Geography 170 is an introductory course in maps and mapping, geared

toward map users with little background in map reading. Maps help us

gain a better understanding of the world around us, and can be used to

both interpret and misinterpret our surroundings. If a picture is

worth a thousand words, a successfully constructed map can be worth many

thousands of words. We are surrounded by maps--using them for

directions, learning, and art. We usually take for granted the

complexities of maps; we often glance at them but gloss over their

elements and their implications. This course will attempt to take maps

apart, examine the elements that compose maps (projection, scale,

abstraction, symbolism), discuss the various ways that maps convey and

distort information, and explore their ramifications. This course

should aid you in gaining a greater awareness and appreciation of maps,

and a greater ability to use them for your own purposes--no matter what

your major.
 
 
 

GRADES
 
 
 

*You need to attend all the lectures. Readings are not a substitute for lectures. Materials presented in lecture are not necessarily in the textbook, and copying notes of another classmate will not help you grasp the visually oriented map material. You will be responsible for lecture material when it comes to exam time.

*You need to do all the readings. Lectures are not a substitute for readings. Due to time constraints, not every aspect of the readings will be covered in the lectures. You will be responsible for text material not only at exam time, but during the lecture period following the assigned reading.

*Each student will be required to do a 5-minute map presentation at the start of one class. The map should be interesting, introduce an aspect of mapping (such as "maps that lie"), and preferably have some relation to the class theme.

The map should either be large enough for everyone to see, or if it is too small bring 32 copies of the map to pass around (the map should thus reproduce without needing color, on a good copy machine).

*It will also help your grade to participate in class discussion, to answer questions, and to be helpful to your fellow students in any joint exercises.

*The point distribution and assignment schedule are: Exams 30% each x 2 = 60%, Exercises 7% each x 5 = 35%, Class participation/map presentations = 5% There will be a midterm and a final, each covering two halves of the course. They will be composed of short-answer and essay questions, with maps and diagrams.

*Using the class list will also be noticed when your discussion grade is determined. Copy and paste articles or URLs you find that pertain to course themes, or direct questions to the rest of the class. Simply send the message to:

zg-170@lists.students.wisc.edu

*Exercises lose 10% of their grade each day (i.e., a 10 point assignment that is one day late that received a grade of 9 would become 8). I or another department reader will grade your assignment; the grade cannot be changed, but if you have problems with the grade, your case may be taken into account in determining a final grade.

*If you cannot attend a class, please discuss any extenuating circumstances with me, preferably more than a day in advance. Try to let me know about emergencies via e-mail, so there is a record that you tried to reach me (I may not get a phone message).
 
 
 

BOOKS

Required !

Map Use: Reading, Analysis and Interpretation by Phillip C. Muehrcke

and Juliana O. Muehrcke

(paperback 4th edition, January 1998, ISBN 0960297847).

There will also be additional required readings or maps left on reserve

in the Geography Library (2nd floor) and the Map Library (3rd floor).

I will mention these in class, and/or post them on the class e-mail

list. You are responsible for all assignments and class changes

posted on the list (read your e-mail every day).
 

Recommended for purchase

(Books that will help you in this class and future classes):

How to Lie With Maps by Mark Monmonier and H.J. DeBlij (paperback 2nd

edition, April 1996, ISBN 0226534219).

Wisconsin Atlas and Gazetteer. Freeport, ME: DeLorme Mapping

(bookstore/outdoor sports stores) www.delorme.com

Goode?s World Atlas. Skokie, Ill.: Rand McNally (at any bookstore)

Cultural Map of Wisconsin: a cartographic portrait of the state.

Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996.
 

In library

Wisconsin's Past and Present: A Historical Atlas by the Wisconsin Cartographers' Guild (University of Wisconsin Press, 1998). See Geography Library and other libraries. Some map samples are on-line at http://www.wisconsin.com/wibook
 

History of Cartography series, J.B. Harley and David Woodward, eds. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Volume 1: Cartography in Prehistoric, Ancient, and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean (1987).

Volume 2.1: Cartography in the Traditional Islamic and South Asian Societies (1992).

