Maps and Atlases - Geography
David Rumsey Map Collection
http://www.davidrumsey.com
The collection includes historic atlases, maritime charts, and a variety of separate maps including pocket, wall, and manuscript maps.
Distance Calculator: How Far Is It?
http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/calculate-distance.html
Find distances between cities/towns, land features, and more.
Earth View Maps
https://earthviewmaps.com/
A searchable platform that can be filtered by Look by countries, capitals, landmarks, skyscrapers, states, and more.
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
http://www.ecai.org
"The Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative is a global consortium of people who share the vision of creating a distributed virtual library of cultural information with a time and place interface." Consult the Atlas Portal to browse by region, country, or city.
Geographic Names Information System
http://geonames.usgs.gov/
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is the Federal and national standard for geographic nomenclature.
Library of Congress Map Collections
https://www.loc.gov/maps/collections/
Search by keyword or browse by location, title, creator, or subject.
National Geographic MapMachine
http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine#s=h&c=0,%200&z=1
Road maps, satellite maps, and maps showing country borders.
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps
A collection of online maps of general interest ordered geographically. From the University of Texas Perry-CastaƱeda Collection Map Library.
Topographic Maps - National Geographic
https://petapixel.com/2016/08/06/nat-geo-launches-free-website-printing-detailed-topographical-maps/
Worldmapper
https://worldmapper.org/
"Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest." Use the menu to find a map of interest.
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