Maps and Geographical Information


Acme Mapper
Ancient World Mapping Center
Blank and Outline Maps
Cartographic Images -- Historical maps.
David Rumsey Historic Map Collection -- Focuses on 18th and 19th century North and South American
Electronic Map Library
Geographic Names Information System
Geography Network -- Access many types of geographic content including live maps, downloadable data, and more advanced services.
Geographic Names Database -- Database of foreign geographic feature names.
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names -- Includes historical, vernacular, and variant name in other languages. Listings can be physical or political entities. TGN provides the bibliographic source of the name.
Google Maps
Historical Maps Online
How far is it? -- Finds latitude and longitude of two places and calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies).
Landform Atlas of the United States
Live Search Maps -- Provided by MSN.
Map-a-Planet
Map Collections 1500-2004 -- Part of the American Memory Project from the Library of Congress.
Map Libraries on the World Wide Web
Maporama -- Provides country and street maps of all countries of the world.
Mapping the National Parks -- Historical maps provided by the American Memory project from the Library of Congress.
MapQuest
Maps On Us
Multimap -- International maps.
Odden's Bookmarks: The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping
Panoramic Maps Collection -- Nonphotographic representations of cities portrayed as if viewed from above at an oblique angle. Popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
TerraFly -- Aerial view located by address.
TerraServer -- Huge repository of aerial photographs and satellite images.
Tiger Map Server Browser
United Nations Cartographic Section
U.S. Gazetteer -- Search by name or zip code. Links to map and census data.
USGS National Geologic Map Database
ViaMichelin -- Maps and driving directions for Europe.
World Atlas
Yahoo! Maps -- Includes point to point driving directions.

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