Volume 2.2: Cartography in the Traditional East and Southeast Asian Societies (1994).

Volume 2.3: Cartography in the Traditional African, American, Arctic, Australian, and Pacific Societies (1998).

WEB SITES (in addition to Muehrcke Ch. 10):

U.W.-Madison Geography Department resources- http://www.geography.wisc.edu

(see WI State Cartographer-http://www.geography.wisc.edu/sco

and resources-http://www.geography.wisc.edu/resources)

Altavista search engine http://www.altavista.com (click on images to find maps)

WWW Mapping Sites/Metadata http://www.blm.gov/gis/nsdi.html

Government mapping sites http://www.lib.duke.edu/pdmt/maps/govt.htm

Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/geo/www/index.html

Virtual Map Library http://www.simmons.edu/~mickunas/giswww.html

Geographic Names Information System (U.S.) http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/index.html

Global MapLink http://www.gwdg.de/~yxu1/maps.html

MapQuest http://www.mapquest.com (make your own map)

TIGER map server http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse-tbl

International Map Trade Association http://www.maptrade.org/maptrade

ESRI GIS and Mapping Software http://www.esri.com (ArcData maps and GIS Virtual Campus)
 
 
 

THEMES/READINGS

Date (Day) Subject/activity Required reading before class

*--Map presentations
 
 
 

SEPT. 2 (Thurs.) Course logistics
 
 
 

SEPT. 7 (Tues.) Language of maps/Mental maps Muehrcke Intro. , Ch. 1

SEPT. 9 (Thurs.)* Elements of the map/scale Muehrcke Ch. 2, Appendix A
 
 
 

SEPT. 14 (Tues.) Map library tour/ Exercise 1 (Map Library, Room 310; bring ruler and calculator)
 
 
 

SEPT. 16 (Thurs.)* Map abstraction Muehrcke Ch. 3, Monmonier Ch. 3
 
 
 

SEPT. 21 (Tues.) History of Cartography Study Harley/Woodward, Cultural Map
 
 
 

SEPT. 23 (Thurs.) Projections Muehrcke Appendix C, Monmonier pp. 96-98
 
 
 

SEPT. 28 (Tues.)* Topographical maps Muehrcke Ch. 5, plus pp. 361-64
 
 
 

SEPT. 30 (Thurs.) Exercise 2: Topographical maps (Map Library, Room 310; bring ruler and calculator)
 
 
 

OCT. 5 (Tues.)* Photomaps/Remote Sensing Muehrcke Ch. 4, 24, Appendix B
 
 
 

OCT. 7 (Thurs.)* Direction and distance Muehrcke Ch. 12-13
 
 
 

OCT. 12 (Tues.)* Locational Reference Systems Muehrcke Ch. 11
 
 
 

OCT. 14 (Thurs.)* Public land survey Muehrcke Ch. 11 (pp. 232-242)
 
 
 

OCT. 19 (Tues.) Exercise 3: Coordinates/grids (Map Library, Room 310; bring ruler and calculator)
 
 
 

OCT. 21 (Thurs.)* Global Positioning System (GPS)/ exam review

Muehrcke Ch. 15, study DeLorme
 
 
 

OCT. 26 (Tues.) MIDTERM In class
 
 
 

OCT. 28 (Thurs.)* Statistical maps Muehrcke Ch. 7; Monmonier Ch. 10

NOV. 2 (Tues.)* World political maps & changes Muehrcke Ch. 25; Nat'l

Geographic maps (80s/90s)

NOV. 4 (Thurs.)* Maps in the News/controversies Monmonier Ch. 7-8
 
 
 

NOV. 9 (Tues.)* Historical map research/atlases Visit State Historical

Society Archives
 
 
 

NOV. 11 (Thurs.) Wisconsin historical atlas Study three Wisconsin

Cartographers? Guild spreads
 
 
 

NOV. 16 (Tues.)* Interpreting human environment Muehrcke Ch. 22
 
 
 

NOV. 18(Thurs.) Exercise 4: Human environment (Map Library, Room 310;

bring ruler and calculator)

NOV. 23 (Tues.) Making a map on the computer (College Library New Media Center)
 
 
 

