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Maps Online

This research guide will point you to digital maps within the Library's collections and online. These resources are a combination of subscriptions and those freely available on the internet.
  • Introduction
  • Understanding maps
  • Topographic maps
  • Library resources for digital maps
  • Find maps online
    • Online maps for NH, VT, ME & U.S.
  • Find outline maps
  • Fire insurance maps
  • Redlining maps
  • Census maps
  • Geologic mapping
  • History through Maps
  • Environmental mapping
  • Map humor
  • Evans Map Room
  • Web mapping
  • Google Earth & Maps
  • Digital Mapping
  • Map mashups
  • Cartography
  • Scholarly communication This link opens in a new window

An exhibit from NOAA

  • Charting a more perfect union ... 1861-1865
    • Link
    This is a Civil War collection of maps and charts from NOAA.
  • Map showing the distribution of the slave population of the Southern States of the United States
    • Link
    One of the first maps to show census data, to use new shading techniques and an early chloropleth map. The data in this map was collected for the 1860 census.

Other place(s) ...

  • UN Atlas of the Oceans logo
    UN Atlas of the Oceans
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    The UN Atlas of the Oceans is an Internet portal providing information relevant to the sustainable development of the oceans. It is designed for policy-makers who need to become familiar with ocean issues and for scientists, students and resource managers who need access to databases and approaches to sustainability. The UN Atlas can also provide the ocean industry and stakeholders with pertinent information on ocean matters. ...

Looking for map images online ...

Look in various image databases. They have maps too!

  • Associated Press logo
    AP Images
    • On Campus or VPN
    • Database
    "Features state, regional and national photos from North America, as well as the best of the international photo report. A second database features the regional European and Asian daily picture reports, along with a selection of their historical photos.
  • ARTstor logo
    JSTOR image search
    • On Campus or VPN
    • Database
    This collection has more artistic representations of polar environs and peoples rather than contemporary photographs.
  • Dartmouth Library logo
    Dartmouth photographic records collection (1938-present)
    • Database
    The Photographic Records Catalog contains details about the thousands of images created by College Photographers Adrian N. Bouchard (1938-1976); Stuart Bratesman (1985-1993); and Joseph Mehling (1993-present). This photographic record of Dartmouth College life is maintained by the Photographic Records section of Rauner Special Collections Library in Webster Hall.
  • GeoHumanities logo
    Humanities GIS Projects
    • Link
    These Humanities GIS projects include lots of maps online!

The World

  • United Nations logo
    Dag Hammarskjold Library - Maps
    • Link
    The Library collects maps produced by the UN Geospatial Information Section, treaty maps and maps produced by government agencies and commercial map-makers. Maps from the collection are used by the UN Geospatial Information Section to create new maps, as well as by other members of the UN community in New York to support their research.
  • David Rumsey Collection
    • Database
    • Link
    This site focuses on 18th/19th-century North & South American cartographic materials, including: atlases, globes, school geographies, maritime charts, and a variety of separate maps including pocket, wall, children's and manuscript maps.
  • Library of Congress logo without text
    Digital Collections from the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress
    • Database
    • Link
    This links to 19 digital collections from the Geography and Maps Division of the Library of Congress. These maps cover exploration & discovery, The Civil War, military maps, railroads, cities and towns and other categories.
  • Gapminder logo
    Gapminder
    • Link
    Gapminder identifies systematic misconceptions about important global trends and proportions and uses reliable data to develop easy to understand teaching materials to rid people of their misconceptions.
  • Geology.com logo
    Geology.com
    • Database
    • Link
    This is one of the largest collections of static maps on the internet. These include a growing collection of over 160 country maps paired with Landsat images. [from the publisher]
  • United Nations logo
    Geospatial Information Section of the United Nations
    • Link
    Maps from the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
  • Harvard Map Collection - Digital Maps
    • Database
    • Link
    This digital collection is a small subset of the entire Harvard Map Collection.
  • King's Topographical Collection
    • Database
    • Link
    The Topographical Collection of George III contains drawn and printed maps, views and atlases produced between 1500 and 1824 from the British Library.
  • Native Land Digital logo
    Native Land Digital
    • Link
    Native Land Digital strives to create and foster conversations about the history of colonialism, Indigenous ways of knowing, and settler-Indigenous relations, through educational resources such as their map and Territory Acknowledgement Guide. They strive to go beyond old ways of talking about Indigenous people and to develop a platform where Indigenous communities can represent themselves and their histories on their own terms. ...
  • Old Maps Online logo
    Old Maps Online
    • Database
    • Link
    The Old Maps Online Portal is a gateway to historical maps in libraries around the world. You can search for digital historical maps across numerous different collections through the geographical interface.
  • One World - Nations Online
    • Database
    • Link
    This site includes maps of countries and organizational affiliations.
  • The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
    • Database
    • Link
    A collection of scanned maps in various file formats from the University of Texas at Austin. The Central Intelligence Agency produced many of these maps. The collection is divided into Online Maps of Current Interest and Online Maps of General Interest.
    more...less...
    The General Interest section further divides the maps into the various continents. All maps within the PCL Collection are free of copyright.
  • Physical Map of the World
    • Link
    A free, downloadable physical map of the world.
  • Wikipedia logo
    Portal: Atlas from Wikipedia
    • Link
  • UNEP: Atlas of Our Changing Environment
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    This interactive atlas from the United Nations Environment Programme provides useful information to all interested in both natural and human-made changes in our planet over the last 30-40 years.
  • UN Atlas of the Oceans logo
    UN Atlas of the Oceans
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    The UN Atlas of the Oceans is an Internet portal providing information relevant to the sustainable development of the oceans. It is designed for policy-makers who need to become familiar with ocean issues and for scientists, students and resource managers who need access to databases and approaches to sustainability. The UN Atlas can also provide the ocean industry and stakeholders with pertinent information on ocean matters. ...
  • World Digital Library
    These are maps within the World Digital Library.
  • World Factbook from the Central Intelligence Agency
    The Factbook contains information about the geography, people, economy, industry, government, transportation and defense of the countries of the world. It includes country maps and flags.
  • World Mapper
    Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.
  • World maps
    • On Campus or VPN
    There are over 475 location, physical and political maps.

