50states com - States and Capitals
http://www.50states.com/
Maps, links for each state, or by category: Sites for Teachers, Area Codes, Biography Directory, City Guides, College & University Directory, Community Colleges Directory, Community Pages Directory, Countries, Current Events, Fast Facts, Flowers, Flags, Internet Service Providers, Newspaper Directory, Nursing Schools, Public Records, Real Estate, Search Directory, Sports Directory, State Tax Forms, Travel, trees, Vital Records, White Pages, Yellow Pages, Zip Codes |
Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer Server
http://www.alexandria.ucsb.edu/gazetteer/
The Alexandria Digital Library (ADL) contains more than 15,000 holdings, such
as maps, images, and datasets, that are available online for public download
over the Internet. The items currently cataloged in ADL are a portion of the
holdings of the UCSB's Map and Imagery Laboratory. [This is slow and clunky
-- only recommended if you really know what you're doing!] |
American Factfinder (U.S. Census Bureau)
http://factfinder.census.gov/
American FactFinder provides access to detailed tables and maps for population,
housing, and businesses. Use Maps button on left, or access from almost any
data tool on the site from a "Map" link that graphs the data. Factfinder
is one of the easiest ways to find, use, and understand Census data. |
AsiaSource - Events--Asian Public Holidays
http://www.asiasource.org/events/asiaholidays.cfm
A resource of the Asia Society: In addition to holidays, site also offers links to Asia news stories, profiles (maps & statistics), food, educational resource, articles and speeches, specialists, cultural travel guide, and books. |
A Tapestry of Time and Terrain
http://tapestry.usgs.gov/default.html
USGS: Science for a changing world / A Tapestry of Time and Terrain Union of two maps -- Geology and Topography; includes Puzzle of Regions and Panorama Movie |
BBC NEWS Country Profiles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background
of countries and territories, and background on key institutions, including
audio or video clips from BBC archives. Appealing colorful resource--one
that makes you want to go exploring! |
Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/
The Census Bureau has an incredible collection of maps, which you recreate to your own specifications by clicking on the Geography section of the main page. |
CIA - The World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
The online version of the CIA's World Factbook, published annually, it contains
information on all the countries of the world, including a map of the country,
brief historical information, geography overview, population data, description
of current government, economic statistics, communications and transportation
infrastructure, military conflicts, and more. (one of those superlative sources) |
Country Studies - Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html#toc
This series consists of online versions of books published in paper form by the
Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area
Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of the army. Presents the
history, culture, government, economics, sociology, and geography of (about
101) lesser-known countries of the world--Canada, France, and the United
Kingdom, for example, are not included. |
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
http://www.davidrumsey.com/
Over 11,000 maps online, the collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America maps and other cartographic materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented. Collection categories include antique atlas, globe, school geography, maritime chart, state, county, city, pocket, wall, children's and manuscript maps. The collection can be used to study history, genealogy and family history. You can read an article about the collection or view 360 degree panoramic images of the collection space. You can view Japanese Historical Maps or fine art images from the AMICO Library (by subscription). Four viewers are available. From Cartography Associates, work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. |
Degree Confluence Project
http://www.confluence.org/
The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer
degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location.
The pictures and stories are posted on this site. To date: 7520 successful
primary confluences, 745 secondary confluences,
9584 visitors and 63,853 photographs in 174 countries. (4-23-07) |
EmbassyWorld.com
http://www.embassyworld.com/
Embassies of the world, Search the largest embassy & consulate database on the internet--a compilation of each nation's maps, including cities. (EmbassyWorld) "This excellent site provides access
to national maps for almost every country in the world. It also has a great collection of telephone directories, helps you find area codes, country codes for dialing, and embassy details for many countries. It is easily searchable, but be aware that cookies must be enabled to view all the map choices."--Schlein's Find It Online [It links to many other mapping tools that may be listed here.] |
ERsys - Earth Resource System
http://www.ersys.com/
Quoting from the ERsys home page: Using maps, charts, reports, and relevant links, ERsys covers over 2600 U.S. cities with detailed information on demographics, environmental factors, economic indicators, housing statistics, media, schools, transportation, [and] local contacts.While most of the information provided by this site is available elsewhere, the ease of use and the amount of information available makes this an excellent site for someone looking for information about the 2600 cities covered. The site was designed for people who are preparing to move or travel or who are working in site analysis and selection or real estate. Much of the information is presented in easy to read, well-labeled charts, graphs, and maps. Links to many of the site’s sources are available for those looking for more detailed information. --RUSA Best Ref List |
Exploring Maps
http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers/exploremaps.htm
USGS Learning Web -- Lesson Plans -- Interdisciplinary set of materials on mapping for grades 7-12. Students will learn basic mapmaking and map-reading skills and will see how maps can answer fundamental geographic questions: "Where am I?" "What else is here?" "Where am I going?" Four lessons and activities include: Location, Navigation, Information, Exploration. Additional resources available from USGS Learning Web. |
Flags Of The World
http://flagspot.net/flags/
"
FOTW is the Internet's largest site devoted to vexillology (the study of flags).
