6 - Mapping and Imagery
Military mapping
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​Military Publishers' Designations. A PDF version of this invaluable MCG publication compiled by Graham Webster. Note the 'health warning' at the beginning! We hope to start updating the document in the near future.
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The BCS Historical Military Mapping Special Interest Group may be of interest
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WWII escape maps website
Air photos and satellite imagery
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​The Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (the RSPSoc). A society formed from a merger between the Remote Sensing Society and the Photogrammetric Society.
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The National Collection of Aerial Photography (NCAP) in Edinburgh holds over 26 million aerial photographs of places around the world.
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Geomni UK. Provider of high-resolution aerial photography, satellite imagery products and services and other mapping data.
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Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography (CUCAP) Catalogue available online
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EarthExplorer images from USGS
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Airbus Defence and Space Provider of SPOT remote sensing images
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BlueSky UK, Ireland and USA sites
Digital resources
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Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside (MAGIC). Provides authoritative geographic information about the natural environment from across government
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Data.gov.uk Find data published by central government, local authorities and public bodies
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University of Reading Map Library guide to GIS & Remote Sensing Lots of other useful things in this Libguide as well!
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There are a number of projects which involve the digitisation of paper maps taking place. A list of such projects in GB is being compiled by Anne Taylor at the instigation of BRICMICS. Information on projects that should be added to the list is very welcome (contact maps@lib.cam.ac.uk)
Dealing with Digital Data
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ERPANET is concerned with approaches to existing and future digital preservation problems
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MAGIRT Electronic Publication No. 3 is the useful Metadata Primer for Map Librarians
Geodetic tools
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​OS Net Services for professional surveyors, geodesists and GIS developers from Ordnance Survey. See also, for example, their explanation of the National Grid.
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Great Circle Distance Calculator. There are many more of these on the web. This is an example from John A. Byers
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Transverse Mercator Calculator. A facility for converting latitude/longitude co-ordinates to co-ordinates in metres on a Transverse Mercator projection
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National Geodetic Survey (USA) Geodetic Tool Kit
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FieldenMaps.info. Includes a co-ordinate converter for OS and other maps.FieldenMaps.info. Includes a co-ordinate converter for OS and other maps.
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Some of the links on the Cambridge University Library Map Department website may also be useful
These pages were compiled by: April Carlucci (British Library Map Library); Tinho da Cruz (Department of Geography, University of Liverpool); Anne Taylor (Cambridge University Library). They are maintained by the Map Curators' Group of the BCS. Colleagues are requested to help keep this information current by e-mailing suggestions for inclusion, and details of links that don't work.
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The pages are intended to provide a first port of call for new colleagues, as well as a central place to find those documents or websites that you use infrequently but which are important/useful. Sadly, it cannot be an exhaustive list of every website that might be useful to the map curator/librarian/archivist - the maintenance would be a nightmare! We hope that you find it useful!
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The organisers wish to thank the Western Association of Map Libraries, whose original Map Librarians Toolbox was the inspiration for our UK version.