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About.com--human guides, human interests geography : world atlas, maps and geography of the world
"This world atlas includes an alphabetical list of countries and continents (below) or countries organized by continent and region. ... also includes maps and geographical information for U.S. states and territories, major world cities and oceans. ... This online atlas is part of the Geography at About.com site ..."
David Rumsey map collection
This collection of scanned historic maps focuses on 18th and 19th century North and South American cartographic materials, including atlases, globes, school geographies, maritime charts, and a variety of separate maps including pocket, wall, children's and manuscript maps. Many maps of the Pacific Northwest are included
Deadly maps the complete collection of maps from Carnegie's Deadly Arsenals: Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Threats
"The first five maps reflect the worldwide proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and their missile delivery systems. The country maps show the major nuclear installations, both civilian and military, in each country." Portion of the 2nd edition of "Deadly arsenals: nuclear, biological and chemical threats" published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Electoral geography 2.0
Provides election results from around the world, electoral maps, and articles on electoral geography. Includes links to other resources
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
ECAI is an international collaborative project which combines global mapping, imagery, and texts. This Web site provides scholars and other users with a research resource based on digital technology which presents complex combinations of data from multiple disciplines visually and immediately
GLOBIO mapping human impacts on the biosphere
"The GLOBIO consortium has developed a global-scale spatial model of the impacts of environmental change on biodiversity. The model is designed to produce policy relevant indicators for use in assessments, scenario exercises and exploration of the impacts of policy options. The main indicator produced is the mean abundance of the original species belonging to an ecosystem (MSA): that is, the abundance of native wildlife."
Historical maps of the Americas
Digitized historical maps from the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
HRW world atlas
Maps of the world, continents, ocean floors, and individual countries
Map collections, 1500-2003
The Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress offers access to its online map collection for the years 1500 on. The collection is organized according to seven major categories. Information about the date of publication, subject, medium, call number, and location of each map is provided
Map machine
Physical, political, and satellite maps of the world, continents, and individual countries and U.S. states. The Map Machine Atlas also includes flags and concise information and statistics about each country and state. A resources section provides links to other cartographic sites on the Web
Maps of the Americas
Digitized maps from the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Maps of the world
Digitized world maps from the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Multimap
Paleomap project
The goal of the Paleomap Project is to illustrate the plate tectonic development of the ocean basins and continents, as well as the changing distribution of land and sea during the past 1100 million years. Site includes maps, globes, and animations
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
Contains images of hundreds of maps of the world's nations, major cities, state outline maps, national park maps, information about the PCL Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin and geographical background information
Public health mapping and GIS map library
ReliefWeb Map Centre
Reference and thematic maps concerning current and past humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters
TerraServer
The TerraServer-USA Web site is one of the world's largest online databases, providing free public access to a vast data store of maps and aerial photographs of the United States
United Nations Cartographic Section maps and geographic information resources
Includes country profile maps, peacekeeping maps, and various thematic maps, as well as resources and information from the UN Geographic Information Working Group, the group of experts on geographical names, and a link to the UN map collection
USGS EarthExplorer
Query and order satellite images, aerial photographs, and cartographic products through the U.S. Geological Survey
Watersheds of the world ecological value and vulnerability
World atlas of biodiversity
World time zones
World Water and Climate Atlas
The IWMI World Water and Climate Atlas gives irrigation and agricultural planners rapid access to accurate data on climate and moisture availability for agriculture
World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping and Assessment Programme WHYMAP
"The programme aims at collecting, collating and visualising hydrogeological information at a global scale. Maps are convenient tools to convey groundwater related information in an appropriate way to groundwater experts as well as to non-experts or politicians. WHYMAP thus brings together the huge efforts in hydrogeological mapping, at regional, national and continental levels."
Worldmapper the world as you've never seen it before
"Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. There are now nearly 600 maps. Many available as pdf posters. "
Yahoo! Science. Geography. Cartography
Yahoo! Science. Geography. Cartography. Maps


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