Here you can read more than 33,000 pages about flags and view more than 62,000
images of flags." Pages are ordered by country, through clickable maps, or
map index, title, keyword, or searchable by search engine. |
Geography World
http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/101.html
Plenty of information for students studying geography--from homework help to background information on cultures and history of countries around the world. You'll also find climate, conservation, and calendar information, as well as a large number of geography games to enjoy --all from a high school teacher in Pennsylvania. --Kraynak, Best of the Internet |
Google Earth
http://earth.google.com/
Take virtual tours around the world. It's the planet inside your PC; an atlas,
encyclopedia and flight simulator, all rolled into one. Just point and zoom to
any place you want to explore. Google Earth combines the power of Google Search
with satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings to put the world's geographic
information at your fingertips. Fly to your house. Just type in an address, press
Search, and you’ll zoom right in. Search for schools, parks, restaurants, and hotels. Get driving directions. Tilt and rotate the view to see 3D terrain and buildings. Save and share your searches and favorites. |
Google Maps
http://maps.google.com/
Drag-and-drop online mapping from Google. Provides options to search for locations,
businesses, and driving directions, and a general search box to key in your
destination. Results may be printed or emailed. --lii.org [Map options now
include: Traffic view, Street view, Satellite view, or Hybrid
view. "My Maps" allows creation and sharing of personalized, annotated maps;
mark, draw lines and shapes, add text, photos, videos, publish and share.
Map results also show up in regular Google searches.] |
HomeTownLocator: US Cities Gazetteer
http://gazetteer.hometownlocator.com/index.cfm
HTL profiles include census, demographic and income data, parks, schools, libraries, hospitals, airports, hotels, environmental conditions, local newspapers, media outlets, employment, maps, coordinates and aerial photos. Local Resources: Jobs, Hotels, Weather. Search by city, town, state, county, area code, zip code. |
Internet Geography
http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/index.html
UK-based learning tool for geography offers: Activities, Teachers section,
Students section, Links, Search, GeoTopics (Coasts, Earthquake, Ecosystems,
Glaciation, Limestone, National Parks,Plate Tectonics, Rivers, Volcanoes,
Weather and climate, Environmental Problems, Human Geography, Economic
Geography), Maps, Ask a Geographer. (Copyright date on site is 2002) |
Intute:Science, Engineering & Technology: Geography
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/geography/
"The Intute Geography Gateway provides free access to high quality resources
on the Internet. Each resource has been evaluated and categorised by subject
specialists based at UK universities. Our target audience is students, staff
and researchers in higher and further education." |
Japanese Historical Maps from the East Asian
Library (David Rumsey), UC Berkeley
http://www.davidrumsey.com/japan/view.html
The Maps from the Japanese Historical Map Collection may be viewed in two Insight® formats. In addition, limited content is available using a special GIS Browser that allows detailed overlays of historical maps and current geospatial data.The collection is available over the World Wide Web using a standard Web browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape. This Insight® Browser format has been designed for the general public. The Insight® Java client has been designed for the researcher and those desiring advanced software functionality. In order to view the Collection using the Insight® Java client, special software must be downloaded. For new users, the Insight® Browser version is recommended. |
Lebanon - Al Mashriq
http://almashriq.hiof.no/lebanon/index.html
Country resource including photographic documentation (thousands of pictures historical and contemporary), along with A-Z directory from Archaeology to Weather. |
Lewis and Clark - Go West Across America
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/west/
National Geographic Kids presents adventure site: wild rivers, rugged mountains, and unknown continent to explore--this great American expedition will face them all, and they need your help on this incredible adventure. |
Map Collections - 1500-2005 Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
American Memory Project, Library of Congress: Map Collections: 1500-2004.
