Maps

Maps

• Oregon Explorer: mapping tools, premade maps.
  • The Imagery Explorer includes 2005 .5m orthoimagery for the state.
• Digital maps from the OSU Libraries map collection (primarily historical maps)
• Oregon Maps (Sesquicentennial Celebration collection)
• National Map
• National Atlas
• Libre Map Project, includes 24k scale USGS DRGs
• National Park Service: digital maps (JPG and PDF)

Nautical Charts

• Office of Coast Survey: raster navigational and electronic navigational charts (USA only)
• National Geospatial Intelligence Agency: digital Nautical Charts (USA only) with index to foreign charts

Electronic Atlases on the Web

• Oregon Coastal Atlas
• National Atlas of the United States
• Census Bureau Map Browser (TIGER files)
• Atlas of Oregon Forests
• Oregon Vascular Plant Atlas

Aerial Imagery

• Oregon Explorer Imagery Portal. The Oregon Imagery Explorer serves Oregon's 2005 half-meter orthoimagery reconstructed from aerial photographs acquired in the summer of 2005. Other imagery including satellite data is also served. The original Oregon 2005 half-meter orthoimagery is in Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle (DOQ) format and has a spatial resolution of a half-meter.
• Microsoft TerraServer: satellite imagery

Weather

• Oregon Climate Service
• U.S. National Weather Service
• The Weather Channel

Geographic Names

• Geographic Names Information Systems (GNIS): for the USA
• GEOnet Names Server: for foreign countries (from NIMA)

Federal Map Resources

• Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
• Central Intelligence Agency: index of CIA map publications
• CIA World Factbook (including country maps)
• FEMA Map Services Center
• Library of Congress, American Memory Project: map collections
• National Park Service
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• National Wetlands Inventory
• U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

International maps and data sources

• Agro-MAPS: Global Spatial Database of Agricultural Land-use Statistics
• Global Administrative Areas (.shp, .dra, .mif formats)

Map Libraries on the Web

• Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress
• University of Oregon MAP Library
• University of Washington, Map Collection & Cartographic Information Services

Map Publishers and Distributors

• List of map publishers and distributors, maintained by the University of Oregon MAP Library