Geography resources

Maps, atlases, and images

• Oddens' Bookmarks: “The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping” [Geosciences faculty, University of Utrecht]
• An Atlas of Cyberspaces [Martin Dodge]
• LibrarySpot.com links to map resources
• Earth Observation Images [NASA]
• EarthRise (more earth images)
• SpaceImaging.com
• The Great Globe Gallery on the World Wide Web
• Microsoft TerraServer: World Imagery Database
• Map Machine at the National Geographic Society
• World Atlas: Maps and Geography of the World [About.com]
• All the World's Maps [Embassy World]
• World Sites Atlas
• WorldAtlas.com
• Rand McNally Get a Map
• Altapedia Online
• MapBlast
• MapQuest
• Google Maps (satellite images, too)
• Maps On Us (requires registration, but it's free)
• Expedia maps [Microsoft]
• Map24
• Maps and References [University of Iowa Center for Global & Regional Environmental Research]
• U. S. Geologic Survey
• National Atlas of the United States [U.S. Geologic Survey]
• Color landform atlas of the U. S. [Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab]
• Geographic Names Information System at U. S. Geologic Survey
• Geographic Names Server at MIT
• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names [Getty Information Institute]
• U.S. Gazetteer [US Census Bureau]
• Map History/History of Cartography [Tony Campbell]
• Historical maps from the American Memory Project [Library of Congress]
• Rare Map Collection at the Hargrett Library, University of Georgia
• Historical maps [Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas, Austin]
• World Wide Web Virtual Library in Cartography [Georgia State University] (no longer maintained, so its links may be out of date)
• Map History/History of Cartography [World Wide Web-Virtual Library]
• Images of early maps on the Web [World Wide Web-Virtual Library]
• Historical Atlas of the 20th Century [Matthew White]

Travel

• Expedia [Microsoft]
• Fodor's Travel Online [Fodors]
• Lonely Planet Online [Lonely Planet]
• Virtual Tourist (virtual journey and real travel)
• Roadside America (online guide to offbeat tourist attractions)
• Travel warnings and consular information sheets [U. S. State Department]
• USA CityLink

Population

• World Wide Web Virtual Library in Demography and Population Studies [Australian National University]
• US Census Bureau
• Maps and cartographic products [US Census Bureau]

Additional links

• World Wide Web Virtual Library in Geography [Heather McAdam]
• Geography resources at About.com
• Internet Resources for Geographers [Department of Geography, University of Colorado-Boulder]
• Links to numerous geography sites [University of Utrecht]
• Geography departments worldwide [Department of Geography, University of Innsbruck]

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