NOV. 25 (Thurs.) Thanksgiving (No class)
 
 
 

NOV. 30 (Tues.)* Interpreting physical landscape Muehrcke Ch. 21, 23
 
 
 

DEC. 2 (Thurs.) Exercise 5: Physical environment(Map Library, Room 310; bring ruler and calculator)
 
 
 

DEC. 7 (Tues.) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Muehrcke Ch. 19
 
 
 

DEC. 9 (Thurs.)* Future of mapping / Internet maps Muehrcke Ch. 9, 10
 
 
 

DEC. 14 (Tues.) Review/wrap-up Bring questions
 
 
 

DEC. 21 (Tues. ) FINAL 7:25 pm Room to be announced
 

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M A P S    O N    T H E    W E B

A Class Project of Geography 170
("Map Reading and Interpretation"),
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
December 15, 1999

Zoltan Grossman, Lecturer

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The students first searched for two general maps on the Web, and
explained why they found them interesting or useful. They started
the searches at two sites: links on the Geography 170 syllabus at
http://feature.geography.wisc.edu (click "Classes")
and the Altavista graphics search engine at
http://dir.altavista.com/Reference/Maps.shtml

The students then searched for a historical map on the
University of Texas Library's Perry-Castaneda Map Collection at
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html
(This is a great site for all CIA maps and many historical maps.)

Finally, the students searched for a "lousy or useless"
map, explained how they found it, and why they felt it
was lousy or useless.  Opinions are those of the
students who found the maps...

The students are Bina Ahmad, Andrea Axel, Christopher Bongers,
Andrew Bronstein, Ellen Brown, Dan Cohen, Jesse Cohen,
Brad Dobie, Jay Driskell, Meg Egan, Ivan Hannibal,
Jim Jodie, Francine Keyes, Emily Koelbl, Kathy Kunz,
Ally Leibner, Andrew Mayer, Jill Patrick, Dan Ruoho,
Robert Schell, John Schoenecker, Boo-Yong Christine Shin,
Jonathan Stevens, Kevin Tucker, and Josh Vogel.

The maps are listed in no particular order within these categories:
 *U.S. General Maps
 *World General Maps
 *U.S. Historical Maps
 *World Historical Maps
 *Lousy or Useless Maps

Right now, the addresses are not links, but you can copy and paste the URLs into the web address line of your browser.  They will be made into links as soon as our Graduate Student Coordinator surfaces from the deluge of admissions mail.  Thanks.

Zoltan Grossman
zoltan@geography.wisc.edu

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U.S. GENERAL MAPS

USGS Topographic Map of Chicago Loop
http://www.uic.edu/depts/ahaa/imagebase/pbhales/usgs1.gif
This is an older map, which still shows the old military reservation near
Belmont Harbor and the downtown Chicago Campus of the University of
Illinois -- when it was still located on Navy Pier.

Weatherford, Texas
http://www.rustbelt.com/lawton.pdf (Adobe Acrobat)
The town has an intriguing shape - you can tell that the town has expanded
in the NE along the railroad track.  Given the location of the center of
the city (away from the tracks), it seems as if Weatherford did not start
as a railroad town, but the railroad affected the shape of the city later.

1999 Metropolitan Areas of the United States and Puerto Rico
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/mapGallery/msa98map.html
I find it interesting to see the comparison between actual city limits
versus metropolitan areas.   The map shows the great difference
between cities in the eastern and western parts of the US.

Current Seattle/Tacoma Traffic Map
http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/traffic?from=index&event=get_traffic&link=traffic-result&traffic_city=sea:gcd:Seattle:WA:476064:-1223308&uid=u3h80cydm7x8s2ai:aldfta1ub
The original map shows the entire I-5 corridor from Olympia (State Capital),
to Seattle, where most people in the area are employed.

Tiger Map Server Browser  (Washington D.C.)
http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapsurfer
You can zoom in and out and manipulate other variables in this map.

