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Homepage for Maps category. Search by continent, country, theme, language, etc. Maps have clear copyright statements indicating free use (possibly with some terms), often from Creative Commons.
Digital map collections both historical and contemporary. Includes mostly U.S. maps but also has some international maps (see "General Maps" Collection). Site provides information on who created/published each map, usually a government agency and freely available to reproduce and use.
Most are from a variety of United States Government map resources such as the Census Bureau, National Parks, Forest Service, and U.S. Geological Suvey (USGS).
Most of the maps scanned by the University of Texas Libraries and served from this web site are in the public domain. No permissions are needed to copy them but credit to "University of Texas Libraries" as the source of the scanned images should be given.
A few maps are copyrighted, and are clearly marked as such. Also, a few maps include the official seal of a U.S. Government agency. Federal law generally prohibits use of these seals. Maps on other web sites which are linked to are subject to the copyright restrictions of those sites. If uncertain whether a particular map is on this site or another site look at the url for "legacy.lib.utexas.edu".
Contains over 92,000 digital maps and related images in association with Stanford University. Digitization by Cartography Associates. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike.
