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Dingbat's Warehouse Fast Resource Library


Cartography
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Water - Earth - Navigation - Geology - Volcanoes - Sky - Space
   Toxicology
 

History of Cartography
http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/
Hargrett Rare Book, Manuscript Library (Maps)
http://www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/speccoll.html
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Latitude, Longitude & Distance
http://www.indo.com/distance/
Cornell's Digital Earth
http://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/webmap/
Mathematics of Cartography
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/pres/map/
Edwin C. Bolles Collection, 1765-1921
http://www.library.tufts.edu/archives/coll/collections/ms004/
Oddens Cartographic Sites
http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.html
Graphic Maps
http://www.graphicmaps.com/graphic_maps.html
Historical Atlas of Europe
http://www.euratlas.com/
Great Globe Gallery
http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/glob/glob1.htm
Jerusalem - Ancient Maps
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00jb0
Digital Atlas of California
http://130.166.124.2/CApage1.html
Maps from Columbus to Lewis and Clark
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/lewis_clark/
Map Collections: 1500-1999
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
Map Library, U.S. Military Academy 
http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/dhistorymaps/MapsHome.htm
National Atlas
http://nationalatlas.gov/
All the Worlds Maps (enable cookies)
http://www.embassyworld.com/maps/maps.html
ALTITUDE - America's Roof
http://www.americasroof.com/
Civil War Maps
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/cwmhtml/
Geology Labs On-line
http://vcourseware4.calstatela.edu/GeoLabs/index.html

 


Water, Drought, Temperature, Climate, Sky 
Navigation, GPS, Ocean, Volcanos, Earthquakes ........
*AGENDA 21* Implementation (Denmark)
http://www.un.org/esa/earthsummit/denma-cp.htm
Early history of navigation and mapmaking
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~feegi/
Bottled water company profiles
http://www.bottledwaterweb.com/
Navis.gr
http://www.navis.gr/
Drinking Water and Disease: [.pdf] Mar10, 2000
Edu., Conference for Health Care Professionals
http://www.psr.org/waterresources.pdf
Global Positioning System
http://www.colorado.Edu/geography/gcraft/notes/gps/gps_f.html
Drinking Water Quality , Water Testing - contamination, protection, treatment, and drinking water analysis and testing.http://wilkes1.wilkes.edu/~eqc/helpguide.htm Global Positioning System
http://www.aero.org/publications/GPSPRIMER/
Gateway to Land and Water Information
http://www.fao.org/landandwater/
Ocean - (NOAA) Photo Library
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
Groundwater Foundation
http://www.groundwater.org/
NODC Coastal Water Temperature Guide
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/
Groundwater Page - UC Davis
http://groundwater.ucdavis.edu/gwindex.htm
Ocean Planet
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html
Hydroclimatology - USGS Surface Water Information
http://water.usgs.gov/osw/programs/globalchange.html
State of the Coast Report
http://state-of-coast.noaa.gov/
Mold, Mildew, Fungus (what you can do to prevent)
http://www.healthri.org/environment/risk/indoor.htm
Pacific Seafloor Mapping Project
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/pacmaps/
North American Drought
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/drought/
The Sea - hurricanes; currents, waves; tides, sea creatures
http://www.the-sea.org/
NOAA's Drought Information Center
http://www.drought.noaa.gov/
Volcanoes
Water Quality - A Report of Progress
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/wgwq/progress/progfull.html
California Volcanoes and Volcanics
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/California/
Water Librarians
http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/waterlib.html
Global Volcanism Program (GVP)
http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/
Water Information Issues: Water Information Special Interest Group (FID-WISIG)
http://www.fid.nl/sigs&coms/water.htm
How Volcanoes Work
http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/
World Bank & IMF Libraries - Links
http://jolis.worldbankimflib.org/nllinks.htm
Lassen Volcanic National Park
http://www.nps.gov/lavo/
World's Water 
http://www.worldwater.org/
Michigan Tech's Volcanoes Page
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/
Water-resources data - collected at approximately 1.5 million sites in all 50 States http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ Mount St. Helens, Washington
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/framework.html
Water Use in the United States
http://water.usgs.gov/watuse/
Pompeii Forum Project
http://pompeii.virginia.edu/
Water Levels, Tides, Currents, Predictions Volcano Hazards Program
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/
Water Levels, Tides, and Currents
http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/about2.html
Volcano Information Center (VIC)
http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/~fisher/
Daily Tide & Current Predictions
http://www.tides.com/mwpred.htm
Volcano World
http://volcano.und.edu/
Calculates daily tidal predictions
http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/tp4days.html
Seismic Hazard  - Earthquakes
Tides - Create a tide calendar or graphical tide chart (West Coast)
http://facs.scripps.edu/surf/weatherbody.html#Tides
Seismic Hazard Zone Maps - California
http://www.consrv.ca.gov/dmg/shezp/maps.htm
Tide and Current Predictor
http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/sitesel.html
Soil Liquefaction
http://www.ce.washington.edu/~liquefaction/html/main.html
Tide and Current Predictor
http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/sitesel.html
Southern California Earthquake Data Center (SCEDC)
http://www.scecdc.scec.org/
SPACE WEATHER Southern California Seismic Network
http://www.trinet.org/scsn/scsn.html
International Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory
(data for N. California)
http://www.seismo.berkeley.edu/seismo/
SpaceWeather
http://spaceweather.com/
Earthquake Hazards Program
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
Space Weather Today
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/spaceweather/
Directory of Earth Science Data
http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Sky Information JPL - NASA Comet Watch
http://encke.jpl.nasa.gov/
Griffith's Observatory
http://www.griffithobs.org/Skyinfo.html
Earth Observatory
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
International Dark-Sky Association (IDA)
http://www.darksky.org/ida/
 



