Hunter College of the City University of New York
Department of Geography
Geography of Long Island
Internet Readings Sites–Spring 2011
Topic One - Introduction
- http://www.iloveny.com/About-The-State.aspx - review all four entries
- http://tripatlas.com/Long%20Island%20Rail%20Road
- www.longisland.com – general information site
- http://www.longisland.com/museums/ - museums on Long Island
- http://www.garviespointmuseum.com/exhibits.php - Garvies Point Museum
- http://www.shinnecockmuseum.org Shinnecock Indian Museum
- http://www.discoverlongisland.com/ Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau
- http://www.discoverlongisland.com/maps/interactive_map/default.aspx - interactive map site for Long Island
- http://pmlib.org/locallihistory - Patchogue-Medford Public Library holdings
- http://www.cradleofaviation.org/index.html - Cradle of Aviation Museum
- www.co.suffolk.ny.us - Suffolk County web site
- www.nassaucountyny.gov – Nassau county web site
- http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/Parks/WhereToGo/museums/index.html - list of museums in Nassau County
- http://www.onlineatlas.us/36103-museums.htm -list of museums in Suffolk County
- http://d-vista.com/LIBP/limuseum.html - list of museums in Nassau and Suffolk counties
- www.nyc.gov – New York City web site
- www.visitbrooklyn.org – Brooklyn web site
- www.brooklyn-usa.org – Brooklyn borough website
- www.queensbp – Queens borough web site
Topic Two – Map Reading and Interpretation
- http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs01502.html - map scales
- http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs03501.html - distance and direction
- http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/symbols/topomapsymbols.pdf -reading topographic maps
- http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs07701.html - UTM Grid
- http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/articles/mapping/a_latlong.html - latitude and longitude
- http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/quads/drg250/index.htm - 1/250000scale quads
- http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/quads/ - topos of all scales
- http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/ CLICK on NYS map for COUNTY interactive mapping
- http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/Connecticut.htm - index to historic 1/62,500 scale maps of LI
- http://www.discoverlongisland.com/maps/interactive_map/default.aspx - interactive map site for Long Island
Topic Three – Physical Geography
- Land
- http://people.hofstra.edu/J_B_Bennington/research/long_island/li.html - digital elevation model of LI plus slide shows and animations from professional presentations
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/5020.html -mining and reclamation
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/33251.html - DEC Mined Land Reclamation presentation:
- http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/nyc/shoreline/shoreline.htm - USGS publication Our Transient Coastal Environment
- http://www.nps.gov/fiis/index.htm - Fire Island National Seashore
- http://www.ci.uri.edu/naccesu/FIIS_page/Psuty_etal_oceanshore_final.pdf - coastal geomorphology of Fire Island
- http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/38hurricane/geological_impact.html -Geological impact of the 1938 hurricane
- http://www.geotimes.org/mar08/article.html?id=feature_coastal.html Geotimes “Impending Coastal Crisis”
- Climate, Weather, Air Quality and Wind Power
- http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/climatenormals/clim60/states/Clim_NY_01.pdf - NYS climate description
- http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/climatenormals/climatenormals.pl - NOAA climate statistics for NY stations
- http://nysc.eas.cornell.edu/ -NYS climatologist site
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/65574.html - NYS air quality monitoring program network
- http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/hazards/storms.shtml - coastal storms and hurricanes
- http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/ready/hurricane_guide.shtml - NYC hurricane guide and evacuation map
- http://www.northshorewx.com/Hurricane19380921.asp - 1938 LI Hurricane
- http://www.hurricanes-blizzards-noreasters.com/longislandhurricanes.html - site devoted to LI storms
- http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/energy-environment/wind-power/index.html?scp=1&sq=new%20york%20windmills&st=cse – NY Times article on wind power
- http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/nyregion/02about.html?ref=wind-power –on Windmills off shore LI (NY Times article 5/2/10)
- http://nyswe.awstruepower.com/ - NYS wind potential calculator site
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/63848.html - climate change and NYS
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/administration_pdf/0807climchange.pdf - NYS Conservationist article “Climate Change and New York’s Future”
- http://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/grass/degreedays/dd_weekly.html - degree tracker
- http://www.weather.com/outlook/agriculture - Weather Channel site
- Soils
- http://soils.usda.gov/education/facts/formation.html - soil formation and classification
- http://soils.usda.gov/survey/printed_surveys/state.asp?state=New%20York&abbr=NY – list of published county soil surveys
- http://soils.usda.gov/survey/online_surveys/new_york/NY103/suffolk.pdf - Suffolk County Soil Survey
- http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/manuscripts/NY059/0/nassau.pdf -Nassau County soil survey
- Water Resources
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/865.html - Facts about NYS waters
- http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ny/nwis - USGS water data for NYS
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/66532.html - 2010 Section 305b Water Quality Report for NYS Groundwater
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/36064.html -groundwater resources
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/36183.html?showprintstyles – Long Island aquifers
- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/nyregion/25ducks.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Long%20Island%20duck%20farms,%202/25/08&st=cse – LI Duck Farms Struggle with Water Regulation (NY Times article 2/25/08)
- http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/main_report.pdf - Suffolk County report on duck farms
- http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appa.pdf - AppendixA
- http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appb.pdf - AppendixB
- http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appc.pdf - AppendixC
- http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appd.pdf - AppendixD
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/207.html - Oceans and estuaries
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/28923.html - Coastal Management
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/48375.html - Atlantic Ocean/Long Island Sound Watershed fact sheet and links
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/36748.html - Atlantic Ocean/Long Island Sound water quality report
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/53733.html - map of Atlantic Ocean/Long Island Sound watershed
- http://longislandsoundstudy.net/ - Long Island Sound Study
- http://longislandsoundstudy.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/1_LivingTreasures_Intro_LoRes.pdf - intro to LIS
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/45202.html -Sea Level Rise Task Force
- http://www.nyswaterfronts.com/index.asp - view short videos from the hot links on this web page.
