Cartography/Mapping/GIS
FOR DATABASES, COURSES & SIMULATIONS SEE THE
GEOSCIENCE CENTER
GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES, GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES, ETC.
(What is my longitude & latitude?)
GIS (GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM) TOOLS
DEGREES <> DECIMAL
MAP SCALE
INTERACTIVE MAPS & MAPPING TOOLS
GAZZA'S INTERACTIVE MAPS: WHERE ARE WE? - G. Nicholson,
WhereAreWe?, i Mapping Ltd., New Zealand
VERY VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see
Gary Nicholson's Old Home Page;
WhereAreWe? or
i Mapping Ltd.
Some examples of interactive maps include
DESIGN YOUR OWN MAP (MAP MAKER) - Developed by: Tony Steinke, Charles Sturt University, Autralia
VERY EXTENSIVE. "Map Maker has been developed as an integrated Web interface to
the GMT 3.0 (Generic Mapping Tools) package and a geographic database. GMT is a
freely available software package developed by Paul Wessel and Walter Smith."
For more information see
"Life" - The Johnstone Centre for Parks, Recreation and Heritage and the School of
Environmental and Information Science, Charles Sturt University
GMT-3: THE GENERIC MAPPING TOOLS - Developed and Maintained by: P. Wessel & W.H.F. Smith,
Department of Geology and Geophysics, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST),
University of Hawai'i at Manoa VERY EXTENSIVE & VERY FAST.
"GMT is a free, public-domain collection of ~50 UNIX tools that allow users
to manipulate (x,y) and (x,y,z) data sets (including filtering, trend fitting,
gridding, projecting, etc.) and produce Encapsulated PostScript File (EPS)
illustrations ranging...."
For more information see
Pål (Paul) Wessel's Home Page
INTERACTIVE MAPPING & ANALYSIS (JAVA APPLET) - Institute for the Study
of the Continents (INSTOC), Cornell University
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
"...Using this applet you can make your own maps in any region on earth and
display available data sets, identify features, and download maps..."
For more information see
Cornell University's Geoscience Information System or the
Department of Geological Sciences
ONLINE MAP CREATION - M. Weinelt, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Germany)
VERY EXTENSIVE & VERY FAST.
"You may create maps interactively at this site. Fill out the form, submit
your entries and a page with the desired map will be returned to
your browser. The maps are actually created by the "Generic Mapping Tools" (GMT)."
Distance & Location
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS, COORDINATE CONVERSION ETC. WORLD WIDE
CALCULATOR FOR DISTANCES BETWEEN GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS - L. Bogan, Department of Physics,
Arcadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada
VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see
Larry Bogan's Home Page
DISTANCE AND AZIMUTHS BETWEEN 2 SETS OF COORDINATES CALCULATOR - D. Bickel, Audio Services Division,
Mass Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
VERY EXTENSIVE.
"This program will calculate the distance and azimuth (referenced to True North)
between two sets of coordinates on the earth. "
Choose Method of Calculating Distance: "Distance per Sections 73.208 (FM)
and 73.611 (TV)" or 'Distance per the Great Circle Method (AM)".
For more information see
Radio Tools or the
Audio Services Division
GAZZA'S INTERSECTIONS CALCULATOR FOR GREAT CIRCLE ROUTES - G. Nicholson, WhereAreWe?, i Mapping Ltd., New Zealand
VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see
Calculators;
Gary Nicholson's Old Home Page;
WhereAreWe? or
i Mapping Ltd.
GAZZA'S INTERACTIVE MAPS: WHERE ARE WE? - G. Nicholson, WhereAreWe?, i Mapping Ltd., New Zealand
VERY VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see
Gary Nicholson's Old Home Page;
WhereAreWe? or
i Mapping Ltd.
Some examples of interactive maps include
GSD ONLINE APPLICATION: CALCULATORS - Geodetic Survey Division, Canada Center
for Surveying
Includes: "Geodetic Survey Routine, UTM/TM to/from Geographic coordinate conversion;
Geodetic Direct and Inverse Computation; etc..."
For more information see
Geodetic Survey Division, Canada Center for Surveying
GREAT CIRCLE DISTANCE CALCULATOR - Wirral, U.K.
For more information see the
Amateur Radio and Audio Calculators;
Amateur Radio on the Wirral or the
John's Home Page
GREAT CIRCLE CALCULATOR - E. Williams
VERY EXTENSIVE. "Compute true course and distance between points."
For more information see
Ed Williams Airport Page
GREAT CIRCLE DISTANCES (JAVA APPLET) - P. Kirby
VERY EXTENSIVE.
For more information see
Vector Land or
Paul Kirby's Home Page
HOW FAR IS IT? - Darrel Kindred "This service uses the University of
Michigan Geographic Name Server to find the latitude and longitude of
two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow
flies). It also provides a map showing the two places, using the
Xerox PARC Map Server."
MAPTRAN: DATUM AND COORDINATE SYSTEM TRANSLATOR (JAVA APPLET) - N Weimer, Research Computing Support,
Computing and Network Services, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
VERY EXTENSIVE.
"Java applet to convert between Latitude/Longitude coordinates and other
coordinate systems, and also convert between datums. Partially based on Madtran."
For more information see
Navigation Info and Tools or
Norris Weimer's Home Page
SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS ON EARTH - H. Ronsmans, Belgium
"The calculator computes and describes the shortest distance between any two points on
this ellipsoid of revolution."
For more information see
Herwig Ronsmans' Home Page
TIME AND DISTANCE CALCULATOR - AR Group, Inc.
"The information received is only the great circle
distance and should only be used as a guide."
For more information see
Air Routing International or
AR Group, Inc.
TIME SPEED DISTANCE CALCULATOR (JAVA APPLET) - N Weimer, Research Computing Support,
Computing and Network Services, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
"Java applet to calculate any one of the three items given the other two."
For more information see
Navigation Info and Tools or
Norris Weimer's Home Page
GRID LOCATION
FIND OUT WHERE YOU ARE! - Alun Jones, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, U.K.
"Just fill in the form with your location. You can fill this in using
lat/long, NGR or QRA locator and it will convert between them. I
t's reasonably clever at spotting just what you typed in"
For more information see
Da Penguin's Radio Page
GRID SQUARE CALCULATOR - American Radio Relay League, Inc., Newington, CT
"Amateur Radio uses a bewildering array of "location" schemes. Latitude
and longitude are basic, being used for such arcana as satellite tracking
and as the basis of the Maidenhead Grid Locator system."
For more information see
Grid Info;
ARRL Web Location Services or the
American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
Examples or other calculators include
WORLD WIDE LOCATOR MAP VIEWER - P. Grandjean, F6KIM,
Sciences et Techniques Nancy, France
In English & French/Français.
For more information see
F6KIM
ASIA-PACIFIC DISTANCE CALCULATORS
MEXICO DISTANCE CALCULATORS
U.S. DISTANCE CALCULATORS
Doppler Shift
DOPPLER SHIFT CALCULATIONS
GPS Navigation
GPS TOOLS
GPS SATELLITES PREDICTOR
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