Map Libraries
Map libraries are an
excellent source of
information on maps and
other geographic data.
Organizations
Here are some map library
associations and
organizations.
Association of Canadian Map
Libraries and Archives
Australian Map Circle
Cartographic Users Advisory
Council
Geography and Map Libraries
Section
MAGERT (American Library
Association Map and
Geography Roundtable)
Map Curator's Group (British
Cartographic Society)
Special Libraries
Association
Western Association of Map
Libraries
Map Libraries
The Map Libraries Around
the World site contains a
comprehensive listing of
on-line map libraries
Berkeley Earth Sciences &
Map Library
Bodleian Library Map Room
(Oxford University)
British Library Map
Collection
Lie of the Land: The Secret
Life of Maps
Clark University Map Library
Geospatial and Statistical
Data Center (University of
Virginia)
Harvard Map Collection
Newberry Library Maps and
History of Cartography
Collections
New York Public Library Map
Division
Osher Map Library
(University of Southern
Maine)
Penn State Map Library
Perry-Castaneda Library Map
Collection (University of
Texas)
University of Connecticut
Map and Geographic
Information Center
Yale
Map Collection
Other Map Libraries and
Related Organizations
(University of Minnesota)
Education
With a technology changing
as rapidly as GIS, staying
current is a real challenge.
General
The Virtual Geography
Department has pointers to
geography departments.
GeoEducation (geocommunity)
Geo-Spatial Education -
Graduate and Undergrad
Programs (GeoCommunity)
Geography Departments
Worldwide
Higher Education (ESRI)
Education and Outreach -
Rocky Mountain Mapping
Center (USGS)
Virtual Geography Department
(Pointers to Geography Depts)
Distance Learning
Distance learning is
becoming increasingly
popular and universities are
coming on-line with more
programs each month.
Distance Education in GIS,
LBS, and Geo-Spatial
Sciences
Distance Education Graduate
Courses in Geographic
Information Science (Maine)
Institute for Advanced
Education in Geospatial
Sciences (University of
Mississippi)
MSc in GISc (Birkbeck
College)
Professional Development
Certificate (Penn State)
UNIGIS (International
Distance Learning for
Diploma/MSc)
USC GIS Distance Learning
Certificate Program
US Universities
Here are a few selected
universities in the United
States.
SUNY Buffalo Geographic
Information and Analysis Lab
University of Arkansas
Center for Advanced Spatial
Technologies
University of California at
Berkeley
Department of Geography
Carnegie Mellon University
(CMU) MapsLAB
University of Connecticut
Map and Geographic
Information Center
MIT GIS Laboratory
Michigan State Department of
Geography
University of Nebraska
(CALMIT)
Ohio State University
Department of Geography
Center for Mapping
Penn State Department of
Geography
United States Military
Academy Geography and
Environmental Engineering
Geospatial Information
Science
U. of South Carolina
Department of Geography
University of Washington
Department of Geography
University of Wisconsin
Department of Geography
Foreign Universities
Here are a few selected
universities outside the
United States.
College of Geographic
Sciences (Nova Scotia)
Institute of Cartography
(Zurich, Switzerland)
International Boundaries
Research Unit, University of
Durham
University of Edinburgh
Institute of Geography
Kingston Centre for GIS
University of New Brunswick
Geodesy and Geomatics
University of Sydney School
of Geosciences
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