Community Mapping

• Arctic Bay Spoken Map
  "Hear the names of over 300 traditional Nunavut place names"; interactive maps with text, images, sound; pdf maps

• Barefoot Mapping Guidebook

• Beacon Hill Park Ecosystems Map

• Chief Kerry's Moose: A Guidebook to Land Use and Occupancy Mapping, Research Design

• City Of Memory - NY

• Colwood Green Map

• Common Ground Project Flickr Photos

• Community Mapping Network BC

• Community Walk
  create personal interactive map, using Google Maps technology; show on website, add photos, comments, links, etc; Tutorials; Forum

• Doing Protagonism & Do-gooder Maps
  pdf documents available for download:
  Good Patterns in Participatory Function: "A reappraisal of participatory map methods" (59 pg; 2Mb); Toolbox & Manual: Mapping the Vulnerability of Communities: example from Buzi, Mozambique (37 pg; 4.5Mb); MapAction Field Guide To Humanitarian Mapping using GIS (118 pg; 3.3Mb)

• Green Atlas Maps

• Green Map
  charting community green living, natural, cultural and civic resources from around the world; YouTube Channel

• Green Maps Icons

• Internet Mapping Projects
  Center For Applied Research & Environmental Systems (CARES): Global Forest Watch, Smithsonian Conservation Atlas, Community Issues Management

• Living Atlas of Nuu_chah_nulth

• Maeve Lydon's Thesis
  "(Re)Presenting the Living Landscape: Exploring Community Mapping as a Tool for Transformative Learning and Planning"; 83 page Word document; 400 KB; 1985

• Open Green Map
  a global locally-led, community mapping projects interactive mapmaking tool; Official Launch June 5 2009; Maps

• Participatory Avenues: The Gateway To Community Mapping

• Participatory Map-Making
  Participatory Map-Making to Connect Citizens and Decision Makers

• UVic Community Green Map
  interactive maps; UVic Green Maps: Health & Wellness; Transportation & Travel; ES 341 - Ecological Restoration

• Victoria Youth Core Community Maps
  launched 27 Mar 2009; pocket map folds into credit-card size

• Voices on the Land - Okanagan Nation
  Interactive community atlas

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Concept Maps

• Concept Maps - How To Construct

• Concept Maps - Wikipedia

• Concept Map Theory & Construction

• Create Concept Map with Excel Worksheet

• Mind Maps - Wikipedia

• Text 2 Mind Map
  Type text in Outline form, using Tab, convert to online mindmap

• VUE: Visual Understanding Environment
  free, open source software; "a visual environment for structuring, presenting, and sharing digital information"; "for integrating digital resources into teaching and learning"; Windows Download (need to register first); Mac Download; User Guide; Features Video; VUE Project on YouTube: #1, #2; YouTube Videos; Resources; Blog; Forum; Wikipedia; Seminar; Applet: Online VUE; Reviews: #1; #2; Wendy's Guide: How To Create VUE Concept Maps; Example Concept Map: Victoria Community Mapping Network

Google Maps & Customizing On-Line Maps

• Google Earth
  Maps & satellite images, including outer space galaxies, ocean floors & historic imagery; download free viewer; Forum; User Guide

• Google Maps

• Google Maps API Concepts
  Google Maps API allows you to embed Google Maps in your web pages; need an API key; JavaScript API

• Google Maps API Group

• Google Maps Help Forum
  Archives

• Google Maps Icons Tutorial
  links to Google Earth Icons

• Google Maps User Guide

• Interactive Polyline Encoder Utility
  interactive utility to compute the encoding for a google maps polyline & minimum zoom levell

• Map Envelope
  print mail envelopes lined with google map location & message; enter location, customize message, print envelope template

• Mapping Photos With Picasa Web Albums

• Designing and Creating Earth Science Lessons with Google Earth
  Digital Explorer pdf files: Using Google Earth; Advanced Virtual Fieldwork; School Grounds Projects Using Google Tools

Historic Maps

• Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography 1908

• Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land

• Historical Cartography of Europe

• Historical Maps

• Historic Cities

• Lewis & Clarke Expedition GIS
  "visual voyage of discovery"; pre-expedition maps, early 1800's; Lewis' original 1814 expedition routes map; first complete Government Land Office surveys, late 1800's; 1970 National Atlas, & satellite imagery; GIS Viewer allows on-line interaction; includes geospatial data from NASA, USGS, ESRI and GCS Research

