HUNTER COLLEGE of the CITY UNIVERSITY of NEW YORK
DEPARTMENT of GEOGRAPHY

Geography of New York State course

Some Web Addresses Pertaining to New York State

Most of these links contain one or more embedded links to relevant sites and therefore are the starting point for topical research and additional information on the subjects listed. Current as of June 2012. Happy surfing!

www.adirondacks.com - Adirondack region
http://adirondackmaplesyrup.com – maple syrup production guide
www.adkmuseum.org – home page of the Adirondack Museum
www.agcensus.usda.gov – US Dept of Agriculture Census of Agriculture
www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Full_Report/Census_by_State/New_York/index.asp - 2007 NYS
Census of Agriculture (latest available)
www.aging.ny.gov - NYS Office for the Aging
www.aging.ny.gov/ReportsAndData/CountyDataBooks/index.cfm - county data on aging
www.agmkt.state.ny.us - NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets
www.allaboutbirds.org – Cornell University Ornithology Lab home page
www.archives.nysed.gov/aindex.shtml - index page of the NYS Archives
www.catskillcenter.org - conservation/advocacy/teacher education site
www.cce.cornell.edu - Cooperative Extension Service, Cornell University (agriculture)
www.cdc.gov/ - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.champlainvalleyregion.com - Lake Champlain region
www.cmog.org - Corning Museum of Glass
http://countymapsofnewyork.com/index.html - maps of counties with cities and towns
www.criminaljustice.ny.gov - NYS Department of Criminal Justice Services
www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/crimnet/ojsa/indexcrimes/county_totals.htm - crime statistics by county
http://cugir.mannlib.cornell.edu/mapbrowse.jsp?series=counties - Cornell Univ. library’s map and geospatial
 information browser; data sets by county
www.dec.ny.gov - NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)
www.dec.ny.gov/130.html - NYS DEC Site Index
www.dec.ny.gov/pubs/212.html - NYS DEC mapping gateway
www.dec.ny.gov/energy/45202.html - Sea Level Rise Task Force
www.delawareriverkeeper.org – Delaware River watershed advocacy group
http://digital.nypl.org – link to map resources of New York Public Library
http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/nhtopos.htm - historic USGS maps of New England & NYS
http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/NewYork.htm - direct link to NYS historic map index except NYC and LI
http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/Connecticut.htm - link to Long Island historic map index via CT index
www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/quads - link to NYS USGS topographic maps
www.dos.state.ny.us - NYS Department of State homepage
www.dos.state.ny.us/kids_room/ - NYS Kids Room site
www.dos.ny.gov/communitieswaterfronts/ - NYS DOS, Coastal Resources
www.dot.ny.gov - NYS Department of Transportation
http://esogis.nysm.nysed.gov/ Empire State Oil and Gas Information System (ESOGIS)
www.epa.gov - US Environment Protection Agency
www.eriecanalway.org – National Park Service site
www.epodunk.com/counties/ny_county.html - county information
www.epodunk.com/routes/erie%2Dcanal/#  - Erie Canal video tour
www.fingerlakes.org/ - Finger Lakes Region
www.fiscalpolicy.org/index.html - Fiscal Policy Institute home page
www.geo.hunter.cuny.edu/techsupport - Geography Dept. tech. support and information
www.geo.hunter.cuny.edu/vws/ - NYC current weather conditions from roof of HC
http://geology.com –links devoted to geology, earth sciences and physical geography
http://geology.com/articles/marcellus-shale.shtml - article on the Marcellus Shale
http://geology.com/states/new-york.shtml - links to physical geography maps and info
http://geology.com/sea-level-rise/new-york.shtml - interactive change in sea level map
http://gis.nyc.gov/doitt/mp/Portal.do - NYC map portal
http://gis.ny.gov - NYS Geographic Information Data
http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/quads/?nysgis= - topographic maps
http://great-lakes.net – Great Lakes Information Network
www.health.state.ny.us - NYS Department of Health
www.hudsonrivervalley.com – Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
www.iloveny.com - I Love New York, travel and tourism
www.lakechamplainregion.com – Lake Champlain region
www.lakestolocks.com – Hudson River to the St Lawrence River via canals and lakes
www.liapg.org  - Long Island Professional Geologists
http://libguides.library.hunter.cuny.edu/geography - HC Library guide to research in geog. and environmtl sci.
http://libguides.library.hunter.cuny.edu/geog260 - HC Library guide for Geography of New York State course.
www.loc.gov/index.html  – Library of Congress home page
www.loc.gov/topics/maps.php - Library of Congress map collections
www.longislandindexmaps.org/ - Regional Plan Association Long Island mapping site
http://longislandsoundstudy.net/ - Long Island Sound Study
www.mvhcc.org  - Mohawk Valley Heritage Corridor
www.nass.usda.gov/ny - US Dept of Agriculture – NYS agricultural statistics
www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/New_York/index.asp (same as above)