(Cities and Towns, cultural Landscapes, Conservation and Environment, Military
Battles and Campaigns, Discovery and Exploration, Transportation and Communication,
General Maps) Search by Keyword, Browse by Geographic Location Index, Title,
Creator, or Subject Index. |
Map History - History of Cartography
http://www.maphistory.info/
"
Old maps, early maps - non-current maps in general - are the subject of this
site. Whether you are an academic, family historian, collector, teacher,
parent or surfer - WELCOME! Use this site to find the worthwhile information
about old maps, both on the web and in the real world. The site's 100 'pages'
offer comment and guidance, and 4,500 annotated links - selected for relevance
and quality. As the information is logically organised in a directory structure,
you should easily find what you want. For an overview, check out What
the site is about." (The 'Map History' site forms part of the WWW-Virtual
Library. It offers a non-commercial mixture of comment and tips and many
thousands of links to free sites. It is the work of one individual (Tony
Campbell), who (as both author and webmaster) can make and implement decisions
immediately.) |
MapMachine--online dynamic atlas, street maps
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/
National Geographic partnered with ESRI to develop this visually-enhanced map tool. Among the cool things you can do are look at an aerial image and zoom in to get a bird's eye view of your house, search by Zip Code, and save maps you have generated. Information layers are turned on and off with check boxes including census and employment data, weather history, and more. --Schlein in Find It Online |
Maps - GIS from Infomine
http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?maps
A searchable directory of Web sites containing maps and mapmaking programs, satellite
images, photographs, and text and image databases; all entries at the site
are annotated. The site is edited and supported by the library of the University
of California, Riverside. |
Maptech Map Server
http://mapserver.maptech.com/homepage/index.cfm
The Maptech MapServer contains over 60,000 USGS topographic maps, NOAA nautical charts, aeronautical charts, and aerial and satellite photographs covering the United States. (Also sells GPS Navigation Software) |
National Atlas of the United States of America
http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/
"Any national atlas should provide a larger context within which to describe
a nation's people, places, and resources. To date, the National Atlas of
the United States has focused on providing you with information about America.
But in recent years we have partnered with atlas programs in Mexico and Canada
to compile authoritative and reliable geographic information that covers
North America. We have begun by collaboratively building "frameworks," the
essential map layers that provide a foundation for all other maps. These
basic layers, including small-scale harmonized information on North American
roads, water, boundaries and the like, are being offered here for the first
time. Like all other raw data and documentation offered here on nationalatlas.gov,
these frameworks can be downloaded at no cost and used freely without copyright
concerns or license restrictions. Revised elevation data and a new watersheds
map layer will be our next North American frameworks releases." Site includes
topographic maps all over the U.S. Use the Map Maker (customize maps for
printing or viewing), Map Layers (investigate layers that can be mixed and
matched), Printable Maps (pre-formatted maps on a variety of topics), Wall
Maps (order larger maps suitable for office, home or classroom), Dynamic
Maps (interactive maps), Articles (learn about topics that interest you),
Mapping Professionals (download data to use in GIS applications). |
National Geographic Online (maps, photography, travel, more)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM, the official web site of the National Geographic Society, is designed for educators and students. Featuring easy navigational tools, this is a multimedia database that promotes and provides access to geographic knowledge and brings about awareness of the need to protect the planet’s natural resources. One of the highlights is the Today’s Features?section which provides daily information and access to national and global issues. Also included are links to articles in the following categories: Adventure and Exploration, Animals and Nature, History and Culture, Kids, Maps and Geography, Photography, and Travel. There is a special section designed specifically for Teachers and Students, which provides access to Educator’s Home Page and Homework Help. |
National Geologic Map Database (USGS)
http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/
U.S. Geological Survey offers a great maps collection with the ability to search and find locations in many different ways. Easy to use and useful. "Your Geoscience resource for maps and related data about: geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology, and marine geology. |
NationMaster - Where Stats Come Alive
http://www.nationmaster.com/
"
Welcome to NationMaster, a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically
compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources
as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form above, you can generate
maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease. We currently have 5,912
stats, and this number is increasing all the time." (Varied topics such as
soldiers, olympic medals, tourists, English speakers, wall plug voltages;
Can use correlation reports,
scatterplots; integrated with a full encyclopedia with over 200,000 articles.
