Good websites for map-lovers?

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Websites:

  • cartastrophe
  • cartophile

David Rumsey Map Collection http://www.davidrumsey.com/

Map Gallery http://www.cartotalk.com/index.php?showforum=14

Ancient World Mapping Center http://www.unc.edu/awmc/mapsforstudents.html

Huge Resource - Berkeley Map Collection
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/MapCollections.html

These are good for OpenStreetMap-lovers:

  • http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Featured_images
  • http://bestofosm.org/

The International Cartographic Association website has a section with some beautiful maps selected every month.


  • OpenStreetMap (http://openstreetmap.org)

  • MapBox (http://mapbox.com/) - for creating custom maps in the cloud using OpenStreetMap and other data sources

For historic maps:

  • Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at University of Texas (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/)

  • Library of Congress map collection (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html)


Some more:

  • http://somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/
  • http://www.cartogrammar.com/portfolio.html
  • http://timwallace.wordpress.com/page/2/
  • http://indiemaps.com/portfolio/

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