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| Maps and Mapping |
Topographical and Aerial Maps
Topographical maps from NJ Pines
Maptech NJ Pines and Down Jersey is a linking affiliate with Maptech. Free USGS Topo Maps, NOAA Nautical Charts, and Aerial Photos
Topozone Offers free topographic maps. Aerial, shaded relief maps, etc. are available with a pro subscription.
Terraserver Microsoft's version of Topozone. Features free topographic maps and aerials.
Historical Maps
Rutgers Historical Maps:
Perhaps one of the best sites for New Jersey Historical maps, with a number of high resolution historical maps. Please note that these maps are available for viewing only; any other use is not permitted.
Unfortunately, abuses of this have led to a curtailing of any future
maps being posted on their site.
This site contains the following maps:
- Revolutionary War Maps
- Historical Railroad Maps
- Historical Topographical Maps from each county, (Cook, Atlas Sheets)
- 1872 Atlas of New Jersey by F.W.Beers, and many more.
NJ DEP Environmental Digital Library:
Historical topographic maps:
*Free DjVu plug-in required to view; available here
- Asbury Park: includes Howell, Brick, and Dover: 1901 reprinted 1909
- Atlantic City, Galloway, Egg Harbor -- 1894, reprinted 1909
- Barnegat: Includes Dover, Berkeley, Lacey and Ocean. 1898, reprinted 1908.
- Bayside:
Includes Lower Alloways Creek, Quinton, Stow Creek, Hopewell, Greenwich, Fairfield, and Lawrence Twp. 1894,
reprinted 1907.
- Bridgeton Quad --1910
- Cape May:1899.
- Cassville:
Includes Millstone, Manapan, Freehold, Macanchester 1906
- Dennisville -- 1894, reprinted 1910
- Great Egg Harbor Sheet: Includes Mays Landing, Galloway Township, Tuckahoe River.1893.
- Hammonton: Includes Waterford, Winslow Junction,
Piney Hollow, Folsom, and Newtonville. 1898.
- Little Egg Harbor: Includes West
Plains, Stafford, Eagleswood, Tuckerton, New Gretna, Chestnut Neck. 1893, Reprinted 1899.
- Maurice Cove: Includes East Point, Commercial and Downe. 1891, Reprint 1900.
- Mullica: Includes Egg Harbor, Galloway, Washington, Hammonton, Green Bank, Lower Bank. 1898, Reprinted 1903.
- Pemberton: Includes Southampton, Woodland, and Randolph. 1898, Reprinted 1903.
- Rancocas: Includes Southampton, Medford, Woodland, Shamong, Waterford, Winslow, Washington, Hammonton, Mullica. 1900
- Sandy Hook: Includes Eatontown, Middletwon, Shrewsbury. 1901, reprinted 1908.
- Tuckahoe: Includes Landis, Buena Vista, Weymouth, Hunters Mill, Aetna Furnace.
- Vineland: Includes Lower Alloways Creek, Stow Creek, Greenwich, Deerfield, Bridgeton, Millville, and Lawrence and Downe Twp. 1899.
- Whiting:
Includes Manchester, Lacey, and Berkeley. 1999, Reprinted 1907.
Downloads available from NJ Pines and Down Jersey (winzip files):
More NJ Pinelands and Down Jersey maps (not downloads):
Library of Congress Maps
David Rumsey Map Collection
Map History
Maptech Historical Maps: Collection of historic USGS topographic maps. This ongoing project is headed by historian Christopher Marshall and compiled through the efforts of many individuals
NJ Railroads Maps: A retrospective look at New Jersey's railroads through maps, track and physical characteristics, profiles, operating rules, timetables in the pre Conrail and New Jersey Transit Era.
Magnetic Declination and GPS info
Magnetic Declination Calculator--online magnetic declination calculator
Geographic Magnetic Calculator --freeware to determine UTM and declination. A stand alone application.
Coordinate translation --Translate coordinates (WGS-84, NAD-83, and NAD-27) to and from Latitude/Longitude
Coordinate conversion -- Translate coordinates; an online applet with a stand alone application available for download.
A Practical Guide to GPS
Build Your Own Map
National Geographic's Maps:
GIS Mapping, Geomatics , Spatial Analysis and Remote Sensing and other methods
Some of these are resources for doing your own mapping, and others are interactive online resources for those not equipped with a GIS reader.
NJ GIS-- many data layers available for download
with use of GIS viewer
USGS Topographical Map Symbols
I-Map NJ--Interactive map
Mapping NJ's Vernal Pools--Interactive map
Free GIS Software--Free Arc Reader from ERSI
Free GIS Resources Including free TatukGIS Viewer
NJ Coastal Studies: Barnegat Bay Interactive and downloads available.
Jacque CousteauNational Estuarine Research Project
New Jersey Landscape Change Research-- county by county,interactive map
NJ Landscape Project --mapping wildlife; interactive map
Landscape Project download-- The following is available for download:
eight separate shapefiles, one for each major habitat type in New
Jersey (forest, forested wetland, emergent wetland, grassland and
beach) and three species-specific shapefiles (bald eagle foraging area, urban peregrine falcon nest and wood turtle) with FGDC metadata, species look-up tables, and three GIS projects. The maps are best viewed using Arcview 3.x or ArcGIS 8.x. These software products allow the user full functionality for viewing and manipulating Landscape Project data. Non-GIS users can view the maps using ArcExplorer, a free GIS data browser that can be downloaded from the ESRI website.
ArcExplorer allows the user to view GIS data, zoom in and out, perform simple queries and print maps.
NJ Image Warehouse-- orthoimagery, requires Mr Sid Viewer, a free download available on site.
Shuttle Photography-- Astronaut photography of New Jersey.
Sterling Forest: An Ecological Overview
NJ/NASA Radar Image Archive
NJ Bureau of Marine Water-- for shellfish data.
NJ Geographic Information Network
GIS Data Depot
US EPA Geospatial Data
Resources for Learning to Read Maps
What is a topographic map?
How to Read a Topographic Map
Topographic Map Symbols
How to Read a Topographic Map and Use a Compass
Wilderness Navigation: Topographic Maps Ever wonder how to compute the lat & long from your topo? Here's how!
Guide to Map and Compass Excellent! Produced by Princeton.
Map activities for elementary and middle school teachers
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Created on 2005-02-23 21:04:08 by njpinela
Updated on 2005-10-06 19:41:30 by njpinela
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