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	Home : Earth Science : Geography : Mapping and Imaging : Map Elements LINKS: Announcement of National Geographic Society's selection of the Winkel Tripel projection to replace t http://www3.ftss.ilstu.edu/microcam/mapnews.htm (Added: Tue Feb 04 2003) Color Landform Atlas of the United States, by Ray Sterner http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html (Added: Tue Feb 04 2003) Description of map projections http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/learning_resources/carto/cart003.html (Added: Tue Feb 04 2003) FM 21-31: Topographic Symbols http://155.217.58.58/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/21-31/toc.htm (Added: Tue Feb 04 2003) Hans Havlicek’s Page of Map Projections With graphics for over three dozen map projections, this site is definitely for map projection enthusiasts, but the simple line graphics might be useful for papers or reports. http://www.geometrie.tuwien.ac.at/karto/ (Added: Tue Feb 04 2003) Henry Bottomley’s Java Map Projection Viewer Using a Java applet, this site allows you to compare different projections. Very useful! http://www.btinternet.com/~se16/js/mapproj.htm (Added: Tue Feb 04 2003) History of the International Date Line Extensive information on how the International Date Line was designated and altered through history. http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/idl/idl.htm (Added: Thu Aug 24 2006) Interactive units converter http://www.convert-me.com/en/ (Added: Tue Feb 04 2003) International Cartographic Association, Commission on Map Generalization, 1999-2003. http://www.geo.unizh.ch/ICA/index.html (Added: Tue Feb 04 2003) The Great Globe Gallery http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/glob/glob1.htm (Added: Tue Feb 04 2003) U.S. Digital Topography sample map of Monterey California, by Digital Wisdom, Inc. http://www.digiwis.com/dwi_uss.htm (Added: Tue Feb 04 2003) What is Map Scale? For some of you, map scale may be a bit confusing. This EPA site explains map scale using tables and graphics. It also has a few links to other scale and map sites. http://www.epa.gov/ceisweb1/ceishome/atlas/learngeog/mapscale.html (Added: Tue Feb 04 2003) Your State's Topography, from National Geophysical Data Center. http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/topo/state.shtml (Added: Tue Feb 04 2003)
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