Aerial Photograph of San Francisco Bay
http://badger.parl.com/
The photo shows the complexities of the Bay landscape

Map of the racetrack of the Detroit Grand Prix.
http://detroit.freenet.org/grandprix/1996/img/map.gif
I was playing a race-track board game last night and wanted to see
how an actual track (that I've been to) compares to the ones they have in
the game. My conclusion - the game is pretty close to a real racetrack
layout. Belle Isle is an island in the Detroit River.

New York City 1990 Irish First Ancestry
http://130.166.124.2/atlas.nyc/NY32.GIF
It show the concentration of Irish-Americans in different areas of NYC.

Plain Community Directory
http://216.25.15.206/AMISH/WI/nfWIindex.html
Map of Amish settlements in Wisconsin.

Surf Your Watershed in Wisconsin
http://www.epa.gov/surf3/states/WI/
Gives instantaneous water quality assessment as mouse is dragged over
state map

Aerial Photographs of the U.S. and world
http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com
The air photos have most of Wisconsin covered.

Geologic tour of the Baraboo Ranges and Devil's Lake Gorge
http://mthwww.uwc.edu/wwwmahes/courses/geog/baraboo/baraboo.htm
Many different maps available to compare against each other, along with
a great deal
of photographs and interesting information.

USA-WI, Lake Winnebago Area satellite photos
http://earthrise.earthkam.ucsd.edu/cgi-bin/er/quick?r=61610&2075
Also: http://www.alphacdc.com/treaty/wolf_r_photo.html
Very distinct outlines of Lake Winnebago & Green Bay without cloud cover.

Wisconsin Gaming Directory
http://www.wisconsingaming.com/free.html
It shows all the casinos in Wisconsin in their general location.

Sparta, Wisconsin
http://mapblast.com/mblast/map.mb?AD3=Sparta,%20WI&CMD=GEO&loc=us
This Mapblast map is particularly interesting to me because it's a map
of my
hometown; the only things labeled on this map are the golf course and St.
Mary's Hospital. That kinda made me laugh.

Land in farms as a percentage of land area, 1992
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/ag064.pdf
Since southwestern Wisconsin has a lot of farmland, I was interested
to see how our uses of land for agriculture compared with other states.

Dane County map
http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse?lat=43.0668&lon=-89.4183&wid=.3&ht=.3&mlat=43.0668&mlon=-89.4183&msym=redpin&mlabel=Dane+County,+WI
I think this map is useful because it shows the major highways and
expressways in the area.  The only bad thing about this is that the map
doesn't identify the highways.

City of Madison Neighborhood Sectors
http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/planning/neighbor/sectors.htm
This map shows, and has links to each neighborhood sector in Madison, and
each sector has its own link so one can check on neighborhood
statistics, or
see a more detailed map.

My home town: Woodbury, NY
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=60+orchard+drive&csz=Woodbury+ny+11797&Get%A0Map=Get+Map
This map is useful for a person navigating through the area in a car.

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WORLD GENERAL MAPS

Outline Maps
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/ssmaps
Base maps of the world and all world regions--ready to print.

World Time Zone Map
http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-world.htm
The map not only shows the time zones, but adds the current local times
all over the world. This will be a good way to track Y2K on December 31.

The Hunger Site
http://www.thehungersite.com
This is a UN site that dramatizes death from hunger by dimming
a country on a world map every 3.6 seconds. You can click a button
and somewhere in the world a hungry person gets a meal to eat,
at no cost to you.  The food is paid for by corporate sponsors
(who gain advertising in the process). All you do is go to the site and
click; but you're only allowed only one click per day.

South Korea
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/middle_east_and_asia/S_Korea_rel_95.jpg
CIA map shows major railroad and expressways.

ABC Maps of Italy
http://www.theodora.com/maps/new/italy_maps.html
When I clicked on the map, it opened up a page with interesting facts
about Italy.

Global Earthquake Report
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/quakes/quakes.html
The site allows one to pinpoint where earthquakes hit around the world.

Muslim Distribution (Sunni and Shi'a)
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/world_maps/Muslim_Distribution.jpg
CIA map shows the entire Muslim world and shows its extent into regions
in Asia
not widely known to be Muslim regions (northwest China - Eastern
Turkestan, for example)

World Population in the Twentieth Century
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20c-pop1.htm
Current information about world population

Kashmir region
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/middle_east_and_asia/Kashmir_region.jpg
CIA map of Kashmir --a historically controversial region in the context of
Pakistani-Indian relations.

