Bureau of Land Management
The BLM is the sole Land Records maintainer for the government. All
land actions (surveys, coal leases, wilderness designations, etc.) are
recorded and processed by the BLM. This site also contains recreation
information, lists of maps for purchase, and a land patent record database.
Bureau of Land Management Colorado.
FEMA Map Service Center
FEMA's Maps section describes the various types of mapping FEMA does,
and links to their Map Store. Our Map Library has some of their FIRM
(Flood Insurance Rate Maps) for Colorado in paper also.
U.S. State Department
Information for travelers, including "Background Notes" (description
and statistics) about each country, a current list of independent countries
and a "Geographic Learning Site" for students.
Resources
The CIA's
World Factbook
An atlas of the world "prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency
for the use of US Government officials", but readable and general
enough for the public user. Contains base maps of countries and regions;
histories, profiles, and statistics about individual countries.
Geocommunicator
"Sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management and the US Forest Service... GeoCommunicator is designed to provide geospatial data and products from NILS (National Integrated Land System) to the public... GeoCommunicator provides a central site for the distribution of geospatial data in three separate applications: Land and Mineral Use Records, Federal Land Stewardship and Land Survey Information System." Includes a "township geocoder" which converts township/range/section into latitude/longitude.
GeoMAC
"The Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination Group or GeoMAC, is an
internet-based mapping application originally designed for fire managers
to access online maps of current fire locations and perimeters in the
conterminous 48 States and Alaska. Using a standard web browser, fire
personnel can view this information to pinpoint the affected areas."
PARKNET, National Park Service
Maps of National Park locations; descriptions and photos of individual
parks. Maps of many parks and monuments are available for viewing, some
in 3-D.Go directly to NPS
Digital Maps Data Directory to download a digital map file.
Sun or Moon
Altitude/Azimuth Table
A U.S. Naval observatory site that calculates the altitude and azimuth
of the Sun or Moon during a specific day, at a specific time interval.
