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Tools to create physical maps

Érathostène

Type: Map
Status: Other
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Description: SOURCE: TYPE : software URL :http://barthes.ens.fr/atelier/geo/communesfr.html STATUS : free domonstration DESCRIPTION: Eric...
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Atlas of world History

Type: Software Application
Status: Free Trial
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Description: 4000 year map animation shows change over time. Click nations on maps for history at that time and place. Africa, Asia, and Europe to the year...
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Electronic Cultural Atlas initiative

Type: Software Application
Status: Free Trial
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Description: Interactive map / The Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiativ e (ECAI) is an international project to develop and distribute digital  data on...
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Geo clip

An interactive cartography tool for the Internet
Type: Software Application
Status: Free Trial
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Description: The solutions enable you to build a smart and intuitive cartography application easily, so that you can illustrate all geolocalised data in an...
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Geocommons

Visual Analytics through maps
Type: Web-tool
Status: Commercial
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Description:  GeoCommons delivers visual analytics through maps enabling non technocal professionals to view multiple datasets, draw conclusions, make...
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GIS USA

The EPA Region 2 Geographic Information System (GIS)
Type: Website
Status: Other
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Description: Interactive tools for mapping and data analysis are becoming more sophisticated, and easier to use all the time.This page provides a sampling of...
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History Flow

Type: Map
Status: Other
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Description: History flow is a tool for visualizing dynamic, evolving documents and the interactions of multiple collaborating authors. In its current...
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Jute Publicmap

Type: Web-tool
Status: unknown
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Description:  To be tested. Software behing PublicMaps (see mapping example, political maps). Jute NRM  is originaly built to help busy...
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Many Eyes

for shared visualization and discovery
Type: Web-tool
Status: Freeware
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Description: "Many Eyes is a bet on the power of human visual intelligence to find patterns. Our goal is to "democratize" visualization and to...
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Mapecos

Environmental performance and management
Type: Web-tool
Status: Public
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Description:   MapEcos, a new web site launched by students and faculty at three leading U.S. business schools, has a highly ambitious premise --...
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MapMachine

Type: Map
Status: Other
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Description: This is a map with a lot of overlayed information.  If interested, you might want to check out ESRI, the providers of the technology.
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National Atlas.gov Map maker

Type: Map
Status: Other
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Description: (USGS) An interactive Map Maker allows you to select and display a variety of map layers for the entire United States. The interesting feature of...
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Platial

Type: Web-tool
Status: Public
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Description:  "the world's largest social map service... Maps are free and can be embedded on any Web page". If this tool can be take over for...
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Quikmaps

Type: Web-tool
Status: Freeware
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Description: Quikmaps is a service that lets you draw on Google maps and save your creations. You can also license the technology. After creating a map, get a...
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Timemap

Type: Software Application
Status: Freeware
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Description: TimeMap TMJava is a novel mapping applet which generates complete interactive maps with a few simple lines of html. It provides a way of easily...
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UUorld

Explain the world with maps
Type: Web-tool
Status: Freeware
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Description:  UUorld (pronounced "world") provides an immersive mapping environment, high-quality data, and critical analysis tools. Great...
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