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	<description>Exploring the world of free tools for GIS, GPS, Google Earth, neogeography, and more.</description>
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		<title>Learn/Plan Compass Use In A Google Maps Interface</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/learnplan-compass-use-in-a-google-maps-interface</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been known to take three GPS units with me out into the field, because … I&#8217;m an idiot. But regardless of how many I’m carrying, I always bring a compass and paper map as well. GPS displays are too small to give you the same sense of geographic context as a big paper map, [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/creating-gps-routes-in-google-maps' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Creating GPS Routes In Google Maps'>Creating GPS Routes In Google Maps</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/tiling-and-printing-large-maps-to-scale-on-a-small-printer' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Tiling And Printing Large Maps To Scale On A Small Printer'>Tiling And Printing Large Maps To Scale On A Small Printer</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2008/calculate-new-coordinate-position-from-current-position-bearing-and-distance' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Calculate New Coordinate Position From Current Position, Bearing And Distance'>Calculate New Coordinate Position From Current Position, Bearing And Distance</a></li>
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		<title>Personal Web Maps With StepMaps</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/personal-web-maps-with-stepmaps</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/personal-web-maps-with-stepmaps#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[StepMap lets you create distinctive personalized maps that you can save as an image, or embed on a web page. A step-by-step wizard walks you through the process.
Step 1: Choose a preset region and map style, modify the style as you wish, or upload your own map:

Step 2: Add points/icons, and connecting lines between points [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/simple-guide-to-embedding-google-maps-my-maps-on-your-own-webpage' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Simple Guide To Embedding Google Maps &quot;My Maps&quot; On Your Own Webpage'>Simple Guide To Embedding Google Maps &quot;My Maps&quot; On Your Own Webpage</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2009/visitor-editable-google-team-maps-at-map-channels' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Visitor-Editable Google “Team Maps” At Map Channels'>Visitor-Editable Google “Team Maps” At Map Channels</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/easy-site-visitor-maps' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Easy Site Visitor Maps'>Easy Site Visitor Maps</a></li>
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		<title>Desktop Earth: Dynamically-Updating Geographic Windows Wallpaper</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/desktop-earth-dynamically-updating-geographic-windows-wallpaper</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/desktop-earth-dynamically-updating-geographic-windows-wallpaper#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is pretty cool! Desktop Earth is a geographic wallpaper background for Windows that:

Displays seasonal NASA Blue Marble Imagery, or a fixed Blue Marble image
Displays day/night regions; options for city light displays in the night regions
Gives you the option of overlaying current cloud imagery, with variable opacity
Set the center of the image to any time [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2009/the-blue-marble-navigator' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Blue Marble Navigator'>The Blue Marble Navigator</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2008/overlay-google-maps-windows-live-yahoo-askcom-and-openstreetmap-imagery-in-google-earth' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Overlay Google Maps, Windows Live, Yahoo, Ask.com and OpenStreetMap Imagery In Google Earth'>Overlay Google Maps, Windows Live, Yahoo, Ask.com and OpenStreetMap Imagery In Google Earth</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/stand-alone-map-projection-viewers-i-gprojector' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Stand-Alone Map Projection Viewers I &#8211; G.Projector'>Stand-Alone Map Projection Viewers I &#8211; G.Projector</a></li>
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		<title>Historic Maps At The Maps ETC Site</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/historic-maps-at-the-maps-etc-site</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/historic-maps-at-the-maps-etc-site#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The University Of South Florida’s Educational Technology Clearinghouse runs the Maps ETC site, a collection of 5,000+ historic maps available in JPG/GIF and PDF formats; maps are also viewable in Zoomify windows (Flash interface to zoom in and out of map views). Maps are divided by continent, plus special sections for the United States and [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/fair-use-and-google-earth-imagery' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: &quot;Fair Use&quot; And Google Earth Imagery'>&quot;Fair Use&quot; And Google Earth Imagery</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2008/world-demographicsocioeconomic-maps-from-maplecroft' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: World Demographic/Socioeconomic Maps From Maplecroft'>World Demographic/Socioeconomic Maps From Maplecroft</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2008/topographic-map-symbols-for-historic-topographic-maps' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Topographic Map Symbols for Historic Topographic Maps'>Topographic Map Symbols for Historic Topographic Maps</a></li>
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		<title>Map Projects From Stamen Design</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/map-projects-from-stamen-design</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/map-projects-from-stamen-design#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stamen Design is a “design and technology studio in San Francisco”, with a definite bias towards data visualization in general, and maps in particular. Found out that I’ve already covered one of their projects before, the Walking Papers project which lets you add data to the OpenStreetMap project with paper maps. But just poking around [...]


