• Atlas: The Louisiana Statewide GIS
  

  GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and mapping data on the state of Louisiana.

• Gardiner's Atlas of English History
  

  Nearly 70 historical maps from all over the world scanned from A School Atlas of English History, edited by Samuel Rawson Gardiner and printed in London by Longmans, Green, and Co. in 1892. An index to the maps is in progress.

• geodata.gov: U.S. Maps & Data
  

  "geodata.gov is a web-based portal for one-stop access to maps, data and other geospatial services that will simplify the ability of all levels of government and citizens to find geospatial data and learn more about geospatial projects underway."

• LAcoast
  

  Click on "Maps," but there's a lot more about our state's receding coastline available on this site. It's maintained by the USGS National Wetlands Research Center.

• Map Machine

  From National Geographic

• MAPTECH MapServer
  

  "Full access to search and view the entire collection of Maptech Topographic Maps and Nautical Charts - Free!"

• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

  From the University of Texas, ALL KINDS of maps.

• Places OnLine
  

  This site from the Association of American Geographers "provides access to the World's very best place-based Web sites" through a series of point & click maps.

• Rod N' Reel's GPS Database for the Gulf Coast
  

  Online access to on-line Differential GPS Coordinates, maps, nautical charts, and aerial photographs for almost 4,000 offshore oil rigs and platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and over 100,000 coastal and inshore waypoints for the entire Gulf Coast.

• TerraFly
  

  "Virtually fly over the entire United States. TerraFly © changes the way you view your world. Simply enter an address, and our system will put you at the controls of a new and innovative way to explore your digital earth."

• terraserver.com
  

  See and manipulate satellite images of any place in the world

• Topozone
  

  In conjunction with the USGS, provides "the Web's first interactive topomap of the entire United States."

• United Nations Cartographic Section maps
  

  Maps of the world (in high quality, enlargeable PDF format) from the United Nations.

• USGS: National Mapping Information
  

  Find the exact location of place names in the United States. (Formerly Geographic Name Server)

Other Sites

• CountryReports.org
  

  "Country information from around the world. A resource for business, tourists, students and teachers. The Internet's best source of country data!"

• CountryWatch.com
  

  "CountryWatch.com is an information provider for public and private sector organizations which operate across national borders throughout the world."

• Embassy World's Directory of the World's Embassies and Consulates
  

  A comprehense list of contact resources for all of the world's diplomatic offices.

• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online

  "The TGN is a structured vocabulary containing more than one million names and other information about places. The TGN includes all continents and nations of the modern political world, as well as historical places. It includes physical features and administrative entities, such as cities and nations. The emphasis in TGN is on places that are important for art and architecture."

• 50 States and Capitals
  

  Quick facts about the states.

• How Far is It?
  

  Use this site to calculate the distance between two places.

• Kid-Friendly Pages Report Card
  

  Its mission is to present the best available data on the social, economic, educational and physical environment in our cities--exactly where our children live, grow, learn and play.

• InfoNation
  

  InfoNation is an easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations.

• The Library of Congress Country Studies/Area Handbook Program
  

  Full text versions of studies of 85 countries.

• Official City Sites
  

  This site is working "To become the best quick reference directory for officially sanctioned city, town, area, county, regional, Chamber of Commerce, Visitors Bureaus, and related web sites for the United States of America..... period." It also seeks "To continue to locate and post links for other country community web sites, where possible, and to continue to add countries where help can be found to identify equally sanctioned web sites for those countries."

• Republic of China on Taiwan
  

  The ROC's Government Information Office page. Just about everything you'd want to know about the Republic of China.

• Sperling's BestPlaces
  

  "Helping you choose your best place to live, work, play, or retire."

• Your Nation
  

  Allows you to compare statistics for any two countries of your choice, rank countries by a statistic of your choice, display a summary of a country -- and more.

• Check out Yahoo's geography sites

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Updated 2/25/2004