- http://gis.co.suffolk.ny.us/website/flood/viewer.htm -Suffolk County flood zones
- http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/departments/firerescue/Office%20of%20Emergency%20Management/Interactive%20Flood%20Zone%20Map.aspx – flood zone map
- http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/OEM/index.html -Nassau County flood maps
- http://www.nassaunyfloodmap.com - flood information portal
- http://www.rampp-team.com/ny.htm - FEMA NYS county flood maps
- http://www.rampp-team.com/documents/Suffolk_Co_Outreach_Pamphlet.pdf -Suffolk Co
- http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/ready/hurricane_guide.shtml - NYC hurricane guide and evacuation map
- http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/cprocesses/pdfs/LIDynamicSouthShore.pdf - Sea Grant study of LI south shore
- http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2503 USGS news release concerning water table on LI
Topic Four – History and Settlement
- http://www.stonybrook.edu/libmap/contents.htm Maps from Long Island Maps and their Makers by David Y. Allen
- http://www.nnp.org/vtour/regions/Long_Island/long_island.html - virtual tour of New Netherland (LI)
- http://www.garviespointmuseum.com/indian-archaeology-long-island.php - Garvies Point Museum Indian archeology
- http://www.nps.gov/afbg/index.htm - NPS African Burial Ground home page
- http://www.emersonkent.com/map_archive/battle_of_long_island.htm - Map of the Battle of Long Island
- http://www.hofstra.edu/pdf/library/libspc_soli.pdf - Slavery on Long Island
- http://www.linsha.org/ -Long Island North Shore Heritage Area
- http://www.ligoldcoast.com/index.html - list of public, private and mansions in ruins
- http://www.historiclongisland.com/ - Long Island Gold Coast Mansions
- http://levittownhistoricalsociety.org/history.htm - history of Levittown, NY
- http://www.nysparks.state.ny.us/regions/long-island/default.aspx - NY state parks in the Long Island Region
- http://www.lirrhistory.com/index.html - LIRR unofficial web site
- http://mta.info/lirr/about/ - MTA’s official web site
- http://mta.info/lirr/Video/175thAnniversary/ - MTA’s history of the LIRR
- http://www.cradleofaviation.org/index.html - Cradle of Aviation Museum
- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/13colli.html?ref=secession – NYTimes article on secession movement in Suffolk Co. (2008)
Topic Five – Population and Society
- http://www.shinnecocknation.com/history.asp Shinnecock Indian nation
- http://www.longislandindex.org/ - social statistics and maps for LI
- http://www.longislandindex.org/Treasure-Map-January-2009.475.0.html -topical maps
- http://www.linsha.org/ -Long Island North Shore Heritage Area
- http://oldwestburygardens.org/slidegallery/imagevue.php#/content/Tour%20the%20Gardens/Welcome%20Tour/34%5FOWG.jpg/ - slide show of Old Westbury Gardens
- http://levittownhistoricalsociety.org/history.htm - history of Levittown
- http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/pio/annualreport/crime-in-ny-2009.pdf - NYS crime report by county
- http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/55586#map – community statistics
- http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/crimnet/ojsa/stats.htm -NYS crime statistics
- http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/17/nyregion/ever-farther-from-queens.html?scp=2&sq=ethnic+concentrations+on+Long+Island&st=nyt&pagewanted=print – NYTimes article (2002) on LI ethnic groups
- http://www.cwpost.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/exhibits/census/li.htm _-Index to Long Island census info
- http://www.cwpost.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/nassau.htm - Nassau Co.
