Calhoun Community College Library - Services
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Atlases and Maps
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Driving
Directions
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MapBlast - http://www.mapblast.com/
Travel direction maps. |
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MapQuest - http://www.mapquest.com/
Travel guide and searchable driving
directions for any destination. |
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Maps.com - http://www.maps.com/
Another searchable travel guide which also
has other features, such as an Online World Atlas, Topozone,
and Earthweek. |
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United
States
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Color Landform Atlas of the United States - http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
For each state, features large color maps
within the site and external links to more elsewhere on the
Web. |
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Map Collections, 1500-2004 - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
From the Library of Congress' American
Memory project. |
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National Atlas of
the United States of America -
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/
Accurate and reliable maps from more than 20
different federal agencies The site also includes a map
maker, dynamic maps, and articles on geographic and
demographic topics. |
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TerraFly -
http://www.terrafly.com/
Enter an address and retrieve an aerial map
of the location. You will also get local information, such
as census data, schools, restaurants, etc. |
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Zoom Into Maps - http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/maps/introduction.html
Hundreds of historical maps from the Library
of Congress's American Memory collection. Browse collection
by category: local geography, exploration and discovery,
migration and settlement, travel and transportation,
environmental history, military, pictorial, today, and
unusual. |
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World
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Columbia Gazetteer
of North America -
http://www.bartleby.com/69/
Search the fulltext of the gazetteer to find
information about places, including alternate name, size,
location, topography, natural resources, economic activity,
cultural significance, political role, or historic
importance. This is the 2000 edition so some information
may not be current. |
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Deadly Maps - http://www.carnegieendowment.org/static/npp/deadlymaps.cfm
"The complete collection of maps from Deadly
Arsenals: Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Threats by
Joseph Cirincione, Jon B. Wolfsthal, and Miriam Rajkumar is
now available online... Additionally, country maps show the
major nuclear installations, both civilian and military, in
each country." |
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Geography and
Map Reading Room - http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/
From the Library of Congress, the most
comprehensive cartographic collection in the world with
collections numbering over 4.5 million maps including 60,000
atlases, 6,000 reference works, numerous globes and plastic
relief models, and a large number of cartographic materials
in other formats, including electronic. |
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Great Circle Mapper - http://gc.kls2.com/faq.html
Generates a
map and calculates the distance between two or more
locations using airport codes or latitude/longitude. |
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Maps.com - http://www.maps.com/
Another searchable travel guide which also
has other features, such as an Online World Atlas, Topozone,
and Earthweek. |
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Perry-Castaņeda
Library Map Collection - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
A large map collection made available by the
University of Texas at Austin's Online Library. |
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World Atlas.com - http://www.graphicmaps.com/aatlas/world.htm
A world atlas of facts flags and maps
including every continent, country, dependency, exotic
destination, island, major city, ocean, province, state &
territory. |
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Xpeditions - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/
Printable black and white map collection
from National Geographic. |
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