Current Maps and Atlases
Global
- Perry-Castaneda Map Library (from the University of Texas; the single best source for online maps, whether or individual cities, countries, regions, or topical themes related to current events)
- About.com World Atlas
- Atlapedia Online
- ETH Zurich - Maps and GeoData Worldwide
- MapQuest World Atlas
- Merriam-Webster's World Atlas (in conjunction with the New York Times Online)
- National Geographic Atlas Explorer
- Theodora.com's World maps
- United Nations Cartographic Section (official UN maps of numerous countries and regions, as well as of UN peacekeeping operations)
- WorldAtlas.com
- WorldMapper (a site with over 600 maps depicting countries' sizes based on attributes like population or socioeconomic development levels)
- World Sites Atlas
- World Time Zones (from the U.S. Naval Observatory)
Countries or Regions
- Canada:
- Atlas of Canada
- MapPlace (from the Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources)
- Finland:
- Latin America:
- Latin American Maps (from the Latin American Network Information Center/LANIC at the University of Texas)
- Mexico:
- United States:
- National Atlas of the United States (the official national atlas, from the U.S. government)
- American Memory Map Collections (thematic map collections from the Library of Congress)
- Color Landform Atlas of the United States
- Digital Atlas of the United States (from Professor William Bowen at California State University - Northridge and the California Geographical Survey)
- Eco-Regions of the United States (from the U.S. Forest Service)
- Historical Maps of the United States (from the Perry-Castaneda Library at the University of Texas)
- National Map Viewer (from the USGS)
- TerraServer (from Microsoft; offers access to USGS aerial imagery for the entire United States)
- U.S. Census Bureau maps (maps of states, counties, cities, and various topical themes)
- 1895 U.S. Atlas (includes state and county maps for each state, as well as city and town data)
Outline Maps
These blank maps are very useful for educators (as testable materials) and students (to help study for such tests); I have used them in my Introduction to International Relations courses:
Historical Maps and Atlases
Global
- Perry-Castaneda Map Library - Historical Maps (from the University of Texas)
- Broer Map Library - Online Historic Maps
- MapHistory - Images of Early Maps on the Web
- Mapping History: The Darkwing Atlas Project (from the University of Oregon; currently includes a variety of historical maps of American history, European history, Latin American history, and African history)
- David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
- James Ford Bell Map Collection - Historical Maps (a large selection from the University of Minnesota)
- HistoryLink - Historical Maps
- HyperHistory Maps (the maps are not as high-tech as some of the other maps available online, but they cover a wide range of history from ancient civilizations to World War II)
- University of Illinois - Historical Maps Online
- TimeMaps Atlas of World History
- Yale University Map Collection - Online Maps
- Ryhiner Map Collection (from the Municipal and University Library of Berne, Switzerland)
Countries or Regions
- Northwestern University - Maps of Africa
- Ancient World:
- Ancient Near East Site Maps (maps showing archeological sites and both ancient and modern cities in Egypt, Sudan, The Levant, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran; from the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago)
- Ancient World Mapping Center - Maps for Students (maps of the ancient Greek and Roman world from the Ancient World Mapping Center at the University of North Carolina)
- De Imperatoribus Romanus Ancient and Historical Atlas (maps of the Roman empire and adjacent entities for each century from 1-1500 AD; from Christos Nussli)
- Interactive Ancient Mediterranean project - maps (maps of the ancient Mediterranean world)
- Ptolemy's Geography (a 2nd century A.D. atlas of the known world, put online by Bill Thayer)
- Europe:
- 1910 Maps of Austria-Hungary (a digitized copy of the 1910 Third Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary)
- FEEFHS Map Room (an excellent set of maps of Eastern and Central Europe, from the Federation of East European Family Historical Societies; originally intended for genealogical research, but also useful for other historical pursuits, especially regarding the Austro-Hungarian, German, and Russian empires and nearby territories)
- Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe
- United States:
- Hargrett Library Rare Map Collection (from the University of Georgia; focused on the state of Georgia, the U.S. Southeast, and the Colonial/Revolutionary period)
- Historical Maps of Texas (from the Texas General Land Office)
- U.S. History Maps and Atlases (from the WWW Virtual Library)
Interactive Maps and Tools
Map Viewers
- Earth and Moon Viewer (from John Walker of Fourmilab Switzerland)
- Globalis (an interactive atlas with layers related to sustainable development and human impact)
- GlobalMap (an ambitious project to map the entire world, which depends on each country's national mapping agency to submit the needed data. It appears to require registration before the maps can be downloaded.)
- Google Maps
- National Geographic Map Machine (for full-color maps) and Xpeditions MapMaker (for printable maps)
- PlaniGlobe Online Map Creation
Local Maps and Driving Directions
Distance Calculators
- Aeroplanner Distance Calculator
- City Distance Tool (from GeoBytes)
- Great Circle Distance Calculator (from Ed Williams' Aviation Page; calculate distance based on latitude/longitude)
- John Byers' Distance Calculators
- World Distance Calculator (from the Federation Aeronatique International)
Gazetteers and Geographic Name Servers
Global
- Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer (from UC-Santa Barbara)
- GEOnet Geographic Names Server (access to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and U.S. Board on Geographic Names' database of foreign geographic feature names, which is the official repository of foreign place-name decisions approved by the US BGN.)
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Global Gazetteer (from Falling Rain Genomics)
Countries and Regions
- Canada:
- Canadian Geographical Names (from Natural Resources Canada)
- Europe:
- ShtetlSeeker and JewishGen Communities Database (covering communities in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union)
- United Kingdom:
- Gazetteer of British Place Names (from the Association of British Counties)
- United States:
- Columbia Gazetteer of North America
- U.S. Gazetteer (from the U.S. Census Bureau)
- U.S. Geographic Names Information System (from the USGS)
Map-related Link Collections
- Oddens' Bookmarks (a compilation of thousands of map-related web links from Roelof Oddens at Utrecht University in the Netherlands)
- Perry-Castaneda Library - Historical Map Web Sites (from the University of Texas)
- John R. Borchert Map Library - Online and Interactive Maps (from the University of Minnesota)
- British Library - Cartographic Research Online
- Geography World
- Northwestern University Library
- Perry-Castaneda Library (from the University of Texas)
- University of Kansas Map Library - Maps, Atlases, and Gazetteers
- WWW-VL: History: Maps (part of the WWW Virtual Library)
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