Acronyms and Abbreviations

Acronym and Abbreviation List


Boundaries

International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU)


Encyclopedias

Columbia Earthscape OSU access only

Selects, gathers, edits, and links the widest range of Earth resources available online. It is an integrated, interdisciplinary resource that connects the Earth and environmental sciences with their social, political, and economic dimensions.

Gazetteers

Australia Place Name Search (AUSLIG)

Canadian Geographical Names

Columbia Gazetteer of North America OSU access only

With 50,000 entries, this most comprehensive encyclopedia of geographical places and features covers every incorporated place and county in the United States, along with several thousand unincorporated places, special-purpose sites, and physical features, as well as Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.

Columbia Gazetteer of the World OSU access only

A database of names, descriptions, and characteristics of over 165,000 places in the world. Users can search all the information — not just place-names — and segment it.

U.S. and Territories and Antarctica

U.S. Geological Survey

U.S.Gazetteer

U.S. Census Bureau
Gives location map and has a link to TIGER map for location

World - Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

World except U.S. (U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency)

U.S. Census 2000 Geographic Definitions


Glossaries

GPS World's GPS Glossary

Location Maps

U.K. (Multimap) Gives location map

U.K. (U.K. Street Map) Gives location map

United States (MapQuest)

World (National Geographic Map Machine) Gives location map

World (Expedia) Gives location map

World (Multimap) Gives location map


Distance Calculators

Canada Distance Guide

United Van Lines

Direct Line Distance Server

Indo.com

Distance Calculator Between Airports

Landings.com

United States, Canada, Mexico - Driving Distance, Time and Routing

MapQuest

Time Zones

Local Times Around the World

Swissinfo

Time Zones Explanation

Pollastri

World Time

Time Ticker

World Time

Worldtime

World Time Zone Map

U.S. Navy

U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock


Sun and Moon Rise/Set Calculators

Sun and Moon Rise and Set Calculators U.S. Naval Observatory


Eclipses

Upcoming & Recent Eclipses of the Sun and Moon

Lunar Eclipse Computer


Celestial Navigation Data

U.S. Naval Observatory Celestial Navigation Data for Assumed Position and Time

International Celestial Reference System (ICRS) - Important Links

ARI database for the apparent places of fundamental stars

Tides

Tide Predictions and Water Level Observations for United States


Map Projections

Map Projections

Demonstration of different projections with Java applet - Henry Bottomley.

Unusual Map Projections

Waldo Tobler (Professor Emeritus, Geography Department, University of California at Santa Barbara)

European Map Projections

MapRef (Stefan A. Voser)

Picture Gallery of Map Projections

by Hans Havlicek, Institute of Geometry, Vienna University of Technology.

Maple Maps

Created by Ross Taylor, Richard Baur and John Oprea and Other Map Projections.

Map Libraries

The American Geographical Society Collection

Located in the Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Bodleian Library Map Room

Ohio State University Libraries Map Room

Library of Congress Geography and Map Reading Room

David Rumsey Collection

Focuses on 18th and 19th century North and South American cartographic materials. The collection includes atlases, globes, school geographies, maritime charts, and a variety of separate maps including pocket, wall, children's and manuscript maps. The online collection is an expanding cross section of images designed to highlight the depth and breadth of the collection. The digital images and associated descriptive data are © Cartography Associates.

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Compiled by Mary W. Scott, Geology Librarian, Orton Memorial Library of Geology
Designed by Michael C. Veres, Student Library Assistant
Last updated: October 18, 2006