Knowledge: maps
See Also:
- recreation → travel → image galleries
- science → earth sciences → geomatics
- science → social sciences → geography
Links
- MapQuest
http://www.mapquest.com/ - Find directions for and explore towns and cities worldwide. Display addresses on a map, view nearby businesses, get driving directions and maps, and plan a trip with city information. Also includes aerial photographs of selected areas.
- Atlapedia Online
http://www.atlapedia.com/ - Contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
- Multimap
http://www.multimap.com/ - Global mapping service including street maps of Europe, North America and Australia.
- TerraFly
http://www.terrafly.com/ - Searchable aerial views of cities and towns in the United States.
- United Nations: Cartographic Section
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm - General country and special issues maps.
- Atlas of the Biosphere
http://www.sage.wisc.edu/atlas/ - A collection of maps, schematics, and information about human-environment interactions, directed at the education community.
- Maps of World
http://www.mapsofworld.com/ - Online maps showing countries of the world and continents. Too wide for smaller monitors.
- TerraServer
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ - View maps and aerial photos of various parts of the Earth.
- Great Circle Mapper
http://gc.kls2.com/ - Shows great circle path between specified points on the globe with an aviation focus.
- Readmap Project
http://www.readmap.com/ - Online maps collection with political and economical overview of each country.
- Google Maps
http://maps.google.com/ - Provides directions, interactive maps, and satellite/aerial imagery of the United States. Can also search by keyword such as type of business.
- Expedia Maps
http://maps.expedia.com/ - Offers searchable listing in the United States and Europe by address and driving directions.
- United States Library of Congress Map Collections
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/ - Top-level categories include cities and towns, cultural, landscapes, conservation and environment, military battles and campaigns, discovery and exploration, transportation and communication. Searchable by keyword, location, creator, subject, and title.
- Planet Observer
http://www.maps4free.com/ - Displays country and ocean maps, followed by demographic data on each reviewed area.
- Map Up
http://mapup.com/ - Provides continental, oceanic, and country-specific maps, followed by geopolitical analysis.
- Cornell's Digital Earth
http://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/webmap/ - Use this interactive atlas to create maps displaying land, oceans, borders, roads, lakes, rivers, roads, railroads, faults, mines, seismic, and other geological, geographical, and geophysical data. Requires Java.
- ABMaps
http://www.abmaps.com/ - Online interactive map of the world, with detailed street atlas for North America.
- National Atlas of the United States
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/ - U.S. government map portal providing access to many government branches including USGS, Census, U.S. Forest Service, NOAA, National Park Service and others.
- Maporama
http://world.maporama.com/ - Generates maps for a desired address or point of interest. Output is also viewable on handheld computers.
- Windows Live Local
http://intl.local.live.com/ - Combines online mapping and local search, uses a scratch pad to take notes, and allows to search questions around the United States in a geographical context.
- Fallingrain Global Gazetteer
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/ - Look up countries, cities, and airports and obtain topographic maps, weather data, and selected satellite imagery.
- Shaded Relief Map of the World
http://www.shaded-relief.com - Interactive global map, including topographic relief, satellite imagery, and political information. Includes place finder.
- World Atlas
http://reference.aol.com/atlas - Get maps and relevant information about every country, every U.S. state and dozens of major American cities.
- CIA World Factbook - Reference Maps
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/refmaps.html - Various maps of the world in both jpeg and pdf format that are updated annually.
- Worldmapper
http://www.worldmapper.org/ - A collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on according to the subject of interest.
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