Western Hemisphere

  • David Rumsey Collection
    • Database
    • Link
    This site focuses on 18th/19th-century North & South American cartographic materials, including: atlases, globes, school geographies, maritime charts, and a variety of separate maps including pocket, wall, children's and manuscript maps.
  • GeoGratis
    • Database
    • Link
    This is Canada's site for topographic information containing maps, applications, tools and data.
  • Geology.com logo
    Geology.com
    • Database
    • Link
    This is one of the largest collections of static maps on the internet. These include a growing collection of over 160 country maps paired with Landsat images. [from the publisher]
  • Geology.com logo
    Geology.com (U. S. States)
    • Database
    • Link
    This is a collection of 350 U.S. state maps which include a raised relief map, elevation map, rivers map, political map and roads/cities map. These link to our state and city satellite images, waterfalls map, state high points map and more.
  • Historical Topographic Maps of Ontario Province
    The Historical Topographic Map Digitization project was initiated by the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) Geo Community in 2014. The project created access to high-resolution map scans of early-to-mid 20th century historical topographic maps covering the province of Ontario that preserved historical topographic information and met the needs of current and future users.
  • Mapa Cultural de la Argentina
    El Mapa Cultural permite seleccionar y comparar información cultural y datos socio-demográficos (educación, salud, tecnología, nivel de pobreza, etc.) en cada provincia y en las ciudades más importantes del país.
  • The National Atlas
    On this page you can find links to hundreds of excellent reference maps developed as part of the 1997-2014 Edition of the National Atlas. The maps are formatted in a standard 8.5- by 11-inch landscape format. Each map can be viewed online, printed, or downloaded.
  • The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
    • Database
    • Link
    A collection of scanned maps in various file formats from the University of Texas at Austin. The Central Intelligence Agency produced many of these maps. The collection is divided into Online Maps of Current Interest and Online Maps of General Interest.
    more...less...
    The General Interest section further divides the maps into the various continents. All maps within the PCL Collection are free of copyright.
  • UNEP: Atlas of Our Changing Environment
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    This interactive atlas from the United Nations Environment Programme provides useful information to all interested in both natural and human-made changes in our planet over the last 30-40 years.
  • World maps
    • On Campus or VPN
    There are over 475 location, physical and political maps.