Wind Chill Factor
http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/earth/wind_chill/chill_home.html 
Snow & Ice Data Center, El Nino and La Nina - Tsunami - Tornado
About Temperature (also available in Spanish)
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/tmp.html
National Snow and IceData Center
http://nsidc.org/
Temperature Conversion Calculator
http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/ChemResources/temperature.html
El Nino and La Nina - Extensive Data - Maps & Charts
http://www.nws.mbay.net/elnino.html
WeatherPost
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/weather/
La Niña Page - NOAA
http://www.elnino.noaa.gov/lanina.html
World Climate
http://www.worldclimate.com/
El Nino - U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/nino-home.html
Wind Energy and Wind Turbines
http://www.windpower.org/
Tsunami Information
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/
Renewable Energy Policy Project: (REPP) Topics - Hydropower, Bioenergy, Geothermal, Wind, Solar, and Hydrogen
http://www.crest.org/
Online Tornado FAQ
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/
The Tornado Project
http://www.tornadoproject.com/



Water

Moving Waters More About Water
Colorado River and the West
http://www.movingwaters.org/
River Corridor and Wetland Restoration
http://www.epa.gov/owow/restore/
Dam - Grand Coulee Dam Collection
http://content.lib.washington.edu/grand/
Surf Your Watershed - Locate watersheds, the places from which drinking water comes
http://www.epa.gov/surf/
Dam - Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/hoover/
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA98/haven/hoover/front2.html
Waterfall Guide (Eastern)
Information on more than 175 waterfalls in 20 states
http://www.aria-database.com/waterfall/
Flood Information (California) maps, with river levels, forecasts, and highway information
http://ceres.ca.gov/topic/flood2.html
IRRIGATION
Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN)
http://www.glin.net/
USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service Irrigation Page (geared towards farmers)
http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/nrcsirrig/
Great Lakes Shipping Collection Database
http://webpac.wayne.edu/webpac-bin/wgbroker?new+-access+top.udmship
Water Measurement Manual (Technical)
http://www.usbr.gov/wrrl/fmt/wmm/
Lake Tahoe Data Clearinghouse (California and Nevada)
http://tahoe.usgs.gov/
Geographical & Environmental Studies :
Water Resources
http://library.adelaide.edu.au/guide/soc/geog/water.html
Living Lakes: watershed, biological characteristics; statistics; geology
http://www.livinglakes.org/top.htm
Statistical Links:
Irrigation, livestock, poultry, crops. Data available at the national, state, and county levels.
http://milton.mse.jhu.edu/library/gpml/statlinks2.html
Mono Basin - California
http://www.r5.pswfs.gov/inyo/vvc/mono/
ICM: Sectors: Water Pollution, Fisheries, Ports, Harbors, Dredging, Marine Industry, Power Production; Military, Solid & Hazardous Waste, more
http://www.es.umb.edu/sect1.html


Toxicology

Extension Toxicology Network - Pesticide Information Profiles.Toxicological and ecological effects, and physical properties.http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/ghindex.html Do You Know What You're Eating? Toxicity of pesticide residues in different foods.
http://www.consumersunion.org/food/do_you_know2.htm
Toxicological Profile Information Sheet
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxpro2.html
FoodNews
http://www.foodnews.org/
ToxNet - Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB), Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System (CCRIS). Genetic Toxicology - Mutagenicity Data Bank (GENE-TOX). Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/ Pesticide Action Network Database:
Detailed information on the active ingredients in more than 5,400 pesticides. Regulatory status, ecotoxicity, chemical identification, transformation products, and type of use are given  http://pesticideinfo.org/ 
Compendium of Pesticide Common Names
http://www.hclrss.demon.co.uk/
Pesticide Information:
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/consumer.htm


Geology

Geoscience: geology maps; databases on permafrost, peatland, radiocarbon dating, geology, geohazards. (Canadian government) http://sts.gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/ Geology: Plate Tectonics
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
Strange Science: Information and images of dinosaurs, dragons, sea monsters, hominids, fossils, monsters and a timeline of events http://www.strangescience.net/ Glaciers: Illustrated Glossary of Alpine Glacial Landforms
http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/lemke/alpine_glacial_glossary/
This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html
Geology Labs On-line - also has virtual earthquake
http://vcourseware4.calstatela.edu/GeoLabs/index.html
NASA’s Observatorium (Extensive information for students) Space, planet Earth, plate tectonics, tsunamis, hydrologic cycles.
http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/core.shtml.html
Geologic Hazards: geomagnetism, landslides, earthquake maps of Western States Faults - and geological phenomena.
http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov/
National Archive of Geological Photographs (NAGP)
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/photoarchive/
Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals
http://www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IgMetAtlas/mainmenu.html
USGS Geology in the Parks
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/grd/usgsnps/project/home.html
Paleomap Project
http://www.scotese.com/
Structural Geology on the Web: A directory of Web sites about structural geology and tectonics
http://geology.ou.edu/~ksmart/structure_webpage/
Tapestry of Time and Terrain - Geology and Topography of the United States
http://tapestry.wr.usgs.gov/
Image Gallery for Geology - images of geologic phenomena
http://www.geosci.unc.edu/faculty/glazner/Images/gallery.html