Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map University of Tennesse

What Do Maps Show? USGS Learning Web. Concepts of reading maps for grades 5-8

Exploring Maps USGS Learning Web. Mapmaking and map reading skills for grades 7-12

Map Skills From GeoSystems Global Coporation. This site provides brief discussions of undestanding maps, map scale, latitude and longitude, and map projections.

Map Scales USGS fact sheet on map scale

Guide to Map Scale The University of Arizona Library notes on map scale.

Map Accuracy National Map Accuracy Standards from USGS

Finding Your Way with Map and Compass Working with topographic map from USGS.

Making Maps Easy to Read

Cartographic Communication Part of The Geographer's Craft project, Department of Geography, UT Austin.

Animation and the Role of Map Design in Scientific Visualization Several research projects at Penn State concerned with visualization, the GeoVISTA project and GeoVirtual research.

Questions & Answers About Map Copyrights

Science Maps and Cartography Resources Web links from the University of Arizona Library to Zoology, Astronomy, Botany, Meterology, Ecology maps - and many more.