Berlin, Germany
http://www.entry.de/index.php3?bula=5&lang=1&city=0&nogif=0
This map is interesting because I am able to click and see the location
of my
grandparents in relation to Berlin.

Searchable Road Map of Hungary
http://lazarus.elte.hu/moterkep/mb.htm
On this experimental map, you can click to enlarge
any area of Hungary, move in any direction to see adjacent
map areas, and search a huge list of towns to locate on the map.

Clickable Australian Map
http://www.firstchannel.com/australia/ozmap.htm
My parents and sister used to live in Melbourne, so I have seen slides and
heard stories about Australia but have never been there.  It is neat to
compare the sites "touristy" descriptions compared to someone's who has
lived there.

Space photo of Lake Hindmarsh (Victoria, Australia)
http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/lores.cgi?PHOTO=STS062-106-042
I just love pictures from space and using NASA as a search engine.

Aeronautical chart of area of Sydney, Australia
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/australia/Sydney_onc87.jpg
I am going to Australia for second semester next year and this map would
help me get a general idea of the area if I were to go outbacking.

Map of Mexico
http://www.travelsmarter.com/mapmex.htm
The reason I find this map interesting is because someday I want to travel
all around Mexico, and this map points out the major cities.

Maps of India
http://www.mapsofindia.com/
I am taking a course on the arts of India so I find this map
collection very interesting for that reason.

Atlas of the World
http://cliffie.nosc.mil/~NATLAS/index.html
CIA maps of all countries in the world.  I was able to find Slovenia;
my grandfather is a native of Slovenia, so I take a deep interest in it.

Addis Ababa, Capital of Ethiopia
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Map_Satellite/Addis_Ababa_19465.gif
I have never seen a map of a modern African city.

Israel: Today and Tomorrow
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/middle_east_and_asia/Israel.GIF
CIA map clearly shows international political boundaries.

Palestine and Vicinity
http://www.pna.net/facts/maps/palestine1967-w600.gif
Palestinian maps are interesting because they shed light upon the social
conflicts relating to the physical layout of the land.

Ethnic makeup of Nepal.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/middle_east_and_asia/Nepal_Ethnic_80.jpg
CIA map clearly shows the interesting ethnic and religious makeup of Nepal.

The Languages of the Caucasus
http://www.ichkeria.org/english/maps/language_map.html
This is a website supporting Chechnya.  The National
Geographic map shows the many language groups in the region,
and the numbers of spekaers of each small language.

Antarctica: Region in dispute
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/islands_oceans_poles/Antartic_Region_pol98.jpg
CIA map shows which areas are claimed by which countries.

NW Baffin Bay, Arctic Canada :  A Time-lapse Movie of RADARSAT Images
http://cires.colorado.edu/people/steffen.group/las-slow.html
Animation of area where permanent polar ice, seasonal ice, and sea ice
meet in Canada.
(Cannot access other map of fog and sea ice in Canada.)

Timor from Above
http://www.etan.org/timor/et-nasa.htm
This is an aerial photo of Timor with the boundary between East and West
Timor drawn in in red by a computer.  It makes a big political statement.

New Zealand Geographical Map
http://www.firstchannel.com/newzealand/nzmap.htm
This map show the different names given to the regions of New Zealand; this
is a place where I'd like to someday visit, perhaps live there.

Luciani Explosive Plant Milan Blagojev, Serbia (Post-strike 1999)
http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/990428-O-9999K-007.jpg
Also: http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/990428-O-9999K-006.jpg
This air photo shows the actual results of a U.S. military bombing operation.

Madagascar
http://www.anthrotech.com/madagascar/images/maps/madagascar.gif
I have always wanted to visit Madagascar, long noted for its atypical
bird population, for a couple of months to get away from the world and
see wildlife that doesn't survive on hand-delivered bird seed.

