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Maps and atlases
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World maps and atlases
- Contemporary atlases (Edward Boyle Library)
Perform a keyword search for 'atlas' or 'atlases' in the Library Catalogue - Google Maps
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: World maps
- WorldAtlas.Com
- World Atlas: Maps and Geography of the World
- d-maps.com
Free outline and blank maps
Country maps
- Digimap: Ordnance Survey Collection (you must register before use)
- Embassy World: A Compilation of Each Nation's Maps, Including Cities
- Leeds University Library holdings
Do a keyword search for map* and "geographical area" (eg map* and yorkshire) - MapQuest world atlas
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
- The National Map - Interactive Topographic Map of the US
- United Nations cartographic section
Other street maps
Historical maps
- Digimap: Historic Collection (you must register before use)
Ordnance Survey maps from 1843 to 1996 - Historical atlases (Brotherton Library)
Do a keyword search for 'atlas' or 'atlases' on the Library Catalogue - Historical Map Archive
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: World maps
- Library of Congress: Map collections
- National Library of Scotland: Maps of Scotland
- The Map Case: Bodleian Library, Oxford
- Whitaker Collection (Special Collections)
collection of historical maps donated to Leeds University Library in 1939 by Dr Harold Whitaker
Ordnance Survey maps
- Digimap: Ordnance Survey Collection (you must register before use)
- Digimap: Historic Collection (you must register before use)
Ordnance Survey maps from 1843 to 1996 - Explorer (1: 25 000) series (Edward Boyle Library)
- Landranger (1:50 000) series (Edward Boyle Library)
- One-inch map of Great Britain: national grid seventh series, 1952-1972 (Edward Boyle Library)
- One-inch maps, 1968-70 (Edward Boyle Library)
Geological maps
- British Geological Survey 1:250 000 series (Edward Boyle Library)
- British Geological Survey (England and Wales) 1:50 000 series (Edward Boyle Library)
- British Geological Survey (Scotland) 1:50 000 series (Edward Boyle Library)
- British Geological Survey: OpenGeoscience (maps)
- Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (Edward Boyle Library)
- Geology of Britain
- Geology Digimap (you must register before use)
Contemporary British Geological Survey (BGS) data - Geoscience Australia - Maps of Australia
- Kennedy Library (School of Earth and Environment)
Please contact the Librarian (Clare Gordon) if you wish to visit the Kennedy Library as not all materials are available immediately. - USGS: National Geologic Map Database
GIS data sources
- BGS OpenGeoscience
- CloudMade: downloads
- Digimap: Ordnance Survey Collection (you must register before use)
- Geo.Data.gov
- GeoGratis
- GeoIndex
- Geology Digimap (you must register before use)
Contemporary British Geological Survey (BGS) data. - Landmap
- National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
- QMAP: GNS Science
- UKBORDERS
2001 Census digital boundary data for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
