Maps & Places
General Resources
Maps
Google Maps
Provides driving and walking directions, interactive maps, and satellite/aerial imagery of the United States.
MapMachine (National Geographic Society)
Provides current and historical world maps that can be printed and downloaded. Also available are thematic maps (political & cultural, climate & Agricultural, etc.)
Oxford Reference Online: Maps and Illustrations
Includes over 775 maps, with locator, physical and political maps for each country, over 120 island maps, state maps for North America, Canada, and Mexico, and more than 100 city maps.
Places
Columbia Gazetteer of the World
This gazetteer provides descriptions of more than 165,000 places in the world.
Travel Warnings & Country Specific Information
U.S. Department of State resource that includes travel warnings, locations of the U.S. embassies, health conditions, minor political disturbances, unusual currency and entry regulations, crime and security info
U.S. Gazetteer
Enter name or ZIP code in the United States for maps and census information.
World Fact Book (Central Intelligence Agency)
Provides government, economic, demographic, military and geographic information and statistics on the countries of the world.
