TWU Libraries

Distance

Geography

• Geographic Information Systems FAQ
• Geography
[Yahoo]
• Cartographic Materials Page
[U of Waterloo]

Maps/Atlases

• 100 Things to do with Google Maps Mashups
• Atlapedia Online
• Cultural Maps
[Meta site]
• Color Landform Atlas of the United States
• Duke University Libraries: Maps and GIS
• Earth and Moon Viewer
• InfoMine Maps and GIS Search
• MapQuest
MapQuest is an interactive atlas of the United States. The user can zoom in to anywhere from the continental level to rural back roads.
• National Atlas of the United States
• The Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
• Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
The mission to map the world.
• Tiger Map Server Browse
• U.S. Census Bureau State and County QuickFacts
• U.S. Geological Survey

Place Names

• Canadian Geographical Names
• Geographic Names Information System
• GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
• Oxford Reference Online
General Reference section includes searchable Dictionary of English Place-Names from Oxford University Press. Earth & Environmental Sciences section includes A Dictionary of Geography. Maps & Illustrations section includes World Maps. Access restricted to TWU.
• U.S. Gazetteer