Find Maps from the UIC Library and other digital libraries

Please check also this online image collections search tool: http://maps.lib.uic.edu/
Search Library Catalog for Maps: Type a place name. i.e. Chicago	Search OAIster for Map Images: (OAIster is a collection of digital resources) Type a place name. i.e. New York

Map Collections in Chicago
There are many other wonderful map libraries/collections in Chicago area - just to name a few.

Chicago Historical Society
http://www.chicagohistory.org
Research Center Resources - Maps and Atlases

Newberry Library
http://www.newberry.org/collections/L3cdesc.html
Map and History of Cartography Collections

Northwestern University Library
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/map/maproom.html
Gov Info, Maps, Data - University Library's Map Resources

University of Chicago Library
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/maps/
Joseph Regenstein Library - Map Collection

Selected Online Map & Aerial Photographs Collections
This is a list of selected online map collections. Finding maps has never been easier - you will find a wonderful collection of scanned maps or printable maps from these sites.

Maps

University of Illinois Library, Historical Maps Online
http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/maps/index.html
International, with a focus on US historical maps, including "Historical Topographic Maps of Illinois."

University of Texas - Austin, Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/map_sites.html
Maps on web sites. Looking for a map of a particular city? Try their "City Map Sites" collection - a great site.

- Maporama.com
http://www.maporama.com
International city maps

- MSN Maps & Directions
http://www.mapblast.com
International city maps

- National Geographic, Map Machine
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html
International city maps.

- Urban Railnet
http://www.urbanrail.net/
Urban transportation maps of international cities. A very cool website about urban transportation system, subways, light rails, etc.

Library of Congress, Digital Online Map Collections:1500-2004
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
Maps of International and United States, historical and current, but mostly historical.

David Rumsey Map Collection
http://www.davidrumsey.com
Maps of International and United States, historical and current, but mostly historical.

(Historical) Alabama Maps
http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/
Not just maps for Alabama! The scope of the collection is worldwide, but of course, with a focus on Alabama maps and aerial photographs.

TerraServer USA
http://terraserverusa.com
US only, current topographic maps & aerial photographs.

TopoZone.com
http://topozone.com
Similar to TerraServer USA - but print-out design is slightly different. US only, current topographic maps & aerial photographs.

Lonely Planet Travel Guide
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/
Travel maps

CIA World Fact Book
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Country maps

USGS Seamless Data Distribution System
http://gisdata.usgs.net/Website/Seamless
Viewable and downlodable high resolution Aerial Photos for U.S. urban areas.

Google Maps
http://maps.google.com/
High resolution satellite imagery is available for the most of urban areas. Click "Satellite" or "Hybrid" to see the orthoimagery, not "Map."

Microsoft Virtual Earth
http://virtualearth.msn.com/
Microsoft version of "Google Maps" - MSN Virtual Earth is a new Microsoft geo-spatial web site that integrates MSN Search, MapPoint Maps and Directions, and Microsoft TerraServer-USA into a single application. When panning and searching within Virtual Earth, you can choose to see (1) road map only, (2) aerial image only, or (3) road map overlaid over aerial imagery.

Aerial Photographs

(See also "Aerial Photographs" site for Chicago and its surrounding area)

Google Maps
http://maps.google.com/
High resolution satellite imagery is available for the most of urban areas. Click "Satellite" or "Hybrid" to see the images, not "Map."

Microsoft Virtual Earth
http://virtualearth.msn.com/
Microsoft version of "Google Maps" - MSN Virtual Earth is a new Microsoft geo-spatial web site that integrates MSN Search, MapPoint Maps and Directions, and Microsoft TerraServer-USA into a single application. When panning and searching within Virtual Earth, you can choose to see (1) road map only, (2) aerial image only, or (3) road map overlaid over aerial imagery.

TerraServer USA
http://terraserverusa.com
US only, current topographic maps & aerial photographs.

TopoZone.com
http://topozone.com
Similar to TerraServer USA - but print-out design is slightly different. US only, current topographic maps & aerial photographs.

USGS Seamless Data Distribution System
http://gisdata.usgs.net/Website/Seamless
Viewable and downlodable high resolution Aerial Photos for the U.S. urban areas. Here is the list of airphotos available..

Gazetteers

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
http://geonames.usgs.gov/
The GNIS contains information about physical and cultural geographic features of all types in the United States, associated areas, and Antarctica, current and historical, but not including roads and highways. The database holds the Federally recognized name of each feature and defines the feature location by state, county, USGS topographic map, and geographic coordinates. Other attributes include names or spellings other than the official name, feature designations, feature classification, historical and descriptive information, and for some categories the geometric boundaries.

U.S. Gazetteer by the Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
This gazetteer is used to identify places to view with the Tiger Map Server and obtain census data from the 1990 Census Lookup server. You can search for places, counties or MCDs by entering the name and state abbreviation (optional), or 5-digit zip code.

USGS FIPS55 Query
http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnisarchive/web_fips55.gnis_web_fips55_form
Being replaced by the GNIS which now includes the FIPS55 database.

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/index.html
Another popular gazetteer websity by the Getty Research Institute.