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Images: Maps and Geography

This is a guide to image collections found in library databases and other online sources.

Desolution Canyon, Utah

From the U. S. Geological Survey

Taken from the Landstat-7 satellite

Maps and Geography

David Rumsey Map Collections
The historical map collection has over 22,000 maps and images online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North American and South American maps and other cartographic materials.
Library of Congress Map Collections
Online maps from the collections at the Library of Congress.
Degree Confluence Project
Photographs from the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world.

Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970. Tennessee
Access is limited to UT users. Digital versions of maps created for fire insurance purposes.

Earth Science World Image Bank
Geoscience images provided by American Geological Institute.
HubbleSite Gallery
Images from the Hubble telescope.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Digital photo collection - "approximately 70,000 images from NOAA's vast collection of imagery [...] advancing science “from the bottom of the ocean to the surface of the sun.""

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Extensive map online map collections from the University of Texas at Austin.
Our Earth as Art
Images of the earth from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Visible Earth
Images from NASA.