www.newsday.com – Newsday (LI) home page
www.newsday.com/long-island/towns - towns of Long Island
www.50states.com/news/newyork.htm - NYS newspapers by city
www.newslink.org/nynews.html - NYS newspapers, magazines and media outlets
www.mondotimes.com/world/usa/newspapers.html?state=32 – newspapers by city
www.mondotimes.com/world/usa/tv.html?state=32 – media by city
www.moon.com/destinations/new-york-state/discover-new-york-state - Moon handbook NYS web site.
www.nmai.si.edu – National Museum of the American Indian (search under tribal names)
www.noaa.gov- national weather information
www.legislative.noaa.gov/NIYS  - link to NOAA in NYS
www.nationalatlas.gov – home page of the National Atlas of the US
www.nationalatlas.gov/mapmaker - National Atlas of the US map making site
www.nationalmap.gov – home page to the USGS mapping page
http://nationalmap.gov/historical/index.html - link to historic topographic maps
www.nrcc.cornell.edu  – Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell Univ.
www.nps.gov – United States National Park Service
www.nps.gov/state/ny/index.htm?program=parks – NPS units in NYS
www.ny.gov - New York State Home Page
www.nyc.gov – New York City home page
www.nyc.gov/dep - NYC Dept of Environmental Conservation
www.nyc.gov/html/oem/home.html - NYC Office of Emergency Management (OEM)
www.nyc.gov/hurricane - NYC OEM disaster preparedness site
www.nycsubway.org – guide to the history, expansion and development of NYC Transit
www.nycgo.com/ - NYC travel and tourism
www.nygeographicalliance.org – New York Geographic Alliance home page
www.nygeo.org/index.htm - NY Geographic Alliance affiliated site
www.nygeo.org/roadtrip.html - NY Geographic Alliance suggested road trips
www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/quads/drg24/index.htm  - NYS topographic map index
www.nylovesbiz.com - New York business
www.nylovesbiz.com/NYSDataCenter.html - statistical data; census info
www.nypa.gov - NYS Power Authority
www.nypirg.org – NYPIRG site
www.nypl.org – New York Public Library home page
http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/midatlantic/ - American Shores, maps to 1850
http://nysac.org/Counties/ - NYS Association of Counties, link to county web sites
www.nyscanals.gov/  - home page of the NYS Canal System
http://nysc.eas.cornell.edu  - NYS Climate Office
www.nyserda.ny.gov/renewable - NYSERDA renewable energy home page
www.nysegov.com/map-NY.cfm - MapNY homepage
www.nysl.nysed.gov - New York State Library
www.nysl.nysed.gov/genealogy/counties.htm - link to county information
www.nysl.nysed.gov/genealogy/townlist.htm - link to cities, towns and villages
www.nysl.nysed.gov/reference/nativeref.htm - Native American web sites compiled by the NYS Library.
www.nysm.nysed.gov - New York State Museum
www.nysm.nysed.gov/gis/ - link to mapped information
www.nysm.nysed.gov/IroquoisVillage/ - virtual tour of Iroquois exhibit
www.nysm.nysed.gov/1609/panorama/index.html - virtual tour of 1609 NYS
www.nyseagrant.org – New York Sea Grant Institute
http://nysparks.com/ - NYS Dept of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
www.oasisnyc.net – NYC open accessible space information system (neighborhood maps)
www.oneidaindiannation.com/ - – Oneida Nation
http://pbisotopes.ess.sunysb.edu/lig - Long Island Geologists
www.racingmuseum.org - Horse racing museum at Saratoga
www.rockinst.org – Rockefeller Institute
www.rockinst.org/nys_statistics/ - NYS statistical information
www.rockinst.org/nys_statistics/2010/ - NYS Statistical Yearbook (latest)
www.rpa.org/welcome.html - Regional Plan Association (RPA)
www.longislandindexmaps.org/ - RPA mapping site
www.seaway.dot.gov – St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp.
www.seaway.ca – St. Lawrence Seaway Canadian portion
www.greatlakes-seaway.com/en/seaway/history/index.html (scroll down to listen to the 5 min video)
www.saratogahistory.org - Saratoga Springs Historical Society
www.sixnations.org – Iroquois Confederacy
www.sni.org – Seneca Nation
www.senecamuseum.org/ - Seneca Indian Museum
www.socialexplorer.com/pub/maps/home.aspx - interactive demographic maps
http://soils.usda.gov/survey/printed_surveys/state.asp?state=New%20York&abbr=NY –county soil surveys
www.stonybrook.edu/libspecial/maps.shtml - Cartographic Collection SUNY Stony Brook
www.sunysb.edu/libmap/nypath1.htm - NYS map collection of SUNY-Stony Brook
www.terrafly.fiu.edu – interactive mapping site
http://topomaps.usgs.gov – sources of free USGS topographic maps
http://historical.mytopo.com – free historic USGS topographic maps
www.transitmuseumeducation.org – NYCTA museum site
www.tughill.org – NYS Tug Hill Commission
www.usclimatedata.com/state.php?name=New-York – climate graphs for NYS stations
www.weather.gov – National Weather Service
www.weather.gov/view/states.php?state=NY – weather for NYS
www.westernny.com/regions.html - Western NYS region
www.usgs.gov – United States Geological Survey
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/ - NYS earthquakes
http://water.usgs.gov/ - water resources home page
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ny/nwis/ - USGS water data for NYS

©AFG 06/11/2012


Last updated August 29, 2012 .