Maps of current events

  • Places in History (Library of Congress)
    • Link
    Not current events, but the observing of anniversaries throughout history. This site looks at History through maps.
  • Places in the News (Library of Congress)
    From the collection of the Geography & Map Division at the Library of Congress, the site uses maps to illustrate happenings in the news. The Division pulls all sorts of maps from their tremendous holdings.
  • Maps of South Sudan

Europe

  • Cartoteca Digital
    A digital collection of maps from the Institut Catografic de Catalunya (Map Library of Catalonia).
  • Europeana
    Europeana enables people to explore the digital resources of Europe's museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections. Images include paintings, drawings, MAPS, photos and pictures of museum objects
  • French GeoPortal
    French maps online.
  • Geology.com logo
    Geology.com
    • Database
    • Link
    This is one of the largest collections of static maps on the internet. These include a growing collection of over 160 country maps paired with Landsat images. [from the publisher]
  • Maps & Images
    A site that concentrates on older maps. The company is in Italy but their coverage strives to be worldwide.
  • National Library of Scotland - Map Images
    • Database
    • Link
    In this resource you can access over 86,000 maps as high-resolution, color images. The maps date between 1560 and 1961 and relate primarily to Scotland. They also have maps beyond Scotland, including England and Great Britain, Ireland, and Belgium.
  • Ordnance Survey Ireland - 19th Century Historical Maps
    A collection of mainly 19th century maps of almost 150 cities, towns, and villages in the Republic of Ireland. Most are Town Plans which were surveyed at either five or ten foot to one mile scale between 1837 and 1896.
  • The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
    • Database
    • Link
    A collection of scanned maps in various file formats from the University of Texas at Austin. The Central Intelligence Agency produced many of these maps. The collection is divided into Online Maps of Current Interest and Online Maps of General Interest.
    more...less...
    The General Interest section further divides the maps into the various continents. All maps within the PCL Collection are free of copyright.
  • UNEP: Atlas of Our Changing Environment
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    This interactive atlas from the United Nations Environment Programme provides useful information to all interested in both natural and human-made changes in our planet over the last 30-40 years.
  • A Vision of Britain Through Time
    Historical maps and data for Britain.
  • World maps
    • On Campus or VPN
    There are over 475 location, physical and political maps.

Africa

  • Afriterra
    Early, historical maps of Africa.
  • Geology.com logo
    Geology.com
    • Database
    • Link
    This is one of the largest collections of static maps on the internet. These include a growing collection of over 160 country maps paired with Landsat images. [from the publisher]
  • The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
    • Database
    • Link
    A collection of scanned maps in various file formats from the University of Texas at Austin. The Central Intelligence Agency produced many of these maps. The collection is divided into Online Maps of Current Interest and Online Maps of General Interest.
    more...less...
    The General Interest section further divides the maps into the various continents. All maps within the PCL Collection are free of copyright.
  • World maps
    • On Campus or VPN
    There are over 475 location, physical and political maps.

Asia

  • Geology.com logo
    Geology.com
    • Database
    • Link
    This is one of the largest collections of static maps on the internet. These include a growing collection of over 160 country maps paired with Landsat images. [from the publisher]
  • Historical maps of the Arab World
  • Maps from the Islamic Heritage Project
    This collection contains over 50 maps which highlight the regions in the Project's manuscripts and texts.
  • Maps of Israel from the Laor Collection
    A selected collection of high resolution images from the National Library of Israel.
  • The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
    • Database
    • Link
    A collection of scanned maps in various file formats from the University of Texas at Austin. The Central Intelligence Agency produced many of these maps. The collection is divided into Online Maps of Current Interest and Online Maps of General Interest.
    more...less...
    The General Interest section further divides the maps into the various continents. All maps within the PCL Collection are free of copyright.
  • World maps
    • On Campus or VPN
    There are over 475 location, physical and political maps.

Oceania

  • Geology.com logo
    Geology.com
    • Database
    • Link
    This is one of the largest collections of static maps on the internet. These include a growing collection of over 160 country maps paired with Landsat images. [from the publisher]
  • The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
    • Database
    • Link
    A collection of scanned maps in various file formats from the University of Texas at Austin. The Central Intelligence Agency produced many of these maps. The collection is divided into Online Maps of Current Interest and Online Maps of General Interest.
    more...less...
    The General Interest section further divides the maps into the various continents. All maps within the PCL Collection are free of copyright.
  • World maps
    • On Campus or VPN
    There are over 475 location, physical and political maps.
  • Topographic maps of New Zealand
    • Database
    • Link
    Topographic maps of New Zealand online.
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