GEOGRAPHY

Web Resources

Teaching and Learning resources

• http://www.colorado.edu/geography/virtdept/resources/contents.htm - a resource for learning and teaching geography in higher education
• http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic - contains information about physical and cultural geographic features of all types in the United States, associated areas, and Antarctica, current and historical
• http://www.libraries.uc.edu/research/subject_resources/business/index.html  - research on businesses and business related topics

Mapping and Data sources

• TOPO! software - available in the GMP Library Information Commons (computer closest to service desk). Software allows library users to explore USGS topographic maps digitally through high resolution scans seamlessly joined together.  The software also boasts the following customization functionality: draw your own trails, calculate distances, visualize terrain, customize your maps with photos, symbols, and text, fly your trail in 3D to see the lay of the land.
• Lexis Nexis Statistical DataSets - more than 14 billion data points from licensed and public domain datasets within an easy-to-use interface for creating graphs, maps, and spreadsheets.
• SimplyMaps - web-based mapping application that lets users quickly create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data for the United States.  Includes census data, PRISM data, Simmons data, and many more datasets.
• eAtlas of Global Development (World Bank) - maps and graphs more than 175 thematically organized indicators for over 200 countries, letting you visualize and compare progress on the most important development challenges facing our world.
• Social Explorer - provides easy access to demographic information about the United States from 1790 to the present.
• EPA's Environmental Data Warehouse  a single point of access to select U.S. EPA environmental data.
• Natural Earth free raster and vector map data
• http://www.nationalatlas.gov/ - comprehensive view into the enormous wealth of geospatial and geostatistical data collected for the United States
• http://popindex.princeton.edu/   -  Population Index – reference tool to the world’s population literature, covering the years 1986-2000.
• http://2010.census.gov – keep abreast of news and data being compiled for the 2010 census, also link to the 2000 and 1990 census data

Geospatial News

• http://www.geocomm.com/ - portal for those interested in geospatial technology