Johnston Atoll--U.S. Territory/Protectorate
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/islands_oceans_poles/Johnston_Island_90.jpg
Basically an island only long enough for an airstrip, Johnston Atoll is the
site of the U.S. chemical weapons destruction facility (and literally
nothing more).  An old college acquaintance works there now, properly
disposing of Sarin gas and other fun substances.  He insists that,
though it
is in the middle of the Pacific, it is among the most boring places on
this earth.

Warsaw Metro
http://www.reed.edu/~reyn/Warsaw.JPG
I was in Warsaw for less than a day.  I probably saw more of the Metro
than I did anything else other than rain.  There are more exciting parts of
Poland--like Krakow.

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U.S. HISTORICAL MAPS

American Indians in the U.S., 1905
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/historical/shepherd/Indians_States_Shepherd.jpg
The map shows where all Indian lands were in 1905.

Mississippi, 1895
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/1895/ms_1895.jpg
It is interesting to see how the development of towns and cities in the
Delta follow the development of the railroad lines.

Woodland/Algonquian Tribes before 1500
http://indy4.fdl.cc.mn.us/~isk/maps/images/algonmap.gif
I wonder just how accurate this map is, if the territory is as large as is
should be.  It relates to the "Pristine Myth" theory about how much land was
used by Native Americans and how much was untouched.

New York City in 1917
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/historical/New_York_City_1917.jpg
I found this map interesting because I'm from Manhattan and it shows how
less populated NYC was in 1917.

Wisconsin (1895) Color Landform Atlas
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/1895/wi_1895.jpg
The map is very eye-catching.

Territorial Growth of the United States
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/united_states/US_Terr_1775.jpg
This map shows the original thirteen colonies along with what was owned by
the Hudson Bay Company, Indians, and the Spanish.

Wright Brothers National Memorial (Kittyhawk, NC)
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/National_parks/Wrig95.jpg
This map has an interesting view of the area and shows you where each of the
Wright Bros.' famous flights took place.

Exploration and Settlement 1820-1835
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/united_states/Exploration_1820.jpg
Includes what is modern-day southern Wisconsin. Is that an island of
settlement in the
Madison area?

U.S. Land Acquisition and Statehood Map
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/united_states/territory.jpg
The map shows how the US got their land and when that land became states.

Detail Map of Yellowstone Park showing Automobile Roads & Points of Interest
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/historical/Yellowstone_1917.jpg
This 1917 historical map of Yellowstone was interesting to me because
the labeled
names of place, rivers, roads, etc. are difficult to pinpoint; the map isn't
too easy to use (at least it wouldn't be for me).

Allegheny City, 1890
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/maps/90v02ind.html
I like a rock group called Don Caballero that used to be from Pittsburgh.
They have photographs of a bunch of different smokestacks on the cover of
their second record.

Cowpens National Battlefield
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/National_parks/Cowp_batt95.jpg
A series of three maps showing how the battle took place, and the routes
the armies took.

Early Indian Tribes, Culture Areas, and Linguistic Stocks--Western U.S.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/united_states/Early_Indian_West.jpg
This map shows the area occupied by various Native American tribes
without showing state boundaries.

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WORLD HISTORICAL MAPS

List of airfields in North and South Korea during the Korean War
http://www.koreanwar.org/html/images/maps/korean_airfields_2.gif
Although I might not find this map particularly helpful, it is interesting
to find out that all different kinds of maps are made to provide various
information especially during wars.

Russian Empire 1820
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/historical/Russian_Empire_1820.jpg
It was interesting to see the extent of the Russian Empire in 1820.

Levant Site Map
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/INFO/MAP/SITE/Levant_Site_150dpi.html
I find this interesting because it uses the modern day names for all the
places, but does not have any borders shown.

Dumping the Colonies
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/3d-world.htm
A nice graphic representation of new nations formed between 1946-75

Europe during the 15th century.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/historical/Europe_15th_Colbeck.jpg
The map shows the shipping routes of England and Denmark in the 1400s.

The Maps of Europe
http://ns.itc-cluj.ro/Euromaps.htm
This Romanian website lets you view maps of Europe from several
different periods in history,
and it's interesting to see how Europe has changed over the years.

