Our links focus on selected Australian, mainly Victorian sites. For general and international mapping sites we suggest you use a site
specializing in mapping links, such as Oddens Bookmarks
or Geo Community, which have links to thousands of map related sites worldwide. This page does not contact an excusivelist of material, rather is a reference and beginning place for common reference inquiries.
If you have found a site you think would be useful please tell us at maps-info@ unimelb.edu.au for consideration.
Sites listed on this page are regularly checked to ensure the linked sites are still operational. The most recent verification was completed on 8 May, 2008.
Australian Geographic Information
- Geoscience Australia (formerly AGSO and AUSLIG)
- Commonwealth government mapping and earth sciences information.
Map Connect - an interactive online mapping service that allows users to preview and download the GEODATA TOPO 250K Series 3 data with a standard browser interface. This is a FREE service.
- Geoscience Portal
- An initiative of the Australian Chief Government Geologists Committee. It is aimed at providing a portal to link the information of state, territory and federal government geoscience agencies
- Geoscience Portal Australian Spatial Data Directory (ASDD)
- Search for spatial data for anywhere in Australia.
- Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
- Climate and weather information, including downloadable maps.
- Department of Environment and Heritage, Australia
- Environmental information (commonwealth government)
- Australian Natural Resources Atlas
- Produced by the National Land and Water Resources Audit.
Bioenergy atlas of Australia - maps and information on existing and potential biomass energy resources
- Australian Soil Resource Information System
- ASRIS provides online access to the best publicly available information on soil and land resources in a consistent format across Australia. It provides information at seven different scales
- Australian Bureau of Statistics(ABS) - Australia's official statistical organisation.
- Royal Australian Navy's Directorate of Oceanography & Meteorology
- Data, publications and directories.
- City 2 See
- High quality digital aerial photography of Australian cities. Images watermarked on viewer.
- Whereis Street Atlas
- Search for an address in Australia and generate a map of its location.
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Australia Map Directory of of Street-directory.com.au - Comprehensive listings of in area of businesses, communities, events and addresses in Australia.
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Victorian Geographic Information
- Land Channel
- Victorian Government land and property information and services.
Formerly Office of the Surveyor General (Victorian Government).
- Department of Primary Industries
- Including Agriculture & Food, Fishing & Aquiculture, Minerals & Petroleum and other units.
- Geological map sheets - Free - Downloadable versions of published geological sheet mapping. 1:50,000 - 1:250,000.
- Explore Victoria Online - GeoVic - Free - Online mapping application with downloadable layers.
- Geoscientific data - CD-ROM packages of GIS data available to be ordered.
- Victorian Resources Online (VRO) is your gateway to a wide range of natural resources information and associated maps. You can access this information at both Statewide and Regional levels across Victoria.
- Department of Sustainability and Environment
- Incorporates Coasts & Marine, Conservation & Environment, Customer Services, Fire Management, Forestry, Heritage, Land & Water, Parks & Reserves, Planning, Plants & Animals, Property, Titles & Maps and Recreation & Tourism.
- The Melbourne Atlas 2006
- he Melbourne Atlas provides a comprehensive picture of how Melbourne is changing and the major trends that have shaped Melbourne over the last 50 years. With a focus on metropolitan Melbourne, the Atlas features 8 chapters: Melbourne’s development; Melbourne’s people; Housing; Working; Living; Equity; Learning; and Sustaining the Environment.
- Department of Infrastructure (DOI)
- The Department of Infrastructure (DOI) is the lead provider of essential infrastructure in Victoria.
- Environment Protection Authority
- EPA Victoria's purpose is to protect, care for and improve our environment.
- Information Victoria
- Information about Victoria, including their Map Shop.
- Melbourne Water
- Corporation in charge of managing the supply of water for Melbourne.
- Victorian & Melbourne Visitors Maps
- A selection of maps of Victoria and Melbourne for visitors.
- Victorian
Resources Online
- Gateway to a wide range of natural resource maps and associated information.
- Victorian Soil and Land Survey Directory
- Over 100 records from the early 1900s to the present day.
- Melway Street Directory 1st Edition (1966)
- Online images, jpeg format of Melbourne.
- MMBW Melbourne Sewerage Plans 1890s-1950s
- Melbourne Board of Works plans with detailed footprints of buildings and structures.1 inch.: 40 foot.
- Suburb View
- Suburb View searches real estate sites and provides listing on an easy to read Google Earth suburb map.
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New South Wales
- Department of Lands
- NSW Department of Lands Home Page.
- Spatial Information eXchange (SIX)
- This web site is provided by the NSW Department of Lands.
- Dept. Primary Industries - New South Wales
- Minerals and Petroleum
NSW Minerals & Petroleum - TAS Map - TAS Map enables the public to access and view frequently updated titles mapping information across NSW at the scale of their choice. Map images can be printed straight from the screen display or saved and inserted directly into word processing documents. An intuitive tool set allows the user to seamlessly pan, zoom as well as inquire about different Titles via a simple report.
- NSW Natural Resource Atlas
- Map, query and download environmental data
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South Australia
- Land & Maps
- South Australia's Department managing environmental and geographic datasets, and responsible for the provision of Statewide aerial photographic and satellite imagery services, and the maintenance of the State's fundamental digital cadastral datasets.
