http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/GEOG/maps.html en Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:27:30 -0400 kgoldbec@vt.edu kgoldbec@vt.edu http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/librarians/S_goldbeck-kiri-pic.jpg http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/GEOG/maps.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/C/country-profiles-and-mapping-information-system-from-fao.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/F/S_fao.jpg" alt="Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations" height="122px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/default.asp?lang=en" title="Country Profiles and Mapping Information System from FAO" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/default.asp?lang=en')" shape="rect">Country Profiles and Mapping Information System from FAO</a> </span></h2><p>Country Profiles and Mapping Information System provides country-level reports and statistical data in FAO "fields of expertise" (namely sustainable development, economic situation, agriculture/ forestry/ fishery sectors, technical cooperation) and "priority areas" (biodiversity, biosecurity, biotechnology, climate change, ecosystem management, emergency operations, ethics, food for cities, gender, global studies, information management, integrated production systems, organic farming, spatial information, sustainable livelihoods, trade agreements).</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/C/country-profiles-and-mapping-information-system-from-fao.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/C/country-profiles-and-mapping-information-system-from-fao.html Countries and cultures Reports, standards, and financials Freely accessible databases http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/N/national-map-from-the-usgs.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/N/S_nat-map.jpg" alt="National Map" height="126px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://nationalmap.gov/" title="National Map from the USGS" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://nationalmap.gov/')" shape="rect">National Map from the USGS</a> </span></h2><p><i>The National Map</i> includes orthoimagery (aerial photographs), elevation, geographic names, hydrography, boundaries, transportation, structures, and land cover. Other types of geographic information can be added within the viewer or brought in with <i>The National Map</i> data into a Geographic Information System to create specific types of maps or map views. The US Topo Maps module provides electronic access to topological maps previously received in print.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/N/national-map-from-the-usgs.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/N/national-map-from-the-usgs.html Multimedia Statistics and data sets Freely accessible databases http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/T/tiger-line-files-at-icpsr.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/I/S_icpsr.jpg" alt="ICPSR - InterUniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research" height="154px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /> </div><h2><span> <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/TIGER/index.html" title="TIGER/Line Files @ ICPSR" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/TIGER/index.html')" shape="rect">TIGER/Line Files @ ICPSR</a> </span></h2><p><i>TIGER/Line Files</i> provides data sets from the Census Bureau's TIGER (Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing) database. Data for individual states can be downloaded. <span class="majax-erm-advisory" title="e1000238"> </span></p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/T/tiger-line-files-at-icpsr.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/T/tiger-line-files-at-icpsr.html Statistics and data sets Restricted to Virginia Tech users