Maps resources

Comprehensive collections

Atlapedia Online

http://www.atlapedia.com/

World maps, country information, and classroom resources.

American Memory Map Collections (Library of Congress)

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html

Provides maps from 1544 to the present day. Covers topics such as settlements in America, military battles, discovery and exploration, conservation, the environment, transportation, and communication.

MapMachine (National Geographic)

http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine

Provides useful features, such as page-size maps suitable for printing in pdf format; flags and facts about countries of the world; and, dynamic theme maps depicting characteristics such as regions with mineral resources, location of earthquakes, elevation, vegetation, etc.

National Atlas of the United States of America

http://www.nationalatlas.gov/

Search preformatted maps, create your own maps, and work with interactive maps on this U.S. government website.

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

One of the premier map collections on the Internet. Includes current and historical maps, links to city map sites, maps of regions currently in the news, etc..

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Driving and travel maps

MSN Maps & Directions

http://mappoint.msn.com

Create maps, get driving directions, information about local weather conditions, etc.

MapQuest

http://www.mapquest.com

In addition to an interactive world atlas, provides a "tripquest" feature which allows you to create routing plans between two destinations in North America. Members (membership is free) can also create personalized maps.

How Far Is It?

http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/calculate-distance.html

Useful for locating the distance between two points on the globe (as the crow flies). This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them. It also provides a map showing the two places, using the Xerox PARC Map Server.

Yahoo! Maps

http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py

Allows the user to create a map for an address or city (U.S. only) and get driving directions between two locations.