Maps of current events
- Maps in the News
This site has a list of maps for current happenings in the world. Maps include the downed jet in the Hudson River, ethnic conflict in Kenya and the Myanmar cyclone.
The World
- The world atlas This database contains outline, elevation, and reproducible maps of the world, individual regions, countries, U.S. states and Canadian provinces. It also provides statistical, historical, and political information.
- Cartographic Section of the United Nations Maps from the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
- World maps There are over 475 location, physical and political maps.
- The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
A collection of scanned maps in various file formats from the University of Texas at Austin. The Central Intelligence Agency produced many of these maps. The collection is divided into Online Maps of Current Interest and Online Maps of General Interest. - Watersheds of the World The maps and profiles in this collection portray issues affecting water resources, including land cover and use, population density, and freshwater biodiversity.
- ReliefWeb's Map Centre ReliefWeb is the world’s leading on-line gateway to information (documents and maps) on humanitarian emergencies and disasters.
- Geology.com This is one of the largest collections of static maps on the internet. These include a growing collection of over 160 country maps paired with Landsat images. [from the publisher]
- World Mapper Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.
- One Planet, Many People
- David Rumsey Collection This site focuses on 18th/19th-century North & 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.
- UNEP: Atlas of Our Changing Environment This interactive atlas from the United Nations Environment Programme provides useful information to all interested in both natural and human-made changes in our planet over the last 30-40 years.
- Maps and graphics This service is an on-going project to collect and catalog all graphic products that have been prepared for publications and web-sites for the UN from the last 15 years on a wide range of themes related to the environment and sustainable development
- World Language Phyla Stephen Huffman classified languages in Ethnologue into broader groups following A Guide to the World's Languages 1991. Some of those maps are available for downloading.
- Gapminder Gapminder is a non-profit venture promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by increased use and understanding of statistics and other information about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels.
Western Hemisphere
- Geology.com (U. S. States) This is a collection of 350 U.S. state maps which include a raised relief map, elevation map, rivers map, political map and roads/cities map. These link to our state and city satellite images, waterfalls map, state high points map and more.
- The National Atlas An online atlas and geographic information system, including geospatial and statistical data sets and digitized maps and map layers. The updated National Atlas is designed to provide a reliable summary of national-scale geographical information.
- GeoGratis GeoGratis is a web and file transfer protocol (ftp) site that distributes geospatial data of Canada. Data is available for download, without charge. Similarly, several types of full resolution satellite imagery are on-line.
- David Rumsey Collection This site focuses on 18th/19th-century North & 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.
- Geology.com This is one of the largest collections of static maps on the internet. These include a growing collection of over 160 country maps paired with Landsat images. [from the publisher]
- The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection A collection of scanned maps in various file formats from the University of Texas at Austin. The Central Intelligence Agency produced many of these maps. The collection is divided into Online Maps of Current Interest and Online Maps of General Interest.
- The world atlas This database contains outline, elevation, and reproducible maps of the world, individual regions, countries, U.S. states and Canadian provinces. It also provides statistical, historical, and political information.
- World maps There are over 475 location, physical and political maps.
- Maps and graphics This service is an on-going project to collect and catalog all graphic products that have been prepared for publications and web-sites for the UN from the last 15 years on a wide range of themes related to the environment and sustainable development
- UNEP: Atlas of Our Changing Environment This interactive atlas from the United Nations Environment Programme provides useful information to all interested in both natural and human-made changes in our planet over the last 30-40 years.
- One Planet, Many People
Europe
- The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection A collection of scanned maps in various file formats from the University of Texas at Austin. The Central Intelligence Agency produced many of these maps. The collection is divided into Online Maps of Current Interest and Online Maps of General Interest.
- The world atlas This database contains outline, elevation, and reproducible maps of the world, individual regions, countries, U.S. states and Canadian provinces. It also provides statistical, historical, and political information.
- World maps There are over 475 location, physical and political maps.
- Geology.com This is one of the largest collections of static maps on the internet. These include a growing collection of over 160 country maps paired with Landsat images. [from the publisher]
- UNEP: Atlas of Our Changing Environment This interactive atlas from the United Nations Environment Programme provides useful information to all interested in both natural and human-made changes in our planet over the last 30-40 years.
