Atlases
Atlases
Gheos Worldguide: The Internet Travel Guide
Gheos.com is "the largest travel portal on the Internet. The World Guide features detailed maps, flags, anthems, statistical information, weather reports, history and travel information and tips on all travel destinations in the world." (© 2007 Gheos.com)
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
This rich resource provides a variety of maps which chart socio-economic trend, systems of government, cities and conflicts throughout the 20th Century. Many of the maps are interactive.
Hawaiian Astronomical Society
The Deepsky Atlas, containing monthly sky charts, is "the product of a long term effort to provide a good online atlas of the heavens, combined with photographs of significant objects, and their descriptions." Included is an alphabetical list of constellations. Each has an object description, the myth associated with it, a map of its location in the sky, and images. Listings of Messier's, Caldwell's, Bennett's, and additional objects, are available.
U. S. Gazetteer (U.S. Census Bureau)
This gazetteer is used to identify places to view with the Tiger Map Server and obtain census data from the 1990 Census Lookup server. You can search for places, counties or MCDs* by entering the name and state abbreviation (optional), or 5-digit zip code.
* MCDs are the primary geographic units recognized by the Census Bureau which are just below the County level. The most common type of MCD is the township. Other types of areas that can be MCDs include towns or incorporated places, election districts, plantations, magisterial districts, etc
World Maps and Atlases (mapsarea.com)
A searchable directory of links to online resources for country, regional, historical, and interactive maps; atlases; gazetteers; place names guides, health atlases and weather maps. Also includes links to companies, libraries, magazines, other Web directories specializing in maps.
