Geography Links

SCORE-Geography Information
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/grade9/index.html

Nation Master
http://www.nationmaster.com/
According to this web page, you can learn about "everything everywhere."  This unique web site allows students to study nations of the world using specific themes-most debt, fastest growing, most generous, etc.  There is also a tool that allows students to construct graphs using the various statistics.  Students can also look at GDP (gross domestic product) in the past.

Portals to the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria. When completed, the project will include all the nations of the world.

Census Scope
http://www.censusscope.org/
Maps and information generated for the 2000 U.S. Census information.

Create a map
http://www.aquarius.geomar.de/omc/make_map.html
Create your own map by specifying latitude, longitude and the type of projection.

The Visible Earth
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
Pictures of the earth by NASA.

Atlas from the Arizona Geographic Alliance
http://alliance.la.asu.edu/azga/view_page.php3?page=c.htm&page_ref=Maps&AZGA_Session=b8d81fdf66da02ef94f726d49c9d3913
These great maps print out page size using a pdf format.

Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm

Xerox PARC Map Viewer
http://pubweb.parc.xerox.com/map
Get an outline map of any place in the world by clicking on the world map. This is really magic. It is also a great way to teach about latitude and longitude.

CountryWatch
http://cnn.countrywatch.com/
Select the country by clicking on the map. You will get the population data, maps, cultural information, economic and business information, news reports, and currency conversions.

The World Factbook 2000
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Historical Atlas
http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/dhistorymaps/Atlas%20Page.htm

Historical Atlas of the 20th Century
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm

AsiaNow
http://cnn.com/ASIANOW/
An Asian news site from the editors of CNN, AsiaWeek, and Time Magazine.

The Mining Company-Geography Education Link
http://geography.miningco.com/education/scilife/geography/

National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/index.html
Changing articles, maps, interactive educational information, and other features.

Glossary of Cartographic Terms
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/glossary.html

Map Projection Homepage
http://geography.hunter.cuny.edu/mp/

The Perry-Castaneda Online Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html
Excellent maps from the University of Texas, including maps of special interest.

A Picture Gallery of Map Projections
http://www.geometrie.tuwien.ac.at/karto/index.html

Round Earth, Flat Maps
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/2000/exploration/projections/index.cfm
Learn about the difficult choices and compromises made by cartographers.

CNN Europe Sites
http://cnn.com/WORLD/europe/sites.html
CNN has provided links to official government web sites, news agencies, and tourist information for all the European countries.

CNN Americas Sites
http://cnn.com/WORLD/americas/sites.html

CNN Africa Sites
http://cnn.com/WORLD/africa/sites.html

CNN Middle East Sites
http://cnn.com/WORLD/meast/sites.html

Around the World in 80 Clicks
http://www.steveweb.com/80clicks/
Learn about world geography and web browsing at the same time by touring the world via the Internet.

Infonation: Choose a country
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/
Find geographic and demographic information for each country.

IDB Summary of Demographic Data
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/ipc/www/idbsum.html

World Population Information
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/ipc/www/world.html

U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/

Population Pyramids
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html

Quick Map
http://www.esri.com/data/online/quickmap.html
By entering a zip code or a city and state, you can generate a map.

World Thematic Map Browser
http://www.esri.com/data/online/esri/wothphysic.html
You may choose the type of thematic map that you want such as population density, precipitation, vegetation, countries and capitals, etc. Then choose the location and the program will generate a thematic map in color.

The National Atlas of the United States
http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/

GIS Data Report
http://www.gisdatadepot.com/

Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/

Your Nation
http://www.your-nation.com/
This web site lets you compare and/or rank countries using a variety of statistics from industrial production to literacy.

3-D Atlas
http://www.3datlas.com/
An online 3-D atlas, lessons, links, and other information.

Maps and Globes
http://www.comptons.com/encyclopedia/ARTICLES/0100/01157888_A.html
An explanation of maps and globes, projection, direction, location, map symbols, etc.

Maps. Com
http://www.maps.com/explore/atlas/
"Maps.com Online World Atlas features political and physical maps, flags, and statistics for Andorra to Zimbabwe. Click on the Political World Map (cities) or the Physical World Map (physical features) to begin your journey."

National Geographic Map Machine
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/

Atlapedia. Com
http://www.atlapedia.com/
"Atlapedia Online contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world."

Geography Network
http://www.geographynetwork.com/
From the New Jersey GIS office, the web site allows you create maps, download maps, and download geodata.

Map Collection-Linguistic, Topographic, etc.
http://bamse.ling.su.se/~ljuba/maps.shtml

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