Data Explorer NOAA's National Ocean Service, access to primary NOS imagery and data holdings for coastal photography, nautical charts, coastal survey maps, Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps
Web Soil Survey National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) Web Soil Survey
The Cartographic Creation of New England An excellent exhibit of maps of New England from the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, University of Southern Maine
John Mitchell's Map, An Irony of Empire Another excellent exhibition of the "most important map in North American history." From the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education
Open Geospatial Consortium- "An international industry consortium of 368 companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface specifications"