Maps and Atlases - Geography
David Rumsey Map Collection
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
"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
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-Castañeda Collection Map Library.
Topographic Maps - National Geographic
https://petapixel.com/2016/08/06/nat-geo-launches-free-website-printing-detailed-topographical-maps/
Worldmapper
"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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