How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective

Mapping technicians, also called surveying technicians, as their name suggests, use many different tools to make maps of many kinds. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a mapping technician, as well as...

Access the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's database of foreign geographic feature names. Worldwide excluding the United States and Antarctica.

The USGS offers detailed information on Types of Cartograms, Congressional Districts, Software for Cartograms, Publications, and a Carto-Gallery.

Site calculates and approximates populations for numerous major cities around the world, and also has information about world countries as well.

A comprehensive learning module on maps and globes that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students learn what a map and a globe are and the...

This site is great for gathering sociological data. Data can be related to a wide variety of topics. Great for research!

This is a collection of audio and text files that describes Alberta's early history as the west is opened for settlement. Included are the stories about the great migration of immigrants from all over Europe, Asia and North America who...

In this mapping field lab students determine the elevation of a given object in a designated area on the school campus using cartography tools. Then they use of these tools to create a contour map of the area.

A short tutorial on mapping tools and how to read maps. Covers features of maps, symbols, the compass, scale, distance, how height is represented, and grid references. Includes multiple-choice quiz at the end.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The creation of a new species is called speciation. Most new species develop naturally. But humans have also artificially created new breeds and species for...

Learn about the history of maps, what makes a map a map, and why bother with maps. Get answers to many different map questions and much more.

See a map of the whole world with the current time given for each time zone. Also, find time zone maps of selected areas, countries observing daylight saving time, a sun clock showing the day/night areas of the world, and what the time...

Simple instructions on how to make a globe using a pattern provided, scissors, glue, and a balloon. PDF

This site from the Population Reference Bureau could actually be considered a search engine or the beginning page of a data base. It is a thorough source of information on global population including hyperlinks to organizational sources,...

This resource provides terminology for art, architecture, materila culture, and bibliographical information in order to help catalogers and researchers enhance databases and websites.

What do all of those combinations of letters mean for time zones? Find out when you visit this site.

Use this resource to learn how to use a gazetteer index in this atlas game.

Use this site to find the countries and territories operating daylight savings time and when it starts and ends.

These documents contain information about editorial practice for the Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT), the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN), the Union List of Artist Names (ULAN), and the Cultural Objects Name Authority...

Read an extensive, scholarly retelling of the stories of Heracles and of the legends that surround him, including descriptions of his twelve labors and the geographical locations corresponding to the myths.

View a spectacular collection of photographic panoramas taken by Apollo astronauts while exploring the lunar landscape. These images can be studied using zoom and pan tools or by reading an annotated version that identifies major...

Over 100 handouts with answer sheets you can print and use to help build English vocabulary. Numerous topics and themes are covered: everyday words, math terms, seasonal and holiday words, geographical terms, animals, opposites, parts of...

The American Community Survey uses demographic data to enable the government and communities make important decisions.