- PIRSA - Primary Industries and Resources SA
- SARIG is an online web application that enables users to search, view and download information relating to minerals and petroleum exploration in South Australia.
- Atlas of South Australia
- Interactive map generation tool.
- Spatial Information Committee
- Maintains effective communication and cooperation across all sectors of the industry.
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Tasmania
- Dept. of Primary Industries & Water
- Tasmanian Governments Land and Environment online site.
- Property, Titles & Maps -
This section covers a range of topics reflecting the Department's varied responsibilities related to land, and falls into three main themes: land use planning; spatial information; and Crown land.
- TASMAP - produces maps, aerial photographs, and related land information.
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Queensland
- Department of Natural Resources and Water
- Property, mapping, surveying, aerial photography.
- Department of Environment and Resources
- Environmental information including Land & Property.
- Interactive resource and tenure maps
- Interactive resource and tenure maps allow you to zoom, pan, search and display geological data with mining and exploration tenure information for the whole of Queensland.
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Western Australia
Landgate
- Gateway to Western Australia's Land and Property Information. Includes plans, maps and aerial photography.
- Dept. Industry & Resources - Maps and Images
- Geological, geophysical, hydrological & Regolith Geochemical maps. Scanned from hard copies
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Northern Territory
- Dept. of Primary Industry, Fisheries, and Mines
- The Northern Territory Geological Survey (NTGS) actively develops geoscientific and index databases that are searchable online, or distributed via CD-ROM.
- Minerals & Energy
- STRIKE - Geoscience Web Mapping
- Downloadable free raster maps from printed products
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- NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory
- NT Atlas is an online application allowing users to view and query some of the more commonly used Northern Territory Government spatial datasets. The NT Atlas provides an interface to the NT Spatial Data Directory (NTSDD)
- Northern Territory Land Information System (NTLIS)
- Collection of historical andmodern information services offered to the public by NTLIS.
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ACT
- ACT Planning and Land Authority
- Maps, land, and survey data. Including aaps, aerial photography spatial data, and place names information.
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World Wide Geographic Information
MapPoint: Quick Reference Maps
General to detailed maps of the world and cities.
Google Maps
Streaming detailed Political mapping and Satellite images.
Google Earth - Combines satellite imagery, maps and search feature as a 3D model.
World Wind
Similar 3D digital elevation model to Google Earth. More academic in nature than social.
Flash Earth
A composite of online map products including Google Earth, Yahoo Maps, NASA maps and Microsoft maps used unofficially and without permission.
EarthSat: 15metre Landstat 7 images
Detailed images of the world from space.
Geoscience e-journals
Online publications grouped under the aegis "Geoscience e-Journals" (a former web ring converted into a genuine portal) incorporate those peer-reviewed electronic journals dedicated to open access publishing in the field of Earth Sciences (geochemistry, geophysics, paleontology, regional geology, stratigraphy, geography, etc.), that is those e-journals that permit free online access to all or at least a major part of their current issue and/or archives.
Sites providing online access to substantial data sets.
- SRTM 90m Digital Elevation Data (DEM download)
- Many applications display KML, including Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Maps for mobile, NASA WorldWind, ESRI ArcGIS Explorer, Adobe PhotoShop, AutoCAD, and Yahoo! Pipes.
- Global Mapping
- Global map thematic data sets will provide coverage of the whole land area on earth at 1 km resolution in a consistent manner. Composed of the following thematic layers elevation, vegetation, land-cover, land-use, transportation drainage systems, boundaries and population centers.
- Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
- Search for world wide spatial data, from the US FGDC.
- EarthExplorer (GLIS) / USGS
- Information about the Earth's land surfaces.
- International Data Base (IDB) / US Census Bureau
- Substantial database of national socio-economic profiles.
- WHOSIS: The WHO Statistical Information System / WHO
- Global health-related information.
- World Maps : Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
- Extensive range of online city plans, outline maps, and general political maps from around the world.
- World Maps : University of California Berkley Map Library
- Many sets of digital map sets of California and countries from around the world.
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Sites providing online access to particular data.
- GEO netNames Server / NIMA
- 3.3 Million names of non-US features (US Government).
- World Factbook / CIA
- Provides detailed country profiles, updated annually.
- New Zealand downloadable maps
- 1:25,000 scale downloadable maps of the Cook and Tokelau Islands, New Zealand.
Sites with extensive links or information.
- Oddens bookmarks / Roelof P. Oddens
- A subject index of thousands of map and cartography related sites.
- Geo Community / GeoComm International Corporation
- Offers full text searching on over 1000 geographic-specific web sites.
- Global Change Master Directory / NASA
- Data concerning Earth Sciences, Global Change and other environmental information.
- Government Statistical Offices, and Social Research Sites
- Links to wide range of links of national statistical sites world-wide.
- Servers With Oceanographic Information
- Extensive list of Internet locations.
- United Nations Home Page / UN
- Includes databases, publications, departments etc.
- World Bank Home Page / World Bank
- Includes reports on publications, current projects, press releases etc.