- One Planet, Many People
- Maps and graphics This service is an on-going project to collect and catalog all graphic products that have been prepared for publications and web-sites for the UN from the last 15 years on a wide range of themes related to the environment and sustainable development
Africa
- Africa's Lakes
- Africa : Atlas of Our Changing Environment
- The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection A collection of scanned maps in various file formats from the University of Texas at Austin. The Central Intelligence Agency produced many of these maps. The collection is divided into Online Maps of Current Interest and Online Maps of General Interest.
- The world atlas This database contains outline, elevation, and reproducible maps of the world, individual regions, countries, U.S. states and Canadian provinces. It also provides statistical, historical, and political information.
- World maps There are over 475 location, physical and political maps.
- Geology.com This is one of the largest collections of static maps on the internet. These include a growing collection of over 160 country maps paired with Landsat images. [from the publisher]
- Maps and graphics This service is an on-going project to collect and catalog all graphic products that have been prepared for publications and web-sites for the UN from the last 15 years on a wide range of themes related to the environment and sustainable development
- UNEP: Atlas of Our Changing Environment This interactive atlas from the United Nations Environment Programme provides useful information to all interested in both natural and human-made changes in our planet over the last 30-40 years.
- One Planet, Many People
Make your own map!
- Mapping for Everyone A site from ESRI, makers of ArcGIS, which allows you to map a limited range of variables and inbed those maps into web pages.
Census maps of the U.S.
- Census Bureau Map Products Census maps of the United States for 1990 and 2000. The maps are in PDF format.
Topographic maps for the U.S.
- USGS Map Store You can download free USGS topographic sheets in GeoPDF format. Adobe Reader can read this format.
Maps of New Hampshire
- GRANIT A series of 8.5x11 maps of New Hampshire. Maps include a base map, population density, land cover and shaded relief.
Maps of Vermont
- Map Center The Map Center is a part of the Vermont Center for Geographic Information. Besides downloadable maps, there is an interactive site and a Digital Atlas of Vermont.
Maps of Maine
- MEGIS Maps Downloadable maps from the Maine Office of GIS.
Asia
- Maps of China
- Maps from China Odyssey Tours
- PAIR : Portal of Asian Internet Resources A resource for good internet information about Asia. There are links to maps for various countries
- The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection A collection of scanned maps in various file formats from the University of Texas at Austin. The Central Intelligence Agency produced many of these maps. The collection is divided into Online Maps of Current Interest and Online Maps of General Interest.
- Geology.com This is one of the largest collections of static maps on the internet. These include a growing collection of over 160 country maps paired with Landsat images. [from the publisher]
- The world atlas This database contains outline, elevation, and reproducible maps of the world, individual regions, countries, U.S. states and Canadian provinces. It also provides statistical, historical, and political information.
- World maps There are over 475 location, physical and political maps.
- One Planet, Many People
- UNEP: Atlas of Our Changing Environment This interactive atlas from the United Nations Environment Programme provides useful information to all interested in both natural and human-made changes in our planet over the last 30-40 years.
- Maps and graphics This service is an on-going project to collect and catalog all graphic products that have been prepared for publications and web-sites for the UN from the last 15 years on a wide range of themes related to the environment and sustainable development
Oceania
- The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection A collection of scanned maps in various file formats from the University of Texas at Austin. The Central Intelligence Agency produced many of these maps. The collection is divided into Online Maps of Current Interest and Online Maps of General Interest.
- Geology.com This is one of the largest collections of static maps on the internet. These include a growing collection of over 160 country maps paired with Landsat images. [from the publisher]
- The world atlas This database contains outline, elevation, and reproducible maps of the world, individual regions, countries, U.S. states and Canadian provinces. It also provides statistical, historical, and political information.
- World maps There are over 475 location, physical and political maps.
- One Planet, Many People
- UNEP: Atlas of Our Changing Environment This interactive atlas from the United Nations Environment Programme provides useful information to all interested in both natural and human-made changes in our planet over the last 30-40 years.
- Maps and graphics This service is an on-going project to collect and catalog all graphic products that have been prepared for publications and web-sites for the UN from the last 15 years on a wide range of themes related to the environment and sustainable development
Further reading ...
This journal article from Reference Services Review discusses electronic maps. The article lists web sites for online maps but also talks about how to save and use the maps you find. You should find most if not all of the sites listed in the article in our online catalog or annotated below.
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