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Hydro
Hydro International Magazine
Hydro International publishes artices by leading hydrographers on the state of the market, technical issues and national and international policies.
Antiques
Antique & Scientific Instruments U.K.
Antique microscopes, telescopes, surveying levels & theodolites, barometers & barographs, nautical compasses, octants & sextants, globes & maps, and more for sale.
MoMT
The Museum of Measurement and Time
Open since October 28, 2010, exhibits of Land Surveying, Clocks and various measuring devices are on display. Surveyors and clock collectors are especially welcome.. You Tube Video
Strange Maps
Strange Maps
A collection and commentary on all kinds of intriguing maps—real, fictional, and what-if's.
Museum Of Surveying
National Museum of Surveying, Inc.
Original surveying equipment from Lincoln's time. Learn about George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Banneke. One of 50 Science on a Sphere® (SOS) globes in the world. BLOG - Video
NOAA
NOAA History
200 years of America's Science and Service: 1807-2007. An intrinsic part of the History of the United States and the development of its science and commercial infrastructure.
NOAA Photo Library   NOAA Central Library
Prime Meridian
The Prime Meridian
A specialty business, dealing in antiquarian maps and related books (atlases, history of cartography, selected reference books, etc.). We provide an array of focused reference and resource information, for the collector and enthusiast.
TVA
TVA Map & Photo Records
TVA Map & Photo Records has been the central repository for this geographical data since 1940. The area covered includes the entire Tennessee River drainage basin and the TVA power service region.
Digital History
Digital History
Links to Historic Maps: “So Much More Than Just a Map”. Designed and developed to support the teaching of American History and contains resource guides for 44 historical eras and topics.
AZ History
The Arizona Historical Society Library and Archives
Four regional repositories actively collect and preserve manuscripts, maps, personal papers, photographs, films, oral histories, books and other materials that chronicle the history of Arizona, the West and Northern Mexico as it pertains to Arizona.
AZ History
North Carolina Maps
A comprehensive, online collection of historic maps of the Tar Heel State containing over 1,500 maps, ranging in date from the late 1500s to the 1970s.
Washington
Washington State University Libraries
More than 600 maps online, predominantly of the Pacific Northwest and, more particularly, of Washington State. It extends back into the sixteenth century.
Alaska
Alaska's Digital Archives
A wealth of historical photographs, albums, oral histories, moving images, maps, documents, physical objects, and other materials from libraries, museums and archives throughout our state.
Alaska
Nebraska's Historical Markers
The early surveyors who laid out the public land system are chronicled in Jerry Penry's exploration of the oldest and rarest geodetic monuments in Nebraska.
Plumb Bobs
The World of Plumb Bobs
Explore collections of one of the oldest tools of the surveying and construction trades. Exhibitions, galleries, meetings, publications, and many excellent images featured.
Plumb Bobs
National Maritime Museum Collections
A collection of over 2 million objects about the sea, ships, astronomy and time. Collections Online gives you access to over 12,000 of these.
Plumb Bobs
Bill Weikel's Adventure
Reenactors lay out the first meridian and base lines in Montana on a limestone hill southwest of Three Forks, Montana.
Colvin Crew
Colvin Crew
Champion of the NYS Forest Preserve who was instrumental in the creation of the Adirondack Park through his position as Superintendent of NYS Land Surveys (1872-1900)
TAS Maps
The American Surveyor Map Collection
A collection of over 150 US historical maps, reproduced on acid free archive-quality paper. Hand-selected for their beauty and historical significance.
SHD
Society for the History of Discoveries
Geographical discovery, voyages of exploration, maritime history, maps, cartography, mapping, European expansion and colonial settlement.
Colonial
Colonial Instruments
The surveying artifacts that remain today from the colonial period of our country's history are important as historical representations of the art of the colonial instrument maker.
Lewis & Clark
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation seeks to connect people and place in the spirit of Lewis and Clark.
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument Society
The SIS was founded in 1983 to bring together people with a specialist interest in scientific instruments ranging from precious antiques to electronic devices only recently out of production.
Washington
Washington Map Society
The purpose of the Washington Map Society is to support and promote map collecting, cartography and cartographic history.
Nat'l Road Assoc
National Road Associations - Illinois
The road that built the nation beginning in Cumberland, Maryland with its terminus in Vandalia, Illinois.
Fellow Associations: Indiana | Ohio | Pennsylvania
Lincoln Hwy
Lincoln Highway Association
Celebrating the first road across America. Discover the landscape and attractions along the Lincoln Highway as it winds its way from New York to San Francisco.
Ames
Ames Instrument Company
Fine reproduction instruments manufactured in America producing a variety of instruments, usable and accurate for specific purposes.

 
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