The National Geographic web-link has multiple resources for all types of cartographic themes. It’s a good site to visit for examples of physical geography maps, regional geography maps, cultural geography maps, and current issues maps. Recent issues of the magazine are on-line, and they also have an on-line map store for area mapping.

The U.S.G.S. web-link is a good resource for digital data, and has maps for geological and natural sciences. Digital data is available for purchase, and the U.S.G.S. link also provides create-your-own-map interactivity.

The separate link to class e-mail geog590@yahoo.com is provided for homework assignments and project related notes.

Political Map Example-Time Zone Political Boundary

Here's an example of a type of political map. It shows how the states have agreed to deal with the shift of solar time zones across the U.S. according to region and state boundary. This map was designed specifically to be easy to read on a website. The map is simple and clear. The map portrays the time zone theme with easy to understand graphics, insets, and text. It is superior to many other web-maps in its use of symbolization to convey a simple theme. The circular symbols convey four major regional time divisions from the east coast to the west coast. This categorization summarizes continental solar motion by using dials on the four clock symbols.