- http://www.cwpost.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/suffolk.htm - Suffolk Co.
- http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPGeoSearchByListServlet?ds_name=ACS_2009_5YR_G00_&_lang=en&_ts=320163462287 – American Fact Finder (select state then county in the drop down)
- http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36000.html - NYS
- http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36059.html - Nassau Co.
- http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36103.html - Suffolk Co.
- http://nassauida.org/facts-and-figures Nassau Co. facts sheet
- http://www.hagedornfoundation.org/- home page of the Hagedorn Foundation, a social equity organization on LI
- http://www.cdc.gov/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/NPTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=ACS_2008_1YR_G00_NP01&-geo_id=05000US36103&-gc_url=&-ds_name=&-_lang=en Suffolk County Profile 2008
- http://www.citymelt.com/county/New-York/Suffolk+County-NY.html – analysis of Suffolk Co from CityMelt.com
- http://www.citymelt.com/county/New-York/Nassau+County-NY.html – analysis of Nassau Co from CityMelt.com
Topic Six – Economy and Development
- http://www.labor.ny.gov/stats/lon/poptrend.asp Labor statistics
- http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/ - Fiscal Policy Institute home page
- http://lipower.org/pdfs/company/pubs/popsurvey/popsurvey09.pdf Long Island Power Survey
- http://www.dps.state.ny.us/UseYourPowerToChoose.pdf Choosing power
- http://www.newyorkfed.org/regional/theregion_maps.html -Federal Reserve Region 2 maps
- http://www.longislandindex.org/Treasure-Map-January-2009.475.0.html - topical maps
- http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/main_report.pdf - Suffolk County report on duck farms
- http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appa.pdf - AppendixA
- http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appb.pdf - AppendixB
- http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appc.pdf - AppendixC
- http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appd.pdf - AppendixD
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E2DC1338F937A35754C0A9629C8B63&fta=y – NYTimes article on duck waste
- http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Online_Highlights/County_Profiles/New_York/cp99036.pdf - NYS Agric Summary
- http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Online_Highlights/County_Profiles/New_York/cp36103.pdf - Suffolk Co. Agric Summary
- http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Online_Highlights/County_Profiles/New_York/cp36059.pdf -Nassau Co. Agric Summary
Topic Seven – Environment
- http://www.buildingfutures.org.uk/assets/downloads/Facing_Up_To_Rising_Sea_Levels.pdf Sea Level Rise scenario for Britain
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/47990.html - The 2009 NYS Open Space Conservation Plan
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/extapps/bba/index.cfm - Breeding Bird Atlas search site
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7312.html - Breeding Bird Atlas home page
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/54755.html - list of NYS Bird species and fact sheets
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/administration_pdf/0810whalesofny.pdf - NYS Conservationist article on whales
- http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/main_report.pdf - Suffolk County report on duck farms
- http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appa.pdf - AppendixA
- http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appb.pdf - AppendixB
- http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appc.pdf - AppendixC
- http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/upload/planning/pdfs2/rdf/2009/appd.pdf - AppendixD
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E2DC1338F937A35754C0A9629C8B63&fta=y – NYTimes article on duck waste.
- http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/36748.html - Atlantic Ocean/Long Island Sound water quality report
- http://www.estuary.cog.ny.us/index.html - NYS Great South Bay (South Shore Estuary) home page
- http://library.fws.gov/pubs5/web_link/text/gsb_form.htm Federal study of Great South Bay habitats
- http://www.loving-long-island.com/great-south-bay.html - general info
- http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/newyork/explore/LI-Great-South-Bay-Shellfish-Restoration.xml - Shellfish restoration article
- http://epa.gov/climatechange/effects/coastal/pdfs/CCSP_appendix1_sectionA.pdf - EPA report on Great South Bay
Topic Eight – Planning
- www.longisland2035.org/ - NYMTC vision for Long Island
- www.longislandindexmaps.org/ -RPA mapping site
- http://www.rpa.org/pdf/LIProfile.pdf RPA LI Profile
- http://www.rpa.org/pdf/LongIslandVisioning.pdf - Development Projections
- http://www.lirpc.org/3.2010-12-02_LI2035StrategiesReport.pdf - Planning Report from Long Island regional planning council
- http://www.longislandindex.org/ social statistics and maps of LI
- http://www.longislandindex.org/Treasure-Map-January-2009.475.0.html - topical maps
- http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/departments/planning/Publications%20and%20Information.aspx?print=1 – Suffolk County Planning Dept
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