Maps & Geography Government Resources

Federal

CIA Maps http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/mapspub/208.shtml
Geographic Names Information System (gazetteers) http://geonames.usgs.gov/
Mapstats http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/
Maptech map server--topographic maps, nautical and aerial charts http://mapserver.maptech.com/homepage/index.cfm
National Atlas of the United States http://nationalatlas.gov/index.html
National Map (USGS) http://nationalmap.gov/
Online Soil Surveys http://soils.usda.gov/survey/online_surveys/
TerraServer-USA for topographic maps and orthophotoquads online http://www.terraserver.com/
TIGER/Line Shapefiles for U.S. census maps http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tgrshp2010/tgrshp2010.html
TopoZone for interactive online USGS topographic maps http://www.topozone.com/
U.S. Gazetteer (from Census Bureau) http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
USGS National Geologic Map Database http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/

Downloadable Digital Datasets from the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey http://www.uwex.edu/wgnhs/gis.htm
Soil Surveys online http://www.wi.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/soil/
Water Resources maps http://wi.water.usgs.gov/
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Maps http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Maps and Aerial Photos http://dnr.wi.gov/maps/
Wisconsin Land Cover Data http://dnr.wi.gov/maps/gis/datalandcover.html

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - http://www.noaa.gov
National Climatic Data Center - http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
- Local Climatological Data - http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/pdfs/lcd/lcd.html#LCD (NOTE: To access, you must have a Reference Librarian log you in at a computer in the library). View a list of publications and the access policy at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
National Weather Service - http://www.nws.noaa.gov
The Weather Channel - http://www.weather.com/
- Green Bay Weather - http://www.weather.com/weather/local/USWI0288 from the Weather Channel

Wisconsin weather conditions from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/weather.htm

World Weather Information Service http://www.worldweather.org/ (World Meteorological Organization)