Guide to Map Resources
View the Library's Map Collection
New Zealand
- MapToaster Topo Topographical maps of New Zealand. Available On-Campus only. This link will launch an external application. Mozilla/Firefox users, contact Library for more information
- Tumonz live
- New Zealand Marine Charts Online for marine charts and information
- NZ Topo Map 1: 50,000 scale topographical maps of New Zealand
Māori maps
- Māori Land online is available to locate individual Māori land blocks on a computer-generated map and contains Māori Land Court information about Māori freehold land.
- Iwi by Map Te Kahui Mangai
Aerial photographs
Atlases (online)
- National Atlas of the United States
- Opendata viewer from UK Ordnance Survey
Cartography
- Picture gallery of map projections from Hans Havlicek
- Map projections
- Topographic map symbols from USGS
- Map scales
Gazetteers
- Place names & street names from the New Zealand Geographic Board
- Global Gazetteer a worldwide directory of cities and towns
- Street search from Wises New Zealand
General
- World Time Server
- The Map Room is a weblog about maps.
- Strange maps
- Coordinates is an online journal of the Map and Geography Round Table, American Library Association.
International
- Genmaps online historical county maps from the U.K.
- David Rumsey Historical Map Collection historical maps of North America
- Perry-Castenada Library Map collection maps from all over the world
- Cartographie interesting online maps from Le Monde diplomatique
- Mapcarta: The free map online
- UN Cartographic Section maps and geographic information
- Wilkins tourist maps online tourist maps of Australia
- Open Street maps: Free map of the world
Map making, blanks, etc
Map shops and publishers
- ITMB: Canadian map producer and map shop
- MapWorld New Zealand: a Christchurch map shop
- Gizimap: Map design and publishing
- Mapworks: a Melbourne map shop
- Omnimap: a US online map shop
- Stanfords in London has the largest collection
National Mapping Agencies
- Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)
- Geoscience Australia Australia's National Mapping Agency
- Ordnance Survey from the UK
- Maps, Imagery and Publications from the USGS
- World mapping project (Reise): German publisher of travel guides, maps, etc
Referencing maps
- Citing maps - a helpful page from University of Melbourne
- Dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography and Remote Sensing. In two parts:
Societies
- ANZMapS The Australian and Zealand Map Society
Subject Gateways to maps
- Map History / History of Cartography - the gateway to the subject