Geography
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Web Research - Geography Basics
General Resources:
About.com's Geography section
A wealth of user-friendly and fascinating information about the world of geography.
Ask USGS
Includes information on Mapping, Geology, Water, and Biology.
Geography (Librarian's Index to the Internet)
List of reliable high-quality Web sites in Geography.
Geo-Guide
Subject gateway to scholarly relevant information in earth science, geography and mining. Resources are described and evaluated with a set of Dublin Core metadata. Search by subject, source type catalog, or search engine.
Geosource
Web source for human geography, physical geography, planning, geosciences and environmental science.
Map Scale (U.S. Geological Survey)
Provides an explanation of map scale and a list of USGS topographic maps available.
Nice Geography Sites
Includes general geography, GIS & Remote Sensing, and Geography and GIS related News Groups.
Topo 101 (Canada. Natural Resources)
Basic information related to topographic maps, including map scale and map datum.
Yahoo Subject Page for Geography
Projections, Mapping-Related Glossaries, and Geodesy:
Coordinate Systems Overview
An overview of coordinate systems for georeferencing.
Great Circle Distances, aka Aviation Formulary
Information mainly for pilots who would like to know how to compute courses.
How Far Is It?
Enter two city names, and it calculates the distance between them in miles, "as the crow flies."
Karen Mulcahy's Map Projection Home Page
Includes basics, texts and software, references and research, links and how to make personal globes.
Magnetic Declination computer
An online program that computes the values of the Earth's magnetic field given date, elevation and location information.
Map Projection
Graphics Site for pdf versions of a wide variety of projections, including a bibliography.
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