The following is a list of information about maps, Shapefiles, and Shapefile-related links.
Shapefile Format
ESRI Shapefile Technical Description
Wikipedia Shapefile Description
Shapefiles Data Sources
ESRI World Map Data
ESRI Census 2000 TIGER/Line Data
CDC Shapefiles
National Atlas of the United States
U.S. Census Bureau
Massachusetts Geographic Information System
General Information
Wikipedia - Cartography
Latitude and Longitude, Degrees, Minutes, Seconds to Decimal Degrees Calculator
Projections
Map Projection Overview
Map Projections
Other
Statistics Canada - Thematic Maps
United States Geological Survey
AGIS - Links to sources of free map and geographic name data
Canadian GIS Resources
GIS Data Depot
UNC University Libraries - GIS Data Finder
North American Transportation Atlas Data