Useful Map Related Links
Listed below are links to other map-related sites that you may find useful. Please contact the Map Librarian if you find an interesting site that could be included here
Mapping Organisations
- Ordnance Survey
- British Geological Survey
- Land and Property Services of Northern Ireland
- National Soil Resource Institute
Online Mapping
World
- CIA World Factbook
World and continental scale reference maps that can be downloaded in JPG or PDF formats. Each country profile has an associated GIF map.
- The World Through Time
The World Through Time site enables you to view and browse world maps from the present day up to 1858. Useful for observing changes to political boundaries over time.
- United Nations Cartographic Section
General country profile maps in PDF format.
Great Britain
- EDINA Services
National online services for the UK tertiary education and research community, including Digimap and UKBORDERS. - Old-maps
Free access to 1:10,560 scale mapping from approximately 1850 to 1899 for the whole of the UK. - Old Hampshire Mapped
This interesting site presents early maps of Hampshire from 1575 to the mid-nineteenth century. High resolution map images include those by Saxton, Speed, Ogilby and Greenwood. - Old Sussex Mapped
This site provides access to a range of historical maps of Sussex from 1610-1837. It includes a bibliography of sources used and a comparative list of names used on the featured maps. - StreetMap
With StreetMap you can call up and zoom in on a site-centred map. Mapping includes Bartholomew and Ordnance Survey Landranger map data. A variety of search criteria can be used, including placename, postcode and grid reference. Aerial photographs of selected areas, including London, are available. - Multimap
Street maps of UK and Europe. Aerial photographs of selected areas, including London, are available. London Tube map. Frith photo archive of 7000 towns and villages taken between 1860 and 1970. - Map 24
Vector-based street mapping and route planning for Britain and Western Europe. - Get-a-map
View and print free mapping at a variety of scales. - Free downloadable GB maps
Basic small-scale outline maps of Great Britain with and without administrative boundaries, available in EPS, TIF, PDF, GIF and WMF format. - OS MasterMap Topography Layer
A useful tool for finding and viewing Ordnance Survey tiles. Search by placename, grid reference, post code or tile reference and view a thumbnail image of any of Ordnance Survey's largest scale digital maps. - MAGIC
Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside. A web-based interactive map that brings together geographic information on key environmental schemes and designations. Also regional and national static maps.
Australia
- ACTMAPi
A tool for viewing maps and geographic information about Canberra and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). You can zoom in to view/print very detailed maps depicting features that include property boundaries, building footprints and house numbers.
Denmark
- Danish National Survey and Cadastre
The Interactive Maps service on this site offers current and historical maps of Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands up to street level scales of 1:10,000 and 1:4,000.
Finland
- National Land Survey of Finland
The Citizen's MapSite allows the browsing and printing of NLS topographic maps covering all Finnish regions up to a scale of 1:16,000.
Iceland
- Iceland Map Window
Zooming in on this online map of Iceland provides access to high resolution raster images of the 1:100,000 map of Iceland, a series that is descibed on the National Land Survey of Iceland web site as being "among the most beautiful maps available of Iceland".
Norway
- Norgeskart
Statens Kartverk is the principal survey and mapping organisation in Norway and their Norgeslart application provides zoomable maps for the whole of Norway up to a scale of 1:5,000.
USA
- USGS Map Locator and Downloader
High quality PDF maps of the USA, including 7.5 x 7.5 minute, 1:24,000 quadrangle series.
Gateways to maps and mapping
- Map History / History of Cartography
Described as the gateway to the subject of early maps, and the resources and activities associated with them.
Aerial photographs
- Live Search Maps
Excellent site for access to oblique aerial imagery that is being acquired by a fleet of aircraft equipped with multiple cameras. Over the next two-years the supplier, BLOM, intends to acquire imagery for every urban centre in Europe with a population of 50,000 inhabitants or more. - English Heritage
A collection of 2.7 million vertical and oblique aerial photographs held at the National Monuments Record. - Portsmouth from the Air
An interesting collection of images, including photos taken in the 1950's and 60's, hosted by Portsmouth College.
