| Other useful links |
| Citing maps |
Provided by Ohio Wesleyan University Library, this website gives clear guidelines on how to cite and correctly reference maps of all kinds. |
| Google maps |
Google's map service. |
| Hargrett Library Rare Map Collection |
Browse over 1000 historical maps scanned from microfilm negatives and provided as JPEGs. |
| Historic and modern aerial photographs |
Provides access to high quality aerial imagery from the past and present. Please note that users of this service may need to pay for copies of selected material. |
| Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection |
Provides access to maps detailing areas that are currently in the news, as well as general maps of the continents, and other regions. |
| David Rumsey Historical Map Collection |
Collection of over 8800 online maps, focusing on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America maps. |
| Getty thesaurus of geographic names |
The Getty Thesaurus provides a searchable structured vocabulary of place names, providing information about places, including all continents and nations of the modern world, historical places and empires, cities and nations, and notes important art and architecture. The latitude and longitude position is also provided. |
| Directory of UK map collections |
4th edition. From the British Cartographic Society this directory lists all large map collections in the country with brief details of their coverage, facilities and access arrangements. |
| Ordnance Survey |
Web site of Ordnance Survey, providing details of all their maps, and a place names gazetteer. |
| Streetmap |
Searchable map of the UK mainland, which can be searched by street name, place name, postcode, OS grid reference, OS Landranger grid reference, or Lat/Long coordinates. |
| Multimap |
Searchable map of the UK, which can be searched by place name or postcode, and provides aerial photographs covering most of the UK. |
| Bodleian Library, Oxford: Mapping the World |
Information on the Bodleian Library map collection, and many links to further useful sites. |
| Genmaps |
Historical images of English, Welsh and Scottish maps from their beginnings to the early 20th Century. |
| Old maps online |
Searchable online digital historical maps. |