Spanish Kingdoms of 1030 A.D.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/historical/spanish_kingdoms_1030.jpg
I find this map interesting because every major city such as Seville and
Barcelona are on this map except for Madrid.

Hispania, 1849
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/historical/Ancient_hispania_1849.jpg
Porque hispania es la hostia.

Historical Maps of Australia and the Pacific
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/historical/history_austral_pacific.html
Shows the progress of discovery of Australia and Oceania.

The Eastern Half of the Mediterranean Sea during the two centuries
preceding the birth of Christ
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/historical/MediterraneanSea_B.C._1884.jpg
I think the map is interesting because it is such an old map, and it was published
in 1884, at a time when even the current maps weren't close to what they
are today.

Tyre (Lebanon), 1912
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/historical/Tyre_1912.jpg
A nice map graphically, but offers no modern use whatsoever.

Hercules and Corona Borealis
http://www.philaprintshop.com/images/jamviii.jpg
This map depicts a portion of the sky with its constellations
and elaborate pictures to coincide with the stars.

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LOUSY OR USELESS MAPS

Australia, 1860
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/islands_oceans_poles/Australia_1860.jpg
This map lies because it only depicts populations on the coasts, where
European settled, ignoring aboriginal populations in the interior.

Northfield, Massachusetts
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=&csz=northfield%2Cma&Get%A0Map=Get+Map
Found it by clicking maps in yahoo home page
The map does not include any other information such as major buildings
or small
streets. It only shows major roads and natural environment.

My Mother's House
http://home.digitalcity.com/chicago/maps/map.dci?action=map&addr=5348+S.+Christiana&city=Chicago&state=IL&zip=60632
I went to digitalcity.com, entered my mother's address to generate a map
of her place. The map generated only includes street names and leaves
off several
large landscape features, such as the railyard near her house, or the factories
that line the expressway.  These features would be invaluable to navigation.

Salt Lake City, 1920
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/historical/Salt_Lake_City_1920.jpg
It is a historical map.  It doesn't say anywhere on the map what time
period it is from.
It shows no geography such as the hills surrounding the city.

Mercator Projection
http://www.3datlas.com/download/maps/map_mercator.html
I used the search engine www.mamma.com and performed a search for "poor
quality maps" and this mercator projection was one of the options.
The Mercator projection distorts the nonequatorial continents, especially
the size of Antarctica.

Chicago Great Fire, 1871
http://www.chipublib.org/images/firemap.gif
When looking at the title I thought it was going to be quite an interesting
map but when it came up it was rather dull and hard to read.  It might
be a
better map when viewed in person but it is a poor map for viewing online.

City of Flint
http://www.kettering.edu/%7Eevan8270/FLINTpage.html
 I found it by searching for "bad map" on yahoo.com
The map is very sketchy and the author of the page was bold enough to
say on
his page that this map was really bad.

Census map of Boston
http://130.166.124.2/boston/bos17.GIF
I was browsing through Netscape and typed in "bad maps".
In the areas of higher population it is difficult to tell the different
sizes of the circles representing the number of people.

Route from my house to the Dane County Airport
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/ddResults.py?Pyt=Tmap&doit=1&newname=&newdesc=&newaddr=114+E.+Johnson+St.&newcsz=Madison%2C+WI+53703&newtaddr=MSN&newtcsz=Madison%2C+WI&Get%A0Directions=Get+Directions
I found this when i needed to go to the airport on the fastest possible
route. This is a bad route, it is much faster to avoid East Washington entirely.

Israel's occupation of the Golan Heights
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/middle_east_and_asia/Golan_92.jpg
Infoseek search engine, typed in: bad maps
This CIA map shows the Golan Heights as being part of Syria, when in essence
the region is still a part of Israel. The coloring is incorrect; this
map was
created to persuade, not to inform.

Jakarta City Map
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/world_cities/Jakarta.jpg
This map shows an extremely simple city, while it is one of the most
populated in the world.

Map of the U.S.
http://www.theodora.com/maps/united_states_map.html
I typed "maps" into the Lycos search engine.  It brings you to a great
site with
good maps from all over the world, but this particular map is really bad.
It is vague.  It has 5 cities marked out, but it doesn't delineate the
states at all.

