Map Copyright Information


Most maps are images available primarily from US Government agencies and web sites, with 2 excpetions. Images titled
earth_xxx.jpg are copyrighted by Living Earth, Inc. Images titled photo_xxx.jpg are copyrighted by Tom van Sant, Inc. and have been
removed from this site according the wishes of the copyright owner. None of the maps on this distrubution are copyrighted to my
knowledge. This web page gives no permission to sell any maps and make no copyright claim on any map images found therein.
Please make special note of Living Earth Images which are copyrighted by Living Earth, Inc. 

 alt_xxx.jpg 
                 Taken from USGS National Mapping Division, EROS Data Center, GTOPO30 (Global 30 Arc Second
                 Elebation Data). 
 bio_xxx.jpg 
                 Taken from http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS/IMAGES/SEAWIFS_GALLERY.html with black ocean
                 replaced by auqa-blue. 
 caida_xxx.jpg
 &
 caida_bw_xxx.jpg 
                 Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) at http://www.caida.org. (Taken from
                 http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/glob/glob7d.htm). 
 earth_xxx.jpg 
                 These maps are Living Earth Images and are copyrighted by Living Earth, Inc.
                 Taken from the SSystem project at http://www1.las.es/~amil/ssystem/. That site also credits the following
                 sites: http://maps.jpl.nasa.gov, http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html, and
                 http://www.lancs.ac.uk/postgrad/thomasc1/render/maps.htm. 
 mggd_xxx.jpg 
                 Taken from http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/. 
 photo_xxx.jpg 
                 These images are copyrighted by Tom van Sant, inc. The images and links related to these images have been
                 removed according to the wishes of the copyright owner. 
 rainfall_xxx.jpg 
                 Taken from 
 simple_grid_xxx.jpg 
                 Taken from Design Map at http://lorenz.mur.csu.edu.au/cgi-bin/gis/Map.