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Europe
- Ordnance Survey
- The national mapping agency of Great Britain. Get-a-map.
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- Trainspotting Bükkes
- Railways of Europe.
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Asia
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South East Asia
- Hong Kong: Survey and Mapping Office, Lands Department - Free Map Downloads
- The Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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Middle East Asia
Book of Curiosities - Islamic
In June 2002, the Bodleian Library acquired the unique complete manuscript of a hitherto unknown Arabic cosmographical treatise, the يKitāb Gharāib al-funūn wa-mulaḥ al-ʿuyūn, known as the Book of Curiosities.
Holy Land Maps
This project, based on the Eran Laor Cartographic Collection at the JNUL, contains over 1,000 maps dating from 1462 through the early 20th century.
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Map Blogs
The Map Room
A web blog about recent happenings in the map world.
Google Earth Blog
The latest news, updates, links and downloads concerning Google Earth.
The Antique Maps and Prints Blog
A public blog about antique maps & antique prints. Presenting news, views, announcements and discussions about the world of antique maps and antique prints. Everyone is welcome to add comments to the blog posts.
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Map Libraries
British Library
London, including their Map Collection.
Geography and Map Division / Library of Congress
The largest and most comprehensive cartographic collection in the world.
National Library of Australia
Canberra, Australia, including their Map Collection.
State Library of New South Wales
Sydney, including their Map Collection.
State Library of Victoria
Melbourne, including their Map Collection & 1st Melbourne Board of Works series.
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Historical Cartography
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- David Rumsey online map collection
- Over 10 000 high resolution images of historical maps from around the world.
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- Historic Cities
- Maps and other documents for historic cities.
- Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe
- Political maps of Europe for each centennial year from AD 1 to AD 1700.
- Review and Atlas of Palaeovegetation / J.M. Adams and H. Faure
- Preliminary land ecosystem maps of the world since the Last Glacial Maximum.
- History of Cartography Project / David Woodward
- Home page of the History of Cartography project.
- Map History : History of Cartography / Tony Campbell
- Aims to be the Internet gateway for the History of Cartography.
- MapHist Discussion Group
- Home page for the MapHist email discussion list.
- The Interactive Noli Map Website
- 1748 Map of Rome
- 1421 - The Year China Discovered the World
- Web site expanding the book by the same title by Robert Menzies.
The '1421' Myth Exposed -
Counter arguments to Robert Menzies theories.
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Some Cartographic, Geographic and Digital Tools
- Geographic tips and tools
- Conversions from Degrees, Minutes and Seconds to Decimal Degrees and back again for Australian Projections.
- MapInfo ProViewer - FREE DOWNLOAD
- Use MapInfo ProViewer to share MapInfo Professional® maps and analyses with clients and co-workers. ProViewer allows others to view and manipulate your creations - even if they do not have MapInfo Professional
- FreeGIS.org Project
- The FreeGIS Project provides current listings to free open source GIS supporting application and Geo-data
- Quantum GIS (QGIS) - FREE (Open Source) Availablefor most platforms
- Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows.
- GRASS - FREE (Open Source) Availablefor most platforms
- Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, commonly referred to as GRASS, is a Geographic Information System (GIS) combining raster, vector, and geospatial processing engines into a single integrated software suite.
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Dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms in GIS, cartography, and remote sensing
- By Philip Hoehn and Mary Larsgaard.
- Metadata for Digital Spatial Data / Jan Smits
- A collection of links to sites with relevant information.
- Preserving Access to Digital Information (PADI)
- Information on ensuring long-term access to digital information.
- Map Projections
- A site with hundreds of PDFs of different map projections in PDF Graphics, optimized for printing.
- Google Thematic Map Creator - FREE DOWNLOAD
- Google Map Creator is a freeware application designed to make thematic mapping using Google Maps simpler.
- The Google Maps - FREE (Conditional) DOWNLOAD
- The Google Maps API lets you embed Google Maps in your own web pages with JavaScript. The Maps API is a free beta service, available for any web site that is free to consumers.
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Societies and Associations
- Australian Map Circle (AMC)
- Institute of Australian Geographers
- Australian Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI)
- Mapping Sciences Institute Australia (MSI)
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- New Zealand Map Society
- Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives
- Map and Geography Round Table, American Library Association (MAGERT)
- International Federation of Library Associations
and Institutions (IFLA)
- International Map Trade Association (IMTA)
- Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML)
The International Map Collector's Society(IMCS)
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University of Melbourne
- Maps of the University of Melbourne Parkville
- Map of the University buildings.
Maps and Floorplans
of the University of Melbourne Parkville Libraries
- Maps of the University of Melbourne Campuses
- Maps of the University regional campuses.
- Cultural Collections
- The University of Melbourne owns 32 Cultural Collections. The origins of some lie in the earliest years of the University's establishment in the 1850s, while regular new acquisitions keep the collections dynamic and relevant.
- Cartographic services
- The School of Social and Environmental Enquiry offers high quality cartographic and drafting services for research projects, publications and teaching at very competitive rates.
- Map Room and Drafting Office
- Information about the map collection of the School of Earth Sciences.
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