Map of Sweden
http://www.sunet.se/map/sweden-outdated.html
I searched "maps" on the hotbot search engine.
The map is listed as "out of date" and "information" is misspelled in the
map as informationation.

Antarctica
http://travel.yahoo.com/Destinations/Antarctica//map.html
I was looking under Yahoo travel. There is lots of text info on
Antarctica and its history, etc., etc. Basically there
is all the info you might find in a decent encyclopedia. But the only map
is this one - which is very simple and not too interesting. There is no
scale marked, no areas named, no compass directions or indications of the
bodies of water and their names or the nearby parts of other continents.
Also we don't know what the two colors mean. If someone was really
considering traveling to Antarctica I'm sure they would like to see
some some more detailed maps which are easy to find.

Map of State of Wisconsin by Cool Fire Technology
http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/GEOGRAPHY/Wisconsin.html
Searching for a bad map was difficult. It was in the Univ. of Texas Collection
Looks cluttered; colors and fonts not pleasing to the eye

Digital City
http://www.digitalcity.com
I put in my home address and it supposedly generated a map.
The angle at which my street intersects another street was totally wrong,
and it would be really misleading if you were using it for navigational
purposes.

State Topography Image:  Wisconsin
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/seg/topo/state2.pl
I typed "bad maps" into yahoo and found a link for a NOAA data and
information services site and took it from there.
It's difficult to tell the terrain by looking at the map, plus there's a
color bar and the map doesn't have any of those colors in it.

Telecom subscribers from around the globe.
http://urban.nyu.edu/images/subscribers.gif
I did a Netscape search and typed in "map" and "misleading."  Then it gave
me a few sites and this one seemed to stick out. The map doesn't
distribute the
number of people proportionally, it is very misleading.

Early Indian Tribes, Culture Areas, and Linguistic Stocks - Eastern U.S
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/united_states/Early_Indian_East.jpg
I looked under "Historical maps" on the UT site.  This map is of Early Indian
(Native American) tribes; the reason why I chose this is because I feel
it would have
been rather helpful to have the state boundaries outlined to see exactly
where these
tribes settled.

Aeronautical chart of Austin, Texas
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/texas/austin_aero.jpg
I came across it while doing the historical portion and realized how
poor it
is.  The map is quite incorrect in the fact that Robert Mueller Int'l
Airport is
no longer in service.  The TACAN service area around Bergstrom AFB is also
no longer active.  Bergstrom AFB was closed due to military cutbacks.  It
has been converted to the civilian airport, renamed Austin Bergstrom Int'l
Airport.  This replaced Mueller Int'l Airport.  Furthermore, all of the
approaches from Mueller are no longer valid, and none of the approaches for
Bergstrom are on the map because it used to be military-only.  Finally,
Austin is at a loss for small craft landings because Bergstrom is Class C
airspace and charges landing fees (Mueller did not)...hence smaller private
planes have no place to land near Austin.  The initial plan was to convert
Mueller to an airport for small and business-class craft, but it is now
scheduled to become a large shopping mall.  So, if you flew full IFR
conditions under this map and landed geographically due to your GPS
reading--*you would end up touching down in the middle of J.C. Penney.*

Electric Russian railroads
http://pavel.physics.sunysb.edu/RR/rrmaps/electric.jpg
I found a map site with links to rails through the Univ. of Texas site.
There doesn't appear to be a scale; but it looks nice.

Town USA--City and County Maps
http://www.town-usa.com/searchengines/search3.html
I did a search on webcrawler.
The maps just show colored shapes of counties with no
topography or cities--quite bland.

U.W.-Whitewater
http://www.uww.edu/mapserve1.6b1/virtour/bigmap.html
I did a search on Snap.com for "UWW map" , and it gave me
a link to the map of UWW (apparently on the UWW server). Although
one can click on each of the four quadrants to get a more in-depth map,
this "in-depth" map doesn't have all the street names (though it has some).

Birthplaces of Russian and Scandinavian Mathematicians
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/BirthplaceMaps/Places/Russia.html
Why would anyone want a map of the birthplaces of Russian and
Scandinavian mathematicians?