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<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/maps-of-war' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Maps Of War'>Maps Of War</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/converting-openstreetmap-data-into-gpx-or-garmin-img-format' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Converting OpenStreetMap Data Into GPX Or Garmin .img Format'>Converting OpenStreetMap Data Into GPX Or Garmin .img Format</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Harvard Geospatial Library</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/harvard-geospatial-library</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/harvard-geospatial-library#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Harvard Geospatial Library is:
A collection of 6,871 worldwide and regional geographic data layers, scanned historic maps and associated descriptive information that can be searched mapped and downloaded for use for use with your GIS software.
A significant fraction of the data layers are listed as “Restricted” (e.g. ESRI data), meaning they can only be used [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2010/the-harvard-africamap' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Harvard AfricaMap'>The Harvard AfricaMap</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/downloadable-large-format-historical-maps' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Downloadable Large-Format Historical Maps'>Downloadable Large-Format Historical Maps</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/gallery-of-google-maps-mapplets' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Gallery Of Google Maps Mapplets'>Gallery Of Google Maps Mapplets</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Radical Cartography</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/radical-cartography</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/radical-cartography#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 11:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Via the Kelly Lab Blog: Radical Cartography has a terrific set of maps covering a wide variety of unusual topics and visualizations. These are just “thumbnails”; larger versions are available at the site:
Federal land in the US:

Counties named after US Presidents:

How the US would look in the Mercator projection if it were located at different [...]


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<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/stand-alone-map-projection-viewers-iii-microdem' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Stand-Alone Map Projection Viewers III &#8211; MicroDEM'>Stand-Alone Map Projection Viewers III &#8211; MicroDEM</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/online-map-projection-viewers-ii-a-great-one-from-brazil' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Online Map Projection Viewers II &#8211; A Great One From Brazil'>Online Map Projection Viewers II &#8211; A Great One From Brazil</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Basic Postscript And Illustrator Country Maps With Planiglobe</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/basic-postscript-and-illustrator-country-maps-with-planiglobe</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/basic-postscript-and-illustrator-country-maps-with-planiglobe#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Planiglobe lets you select a country or world region, and then download a Postscript or Adobe Illustrator file with that data:

You have some control over layers displayed, though not that much:

Note that  you check a box to *not* show a layer; this really needs to be fixed. You should also make sure that pop-ups are [...]


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<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2010/free-tools-for-custom-garmin-vector-maps-ix-globgps-helper' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Free Tools For Custom Garmin Vector Maps IX: GlobGPS Helper'>Free Tools For Custom Garmin Vector Maps IX: GlobGPS Helper</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/drawing-lines-between-points-in-google-maps-straight-and-great-circle' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Drawing Lines Between Points In Google Maps, Straight And Great Circle'>Drawing Lines Between Points In Google Maps, Straight And Great Circle</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Atlas Giveaway Mark II</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/atlas-giveaway-mark-ii</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/atlas-giveaway-mark-ii#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As part of last week’s review of the Oxford New Concise World Atlas, I offered a free copy to the person who posted the best comment on how old-school geography sometimes beats new-school. Contest deadline was at midnight this past Monday, and there were a grand total of …. zero entries for the giveaway. So [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2010/the-oxford-concise-new-world-atlas' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Oxford Concise New World Atlas'>The Oxford Concise New World Atlas</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/online-map-collections' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Online Map Collections'>Online Map Collections</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/mexican-national-atlas' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mexican National Atlas'>Mexican National Atlas</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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		<title>The Oxford Concise New World Atlas</title>
		<link>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/the-oxford-concise-new-world-atlas</link>
		<comments>http://freegeographytools.com/2010/the-oxford-concise-new-world-atlas#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leszek Pawlowicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This blog skews heavily towards topics related to digital geography, but that doesn’t mean I don’t still kick it old-school on a regular basis. Apropos of that, just received a review copy of the newly-published Oxford New Concise World Atlas, Third Edition.
 
Don’t be fooled by the word “Concise” in the title to thinking that [...]


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<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2007/digital-atlas-of-north-american-woody-plants' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Digital Atlas Of North American Woody Plants'>Digital Atlas Of North American Woody Plants</a></li>
<li><a href='http://freegeographytools.com/2008/the-us-national-atlas-website' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The US National Atlas Website'>The US National Atlas Website</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
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