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Digital Maps Program Notes
- ColorBrewer
ColorBrewer is an online tool designed to help people select good color schemes for maps and other graphics.
- Map-It: Form-based Simple Map Generator
This form takes longitude/latitude pairs as input and plops them on a Mercator projection map along with land/sea and political boundaries. The map bounds will be about 10% larger than the bounds of the entered data points.
- MapQuest
Maps, aerial photos, and driving directions for any location. The aerial photos require a free registration.
- Microsoft TerraServer
TerraServer provides free online access to USGS digital aerial photographs and to digital topographic maps.
- National Geographic MapMachine
Choose from six categories and customize your map.
- Online Map Creation
You may create maps interactively at this site. Fill out the form, submit your entries and a page with the desired map will be returned to your browser. The maps are actually created by the "Generic Mapping Tools" (GMT). This means a PostScriptversion is drawn first which you can download onto your harddisk after completion. The GIF-version (the one you get to see in your browser window) may be saved by terms of your browser.
- U.S. Census Bureau
This mapping engine uses 1998 TIGER/Line data and 1990 Decennial Census data.
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