Geography: Database and Web Resources

Modern Map Collection
Political, Physical, Thematic, Outline

Historical large-scale maps of Texas cities and towns, scale of 50 feet to an inch, show street blocks and building numbers

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a map is worth ten thousand. This is not like any atlas you remember.
Maps of America are what you'll find and make on nationalatlas.gov™. Maps of innovation and vision that illustrate our changing Nation. Maps that capture and depict the patterns, conditions, and trends of American life. Maps that supplement interesting articles. Maps that tell their own stories. Maps that cover all of the United States or just your area of interest. Maps that

Buy and print maps. Create custom trail maps. Share your maps.

Your Geoscience resource for maps and related data about:
geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry,
geochronology, paleontology, and marine geology.

Global Earth Maps is a website that provides you the opportunity to explore the earth by using three different world map platforms: Google Earth Maps, Bing Maps and Yahoo Maps.

"Discover hundreds of maps covering all corners of the globe, from historical imagery to the latest high-resolution underwater terrain. "

Interactive Map

Interactive map

ProQuest Research Library is designed to cover the top 150 core academic subject reference areas—and cover them extensively—so not only is it an invaluable database for a number of different academic disciplines, it’s also accessible to readers and researchers at every level

An outstanding and invaluable site for American history and general studies. Contains primary and secondary documents, exhibits, map collections, prints and photographs, sound recordings and motion pictures. The Library of Congress American Memory Historical Collections, a must-see, contains the bulk of digitalized materials, but the Exhibitions Gallery is enticing and informative as well. The Library of Congress also offers a Learning Page that provides activities, tools, ideas, and features fo

An outstanding resource for American history and general studies. Included are multimedia collections of photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and digitized text.

A great source for information on a myriad of historical events and personalities. PBS's assorted and diverse web exhibits supplement their television series and generally include a summary of each episode, interviews (often with sound bites), a timeline, primary sources, a glossary, photos, maps, and links to relevant sites. PBS productions include American Experience, Frontline and People's Century.

The USGS is a science organization that provides impartial information on the health of our ecosystems and environment, the natural hazards that threaten us, the natural resources we rely on, the impacts of climate and land-use change, and the core science systems that help us provide timely, relevant, and useable information

NASA's vision: To reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind

The National Council for Geographic Education is a non-profit organization, chartered in 1915 to enhance the status and quality of geography teaching and learning. NCGE supports geography teaching at all levels—from kindergarten through university. Our members include both U.S. and International teachers, professors, students, businesses, and others who support geographic education.

Student Companion Site
This Web site gives you access to the rich tools and resources available for this text.

Online resources from the Smithsonian Institution.

Inspiring people to care about the planet since 1888

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