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World maps

      Titles Descriptions
  1. All the World's Maps
  2. Bartholomew Digital Map Data
  3. British Library Map Collections
  4. Cultural, Historical and Statistical Country Information
  5. Degree Confluence Project
  6. Earth Sciences and Map Library
  7. Historical Maps of Canada
  8. Magellan Geographix Maps
  9. Maps of Australia and the Pacific
  10. Maps of Polar Regions and Oceans
  11. Maps of the Americas
  12. National Geographic Map Machine
  13. NationMaster.com
  14. Odden's Bookmarks: The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping
  15. Perry-Castenada Map Collection
  16. United Nations Cartographics Section
  17. World Atlas
  18. World of Maps
  19. WWWVL Cartography Resources

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All the World's Maps
Collection of links to country and city maps. A variety of features such as zoom in facilities, key data, currency converters, and photographs accompany selected maps.
     Author: EmbassyWorld
     Subjects: world maps
     DeweyClass: 912
     Resource type: map index
Bartholomew Digital Map Data
A layered vector map dataset comprising of point, line and area features. Separate datasets cover London, Britain, Europe and the rest of the world at various scales. Only available to institutes of higher education who possess a site licence.
     Author: MIMAS, University of Manchester
     Subjects: maps of britain, maps of europe, world maps
     DeweyClass: 912
     Resource type: map collection
British Library Map Collections
Details of the UK national collection of cartographic materials and the holdings of the Map Library, which provides access to maps, atlases and globes of all parts of the world dating back to the 15th century. There is a collection overview, history and scope of the collections, and a bibliography of guides to the collection, but few online maps.
     Author: British Library
     Subjects: cartography, world maps
     DeweyClass: 912
     Resource type: documents, map index
Cultural, Historical and Statistical Country Information
Detailed information on specific countries from around the world, covering subjects like economy, geography, people, national anthem lyrics, national flags, and current weather conditions. Teaching materials and links to additional Web resources of relevance are also provided.
     Author: CountryReports.org
     Subjects: geographical data, world economic data, world maps
     DeweyClass: 910
     Resource type: documents, maps, reference data
Degree Confluence Project
Venture aiming to create a collection of photographs depicting scenes taken from each latitude/longitude degree intersection in the world. Publishes pictures and accompanying narratives for each confluence, and presents an interactive map pinpointing those successfully captured on film.
     Author: Jarrett, Alex
     Subjects: geography research, world maps
     DeweyClass: 910.02
     Resource type: documents, image collection
Earth Sciences and Map Library
Set of digitised maps of many types covering all parts of the world.
     Author: University of California Berkeley Earth Sciences and Map Library
     Subjects: world maps
     DeweyClass: 912
     Resource type: map collection
Historical Maps of Canada
Set of small scans of over 150 historical maps which can be ordered by email.
     Author: Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives
     Subjects: canadian geography, world maps
     DeweyClass: 912.71
     Resource type: map collection
Magellan Geographix Maps
Collection of maps of almost all countries of the world and of numerous cities. Maps are available online and for purchase.
     Author: Magellan
     Subjects: world maps
     DeweyClass: 912
     Resource type: map collection
Maps of Australia and the Pacific
Set of maps produced by the CIA covering Australia, New Zealand, and all the independent countries and dependencies in the Pacific Ocean.
     Author: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
     Subjects: australia, australian geography, fiji, kiribati, micronesia, nauru, new zealand, palau, papua new guinea, samoa, solomon islands, tonga, tuvalu, vanuatu, world maps
     DeweyClass: 912.9
     Resource type: map collection
Maps of Polar Regions and Oceans
Set of maps produced by the CIA covering Antarctica, the Arctic region, Greenland, the Atlantic Ocean and the South Atlantic Ocean islands.
     Author: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
     Subjects: antarctic, arctic, world maps
     DeweyClass: 912.99
     Resource type: map collection
Maps of the Americas
Set of political and relief maps produced by the CIA covering Canada, all the countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
     Author: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
     Subjects: antigua and barbuda, argentina, bahamas, barbados, belize, bermuda, bolivia, brazil, canada, canadian geography, caribbean, central america, chile, colombia, costa rica, cuba, dominica, dominican republic, ecuador, el salvador, grenada, guatemala, guyana, haiti, honduras, jamaica, mexico, nicaragua, panama, paraguay, peru, saint kitts nevis, saint lucia, saint vincent, south america, suriname, trinidad and tobago, uruguay, venezuela, world maps
     DeweyClass: 912.7
     Resource type: map collection
National Geographic Map Machine
Small scale political and physical maps of all continents.
     Author: National Geographic Society
     Subjects: maps of europe, world maps
     DeweyClass: 912
     Resource type: map collection
NationMaster.com
Nation Master allows users to generate graphs based on numerical data extracted from the CIA World Fact book and provides comprehensive statistical details on any country in the world. Also allows users to create their own comparative graphical and statistical data on any number of countries according to nationality, geographic areas, political affiliations and commercial affiliations. More specifically, Nation Master has 335 statistical data sets, ranging from library books, forested land, Internet users, and airports to crime, economic development, and the environment. Whilst being fully searchable, Nation Master provides links to interesting facts and links to national profiles that include the available statistics for each country, images of the country's flag and a political map. Users can also browse numerous maps of the world and flags of the world.
     Author: NationMaster.com
     Subjects: crime, economic development, economic performance, statistics research, world economic data, world maps, world population
     DeweyClass: 310
     Resource type: maps, reference data
Odden's Bookmarks: The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping
Extensive index of over 7000 resources including maps and atlases in electronic form, sellers of cartographic material, map collections, cartographic and geographical societies, departments of cartography, government cartography, libraries and literature.
     Author: Oddens, Roelof P., Universiteit Utrecht
     Subjects: cartography, world maps
     DeweyClass: 912
     Resource type: map index
Perry-Castenada Map Collection
Vast map collection offering access to many electronic maps.
     Author: University of Texas at Austin
     Subjects: world maps
     DeweyClass: 912
     Resource type: map collection
United Nations Cartographics Section
Collections of general maps, and deployment maps of peacekeeping missions prepared by the UN's mapping and GIS specialists and stored as PDF files. Both collections can be browsed via a pull-down menu or on separate pages. The general maps page organises maps by region, while the peacekeeping missions map page offers mission overviews and an archive of maps from past missions.
     Author: United Nations
     Subjects: cartography, world maps
     DeweyClass: 912
     Resource type: map collection
World Atlas
Basic map of the world, with useful information on the climate, economy, government, history, people, trade, flags and major cities of individual countries. Includes a concise list of all 192 nations of the world, 57 overseas territories and dependencies, and capital cities.
     Author: Graphic Maps
     Subjects: world economic data, world maps
     DeweyClass: 912
     Resource type: maps
World of Maps
Collection of links to catalogues of map holdings, collections and archives, and information relating to map curatorship, history, institutions, and events.
     Author: Buhler, Jurg
     Subjects: cartography, world maps
     DeweyClass: 912
     Resource type: index
WWWVL Cartography Resources
Index to Internet resources in cartography, maps and GIS.
     Author: Crampton, Jeremy, Virtual Library
     Subjects: cartography, gis, world maps
     DeweyClass: 526
     Resource type: index