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Exploring Earth: Maps, Geography, and Travel Guides

Dive into the world of maps, geography, and travel guides to satisfy your wanderlust and expand your knowledge of different countries. Discover ancient maps, digital globes, and topographic cartograms, and explore resources for evaluating geographic information.

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Exploring Earth: Maps, Geography, and Travel Guides

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  1. Chapter 10: Answering Questions about Geography, Countries, and Travel – Atlases, Gazetteers, Maps, Geographic Information Systems, and Travel Guides Kari Atkinson Penny Feeney Alicia MacDonald http://www.fileguru.com/Earth-3D-Screensaver/screenshot

  2. History • Egyptian Papyrus Geological & Topographical Map • Oldest Surviving Geological & Topographical Map • Circa 1150 BCE • Maps Use • Foreign Conquest • Economic Exploitation • National Defense • The invention of printing made maps more easily produced and distributed. Turin Papyrus Map, located in the Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin_Papyrus_Map

  3. Map Formats Gores Digital Paper Globes http://www.spin3d.com/, http://www.citejournal.org/, http://www.1ststoptravelstore.com/, & http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk/

  4. Map Types Topographic Cartogram Climactic Economic http://www.excelgeophysics.com/, http://www.scientificamerican.com/, http://www.squidoo.com/zone5, & http://www.squidoo.com/zone5

  5. Map Types Continued Agricultural Ancient Road 3D http://agro.biodiver.se/, http://www.newyorkstatesearch.com/, http://blog.metrotwin.com/, & http://travelintospain.blogspot.com/

  6. University of Texas Perry-CastaÑeda Library The Perry-Castaῆeda map collection provides 5,000 digitized maps, with a strong emphasis on historical maps. It is the fifth largest library among academic institutions, and the thirteenth largest in the US. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bharadwaj/3541223212/

  7. Evaluating Geographic Resources • Standard Evaluation Criteria • Currency • Accuracy • Authority • Price Unique Evaluation Criteria • Legibility • Scale & Projection • Color • Symbols • Format • Index

  8. Selection & Keeping Current • Geographical sources are regularly reviewed in the following journals • Booklist • Choice • Library Journal • American Reference Books Annual • The American Library Association’s Map & Geography Round Table is a bibliographical resource which also provides information on currency

  9. Resources • Bird Library Map Room • David Rumsey Historical Map Collection – http://www.davidrumsey.com/ • Google Earth - http://www.google.com/earth/index.html • James Ford Bell Library - http://www.lib.umn.edu/apps/bell/map/index.html • Library of Congress – http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/ • National Geographic Society - www.nationalgeographic.com • Best Us Adventures – http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/trips/americas-best-adventures/map/ • Expeditions – http://nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions • Perry-Castaneda Collection - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ • U.S. Geological Survey - www.usgs.gov

  10. What Kind of Questions Might a Reference Librarian Get? ? http://www.usafa.edu/df/dfh/intl_hist_crs.cfm

  11. Google Earth • Google Earth allows you to view the Earth, Mars, the Moon, or the Sky in 3D, offering panoramic views, photographs, 3D models and much more. • Earth • “Fly” anywhere on Earth • View satellite imagery, maps, terrain, or 3D buildings/cities • View beneath the ocean surface • Find shipwrecks or current exploration projects • Track marine migrations • Moon • Explore the Moon in 3D • Find landed spacecrafts, astronauts’ footprints • View Apollo missions • Mars • Explore Mars in 3D • Sky • Explore distant galaxies • View constellations • Listen to astronomy podcasts http://www.csam.montclair.edu/earth/

  12. Bibliography • Cassell, K. A. & Hiremath, U. (2009). Reference and Information Services in the 21st Century. (2 ed., 213-231). New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc. • Harrell, J. A. & Brown, V. M. (1992). The World’s Oldest Surviving Geological Map: The 1150 B.C. Turin Papyrus from Egypt. The Journal of Geology, 100(1), 3-18. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/30082315 • Harrell, J. A. & Brown, V. M. (1992). The Oldest Surviving Topographical Map from Ancient Egypt: (Turin Papyri 1879, 1899, and 1969). The Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, 29, 81-105. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/40000486 http://www.qandj.info/the-reference-librarian/

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