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Atlas of the World

Search by world, continent, city, or image. The maps are not clickable, so you can’t zoom in on certain areas, but the maps are large and helpful for students learning about our world’s geography.

Blue Skies for Java

Very interesting site that lets you interact with weather maps. You can view such things as relative humidity, wind, and temperature—and then understand better the meteorological events that come into play with each other. When you select a type of weather map, you can click an area of that map (all U.S. areas) and get the status of what a city’s weather is.

Country Maps from W3 Servers in Europe

This clearinghouse site offers a clickable imagemap that lists the countries of Europe. Clicking a country’s flag takes you to a map of that country. Maps vary in quality (the United Kingdom’s map mainly listed universities, not cities or regions, while the link to the European Union didn’t even offer a map), but all of Europe is represented. The pages offer English descriptions in addition to commentary in the country’s native tongue.

International Map Trade Association

Offers links to member stores’ Web sites and a geographical directory of map and travel book retailers.

Magellan Maps

A great image map of the world is clickable and lets you get more detailed maps for anywhere you want to go. (Be sure to click the country name, not the actual place on the map.) You can also use the search engine to find a particular place. This site also offers maps for sale.

MapBlast

Vincinity Corporation’s site that helps you create maps of your own. You can also get maps of popular destinations, such as major U.S. cities, national parks, state capitals, attractions, and U.S. regions.

MapQuest

Excellent and resourceful guide for those who are planning to travel in North America. Has travel guides, trip information, clickable maps, directions, and so much more. Share plans and tips with fellow vacationers, get relocation information, or order a road atlas on CD-ROM.

National Atlas of Canada on SchoolNet

This site, offered in both English and French, offers demographic maps based on Canada’s languages and aging population, maps of wetlands and natural hazards, an atlas of Canadian communities, and an interactive geography quiz.

Online mapping services offer close-up maps, down to the street address. They often include major attractions on the map as well. Excite’s City.net (http://www.city.net/) is a great example of an online mapping service. The site includes a map and concierge section. You also can check out the top 25 U.S. and international cities. With the map section, you can enter a name and complete address of any business or person you want to visit and then click the Map It button. The site then enters that address into its interactive map system and pulls up a map that shows the address, down to the street and house or business location. While some very small towns do not have street maps available, most U.S. cities will garner results.

One Degree Land Cover Map Derived from AVHRR Data

Site that shows phenological data, with 11 types of vegetation areas in the world. You can view the dataset documentation or download binary or ASCII versions of the class maps.

OSSHE Historical and Cultural Atlas Resource

This site was developed for students and aids their learning experience. It offers maps of North America, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Normal maps can be viewed with any JPEG viewer. You need to download Macromedia’s ShockWave plug-in—see the Requirements link and click “Macromedia”—in order to view the interactive maps, which are indicated by an icon.

Rare Map Collection at the Hargrett Library

The Hargrett Library, at the University of Georgia Library, offers over 800 rare maps from the16th through the early 20th century. Early maps depict the New World, while others chart Colonial and Revolutionary America, the Civil War, and Georgia’s Revolutionary period, cities, and coastal areas. File sizes are large and downloads are slow.

Thomas Bros. Maps

Well-known for their street guides, Thomas Bros. now has a site that offers their 1998 CD-ROM. Also, you may browse their online maps of such detailed places as Los Angeles and Orange counties. View their product lines and showcases, too.

World Atlas

Great aid for students, this site shows the countries and oceans of the world. Also, view the appendixes to get information about such issues as environmental agreements, the United Nations system, international organizations and groups, and weights and measures.