Maps and Atlases: World - Regional and Country Maps

• Regions (Sites and resources that focus on maps for a specific region of the world)
  • Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources: Maps (Karen Fung and Africa Studies Association) Links to web sites with African maps that can be viewed online or purchased.
  • Americas--1:250,000 (Pan American Institute of Geography and History) (Map G 3290 s250 P3) Map series at a scale of 1:250,000 published by individual Latin American countries and coordinated by the Pan American Institute of Geography and History. An index of available maps is located in the map vertical filing cabinet.
  • Maps (LANIC--Latin American Network Information Center) Contains links to regional and individual country maps from Latin America.
  • Maps of Eastern Europe and CIS Countries: Topography and Main Locations (UN Environment Programme)
  • Relief Web Map Centre (ReliefWeb) Contains reference and thematic maps concerning current and past humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters. Search by region, country or type of emergency.
• Multiple Countries (Sites and resources that contains collections of maps for many individual counties of the world)
  • All the Worlds Maps: A Compilation of Each Nation's Maps--Including Cities (EmbassyWorld) Contains links to maps found on other web sites. Arranged by individual country.
  • CIA Maps and Atlases (US Central Intelligence Agency) (Docs PrEx 3.10/4) Series includes general maps at various scales for each country.
  • Digital Topographic Map Sets (UC Berkeley Earth Sciences and Map Library) Contains index graphics and scanned images of Soviet Union topographic map sets for individual countries at scales of 1:50,000 to 1:200,000.
  • Encarta Dynamic Atlas (Microsoft) View geopolitical maps for regions and individual countries of the world. Interactive atlas allows you to zoom and pan.
  • Infoplease Atlas (Family Education Network) Includes maps for individual countries, continents and regions. Maps are from Magellan Geographic.
  • Lonely Planet Destinations (Lonely Planet) Click on a continent and then a country to display a map for the country. Clicking on the country map will display travel information.
  • Map Machine: Countries and Continents (National Geographic Society)
  • Maps and Geographic Information Resources (United Nations Cartographic Section) Contains maps of individual countries.
  • Maps Since 1960 (US Library of Congress. American Memory Project) Collection of mostly CIA maps of individual countries.
  • National Geographic Maps on CD-ROM (National Geographic Society) 1998 (Atlas G 1 N273 1998--Available at Pillar B) Collection of all 535 fold-out thematic, regional, and country maps that were included in the National Geographic magazine from 1889 to 1997. There is a built-in index but you can also use the NGS Publications Index to identify maps in the cd-rom collection. Search using a "[geographic or subject theme] and map", e.g., "Everest and map". Most maps in the cd-rom collection are also available in paper format and are individually cataloged in the HSU Library Catalog.
  • Oddens' Bookmarks: Browse Maps and Atlases (Oddens) Directory of links to thousands of current and historical maps listed by region and by individual country.
  • Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection. Includes a directory of links to country and regional map sites.; and a collection of images of world, regional, and country maps originally produced by the CIA and other government agencies.
  • World Atlas (Maps.com) Contains a political and physical map for each country.
  • World Atlas (MapQuest) Contains maps for each country, continent, U.S. state, and Canadian province.
  • World Atlas: Maps and Geography of the World (About.com Guide to Geography) Directory of links to websites with maps and other geographic information about individual countries.
  • World Country Maps/Country Satellite Images (Geology.com) For each continent and country includes a general reference map and a satellite image map.
  • World Factbook (US Central Intelligence Agency) Contains a small-scale map for each country and a small section of "General Reference" maps.
  • Yahoo: Maps by Region (Yahoo) Directory of maps listed alphabetically by country.
• Individual Countries (in addition to the above sites and resources)
  • "National Atlases." There are many atlases in the Atlas Collection which graphically characterize a country. Use the Browsing Guide to Atlas and Map Call Numbers if you want to browse the shelves or use the techniques listed under Atlases on the Atlas and Map Collection page to search the HSU Library Catalog for specific countries.
  • Atlas of Canada (Natural Resources Canada) Site also includes reproductions of the first five editions of the national atlas that date back to 1906.

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Latest entry: September 28, 2006
Links last checked: May 12, 2004