• Maps ETC
  Historic maps for students & teachers

• Panoramic Maps - Cities of US & Canada 1847-1929
  Bird's-eye views; Geographic Location Index

• Victoria, BC - Panoramic Maps 1860 - 1889
  Bird's-eye views

• World Digital Library
  "significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world"; "cultural treasures include, but are not limited to, manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, and architectural drawings"

Maps & Mapping

• ArcGIS Explorer Application Software
  free download; access online GIS content and capabilities; combine local data with ArcGIS Server; perform GIS analysis; manage, edit & analyze data; create custom maps; Support Forum

• Atlas Of Canada
  Environment; People & Society; Economy; History; Climate Change; Freshwater; Health; Reference Maps; Map Archives; Topographic Maps

• Cartographic Communication

• Color Brewer 2.0 (Added 7 May 09)
  Select good colour schemes for maps; needs Flash plug-in; Color Brewer v.1.0; Instructions

• Colour Landform Atlas of USA

• Customized Canadian Topo Maps
  Build your map to send for printing

• DIY Cartography
  "Resources and Ideas for Making Maps"

• Dymaxion Projection Map Animation

• Dymaxion Projection - Buckymap Puzzle Home
  Buckymap Puzzle

• Dymaxion Projection Map - Buckminster Fuller
  Life Books: Dymaxion World

• Dymaxion Map Evolution: An Illustrated Tour and Critique

• Environment Canada Weather Office Satellite Images

• ESRI ArcNews Online
  "for ESRI user community and others interested in mapping & GIS technology"

• ESRI Canada
  Geographic Information Systems; Canada Map Gallery

• GEO BC
  Archaeology & Culture; Demographic, Health & Social; Fish, Wildlife & Plants; Forest, Grasslands & Wetlands; Fresh Water & Marine; Land Ownership & Status; Land Use Plans; Mining & Petroleum; Parks, Recreation & Tourism

• Geographical Names of Canada

• GIS Geographical Informations Systems Wikipedia

• GIS - Guide To Geographical Informations Systems

• GeoGratis
  Canadian Mapping Resources

• Global Forest Watch

• GPS For Emergencies
  "A short guide for humanitarian field workers on collecting data using GPS"

• Harvard Digital Map Collection

• iMap BC
  "spatial viewing access to over 100 datasets from many different agencies"; use Markup tools to add lines and text; Quick Reference Guide (pdf)

• Infrared World Satellite Animation

• Map Projection Overview
  Table Of Contents

• MapQuest

• Ontario Maps & Geographic Info

• PPGIS - Participatory GIS
  "geo-spatial information management tools and methods such as sketch maps, Participatory 3D Models (P3DM), aerial photographs, satellite imagery, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to represent peoples’ spatial knowledge in the forms of virtual or physical, 2 or 3 dimensional maps used as interactive vehicles for spatial learning, discussion, information exchange, analysis, decision making and advocacy

• Radical Cartography Projection Reference
  wall maps of the world, maps of hemispheres & continents

• Rural Assistance Center Maps On Rural Topics
  US data; Topics: Population Change, Poverty and Income Levels, Public Transportation, Education Levels, Disability Status, Childcare, Health Clinics & Centers

• Satellite Images

• Strange Maps

• Terra Server USA
  USA; topo maps; can search by name or longtitude/latitude; Victoria area

• Upsidedown Map Page

• USA Interactive Maps

• Visible Earth
  collection of NASA images

Geog 222 - Mapping & GIS

• Azimuthal Map: Generate a Personal Map

• Coordinate Systems & Map Projections 

• Degree Confluence Project
  Visits to each latitude & longitude intersections

• Dymaxion / Fuller Projection Map
  Animations; Puzzle

• Geoid & Gravity Anomaly Maps

• iMap BC

• Interrupted Map Projections

• Magnetic Declination Calculator

• Mapping Terminology

• Map Projections

• Map Projections Java Applet
  Choose projection from drop-down list

• Mercator Projection

• Principles of Aerial Photography

• Saanich GIS Map Service
  Interactive GIS Viewer

• Victoria CRD Regional Community Atlas

• Working with GIS Data? Librarians can help with that
  School of Information Studies, Syracuse University. Great list of open-source GIS software, inspiring GIS projects...