6 Mapping and Imagery | Geoviz Resource Cent

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.
The BCS Historical Military Mapping Special Interest Group may be of interest
WWII escape maps website

The Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (the RSPSoc). A society formed from a merger between the Remote Sensing Society and the Photogrammetric Society.
The National Collection of Aerial Photography (NCAP) in Edinburgh holds over 26 million aerial photographs of places around the world.
Verisk. Provider of high-resolution aerial photography, satellite imagery products and services and other mapping data.
Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography (CUCAP) Catalogue available online
EarthExplorer images from USGS
Airbus Defence and Space Provider of SPOT remote sensing images
BlueSky UK, Ireland and USA sites

Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside (MAGIC). Provides authoritative geographic information about the natural environment from across government
Data.gov.uk Find data published by central government, local authorities and public bodies
University of Reading Map Library guide to GIS & Remote Sensing Lots of other useful things in this Libguide as well!
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)

The Digital Preservation Coalition
ERPANET is concerned with approaches to existing and future digital preservation problems
MAGIRT Electronic Publication No. 3 is the useful Metadata Primer for Map Librarians

OS Net Services for professional surveyors, geodesists and GIS developers from Ordnance Survey. See also, for example, their explanation of the National Grid.
Great Circle Distance Calculator. There are many more of these on the web. This is an example from John A. Byers
Transverse Mercator Calculator. A facility for converting latitude/longitude co-ordinates to co-ordinates in metres on a Transverse Mercator projection
National Geodetic Survey (USA) Geodetic Tool Kit
FieldenMaps.info. Includes a co-ordinate converter for OS and other maps.FieldenMaps.info. Includes a co-ordinate converter for OS and other maps.
Some of the links on the Cambridge University Library Map Department website may also be useful

These pages were compiled by the Map Curators' Group of the British Cartographic Society.

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