Features recently added; and top graphs.) (Links to StateMaster; see below.) |
Oddens' Bookmarks
http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.php
"Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping" -- An extensive collection of links to
maps, geographical societies, and things cartographic. |
Online Geographical Bibliography
http://geobib.lib.uwm.edu/
An electronic index to current journal articles, books, and maps in the field of geography from the American Geographical Society collection (University of Wisconsin: Milwaukee). This work, which provides bibliographic citations (no abstracts or full-text articles), covers topics such as biogeography, climatology, human geography, hydrology, and physical geography as well as regional geography. The print version of this index is issued ten times a year (Current Geographical Publications: Additions to the Research Catalogue of the American Geographical Society) |
Portals to the World from the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
Contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria. When completed, the project will include all the nations of the world. Currently 215 countries linked on the front page. Special feature: Report on Terrorism. |
ReliefWeb
http://www.reliefweb.int
"ReliefWeb is the world’s leading on-line gateway to information (documents and maps) on humanitarian emergencies and disasters. An independent vehicle of information, designed specifically to assist the international humanitarian community in effective delivery of emergency assistance, it provides timely, reliable and relevant information as events unfold, while emphasizing the coverage of "forgotten emergencies" at the same time. ReliefWeb was launched in October 1996 and is administered by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)." Note: Map
Centre features relief efforts around the world. |
StateMaster
http://www.statemaster.com/index.php
"Welcome to StateMaster, a unique statistical database which allows you to research and compare a multitude of different data on US states. We have compiled information from various primary sources such as the US Census Bureau, the FBI, and the National Center for Educational Statistics. More than just a mere collection of various data, StateMaster goes beyond the numbers to provide you with visualization technology like pie charts, maps, graphs and scatterplots. We also have thousands of map and flag images, state profiles, and correlations." (Related to NationMaster; see above.) |
USGS GEO-DATA Explorer
http://geode.usgs.gov/
Use GEO-DATA Explorer (GEODE) to access, view, and download information from geo-spatial databases containing a broad spectrum of data produced by the USGS and other government agencies. |
USGS Mapping Information Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
http://geonames.usgs.gov/gnishome.html
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), developed by the USGS in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN), contains information about almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the US. The Federally recognized name of each feature described in the database is identified, and references are made to a feature's location by State, county, and geographic coordinates. The GNIS is our Nation's official repository of domestic geographic names information. (Tells you where to find information about foreign geographic feature names.) Covers US and territories, and Antarctica. |
U.S. Gazetteer
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
This gazetteer is used to identify places to view with the Tiger Map Server
and obtain census data from the 1990 Census Lookup server. You can search
for places, counties or MCDs by entering the name and state abbreviation
(optional), or 5-digit zip code. *Note: This dataset is derived from the
Census GICS and does not contain unincorporated place names. |
UT Library Online - Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
The Perry-Castenada Library of the University of Texas has scanned over 4,000 non-copyrighted maps from its own collection, making them available to the public on the Web. While most of the maps in the collection are provided by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, there are also maps from obscure agencies and institutions. (Collection has over 230,000 maps.) |
World Atlas of Maps Flags and Geography Facts
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
Cool interactive globe--Click a continent and then a country to get a quick overview of its borders and geographical features plus a wealth of information about the country's economy, language, climate, currency, and more. Great resource for kids. (From the Woolwine-Moen group d/b/a Graphic Maps, Galveston, Texas) --Kraynak, Best of the Internet |
Worldpress.org - Maps of the World
http://www.worldpress.org/map.cfm
The "world maps and country profiles" section of World Press Review's site features Hammond World Atlas Corp. maps and CIA World Factbook statistics, adding news from publications around the globe (translated, analyzed, and contextualized by the World Press Review, for over 30 years, the only English-language magazine giving readers a first-hand look at the issues and debates that occupy the world's newspapers and magazines). A point-and-click world map provides additional access. |
Zoom Into Maps
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/maps/
This activity introduces historical maps from the American Memory collections. A graphic organizer, for analysis and note, taking, and a set of guiding questions for each type of map have been provided. Historic maps can illustrate change over time and personalize history by giving evidence of familiar landmarks and of people, their beliefs, and the political policies of an era. These maps are "zoomable" and can be examined in detail using Lizard Tech's MrSID technology, which also makes it possible to view and work with these maps "offline." | |