 lat, -114.735 long)
Part 5: Resource Links
Milestones in the History of Thematic Cartography, Statistical Graphics and Data Visualization
This resource provides a comprehensive view of the history of cartography, with examples of maps created throughout the ages and background information about the contexts within which those maps, visualizations and map making technologies were created. Explore each time period, click on the images and stories found throughout each time line, and read more about the history of creating thematic maps as a means of visualizing data.
Timeline Index of Cartography
This timeline provides a summary of the key innovations in cartography that occurred through the ages. Follow the timeline to chart the history of map making and uses.
The Newberry Library's Consise Bibliography of the History of Cartography
The Newberry Library is an independent library located in Chicago known for its extensive collections in cartography as well as other historic archives. The bibliography is a set of resources that is used by cartographers, geographers, and other scholars to conduct scholarly research on the history of cartography.
Terms
Location
Environment
Space
Place
Area
Region
Geographic Information, Spatial Information
Attribute or characteristic data
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