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ONLINE EXHIBITS
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THE
NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY
History pages include an album of surveying images, biographies,
stories and tales, a historical map and chart collection - even
a poetry corner.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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| THE
CARTOGRAPHIC CREATION OF NEW ENGLAND
An exhibition of early maps that chronicles the effects of European
exploration and settlement in north-eastern North America in
creating a spatial concept called "New England."
The Osher
Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, University
of Southern Maine, Portland
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| SORAMITSU
A geographical tour of the historic city of Nara from the air.
Early use of the "grid" in field division, city planning
and street addresses in an ancient capital of Japan have been
documented on this graphically beautiful website.
See: Jori System in the Nara Basin and Jo-Bo System of Heijo-Kyo:
City Planning in Ancient Japan
Noboru Ogata,
Faculty of Letters, Nara Women's University
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| THE
GREAT SURVEY
The Holland Land Company in Western
New York was an important part of the "Developers' Frontier".
This exhibit includes images and primary documents.
Patrick
Weissend – Curator of the Holland Land Office Museum
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| EXPLORING
THE WEST FROM MONTICELLO
Exhibition of maps and navigational instruments used by Lewis
and Clark. See the online maps (some available at higher
resolution on a related site) and "Observations of
Latitude and Longitude at All Remarkable Points."
University
of Virginia Library
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| CLARENCE
KING'S FORTIETH PARALLEL SURVEY
Clarence King's United States Geological Survey of the Fortieth
Parallel in 1867 produced stunning scientific evidence which
was captured on film by Civil War photographer Timothy O'Sullivan.
This illustrated essay on King's Systematic Geology compares
O'Sullivan's photographs with romantic paintings of the West
then popular.
William H. Goetzmann, University of Texas, Austin
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| CLEVELAND
CARTOGRAPHY
A rich site with early plans of the capitol of "New Connecticut",
maps, historic texts, and much general info on the cartography
of Ohio's Western Reserve.
William Barrow
– Cleveland State University
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| GEORGE
WASHINGTON'S SURVEY OF A TRACT IN FREDERICK COUNTY, VA
American Memory, Library of Congress
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DATA COLLECTIONS
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| GEOGRAPHIC
DATA INNOVATIONS
The Atlas Exhibition includes digital wetlands maps, population
and land change studies, and a pictorial on how EPA
uses remote sensing and spatial information.
United
States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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| THE
GEOGRAPHY NETWORK
A network and repository
of geographic content including dynamic maps, downloadable data,
and advanced Web services.
ESRI
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| THE
GREAT LAKES
An Environmental Atlas and Resource Book
The G.L. Environmental Atlas and Resource Book contains many
useful datasets such as the population of areas bordering each
of the Great Lakes (1900 - 1990).
Canadian Government
and U.S. EPA
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LESSON PLANS
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| MAPS
AND COMPASSES
Land measurement and applied geometry for upper grade high school
math students. This extensive project includes a glossary,
and sections on compasses and bearings, maps and charts, orienteering,
surveying, satellite navigation, and "Taking Geometry Seriously.
" All problems and examples in metric measure.
Helen Weil
- University of Queensland, Australia
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| EXPLORING
MAPS
Interdisciplinary materials on mapping for grades 7-12. Students
learn basic mapmaking and map-reading skills and see how maps
can answer fundamental geographic questions: "Where am
I?" "What else is here?" "Where am I going?"
USGS Learning Web - U.S.
Department of the Interior,
U.S.
Geological Survey
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MATHEMATICS OF CARTOGRAPHY
In a conversational tone addressed to high school level math
students, this hyptertext introduction to the math of maps asks
"What is a map?" and goes on to discuss the history
of map-making and pose some interesting map-related problems.
Cynthia Lanius, Rice University
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| HOW
MATH AND SCIENCE CHANGED GEORGE WASHINGTON'S LIFE
Designed for students who visit George Washington's Birthplace,
now a National Park, this site relates historic survey re-enactments
to math, geography and science.
National Park Service
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| COMMUNITY
CARTOGRAPHY
A week-long standards-based mapping investigation, including
hand held GPS, digital cameras and map-making, and multimedia
presentations.
Joseph Hoffman, West Bloomfield High School, MI. Toshiba/NSTA
Laptop Learning Challenge
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| A
LINE IN THE SAND
Using data from the June 2000 Treaty of Jeddah, students draw
the new boundary between Saudi Arabia and Yemen and understand
its significance.
Mapping Our World. GIS Lessons for Educators, ESRI
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DEMONSTRATIONS
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| HOW
TO MAKE A GUNTER'S CHAIN
A complete, illustrated do-it-yourself guide for accurately
reproducing this key piece of early surveyors' equipment.
Put together and maintained by a computer programmer and
re-enactor who presents public programs on historical land survey
techniques.
David
Manthey
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| DEGREE
CONFLUENCE PROJECT
Volunteers visit
each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections
in the world, and take pictures at each location. For example,
it is possible to follow the 41st parallel from a farm NE in
Ohio all the way around the world, viewing the landscape at
points in many locations, including Italy, Greece, China, Turkey
and Azerbaijan.
Alex Jarrett
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| EUCLID'S
ELEMENTS
This online version of Euclid's Elements uses a Java
Applet to illustrate the figures in the Elements. (Note
that many towns and streets throughout the US are named for
the "father of geometry.")
Dave Joyce – Clark University
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GEOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
This poster, reproduced online, answers the big question "What
is GIS?" and demonstrates how it works.
USGS - science for a changing world
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