Geography
About Geography (About.com) - offers sections on many different geography topics
Maps
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Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change (USGS) - an e-book of satellite images and analyses on a variety of themes
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Enviromapper (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) - "Generate maps of your geographic area that contain environmental information stored in EPA's Envirofacts Warehouse."
- Google Maps
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National Atlas of the United States of America (U.S. Dept. of Interior) - "the single best Federal source for national maps and geographic information on the Web"
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The National Map (U.S. Geological Survey) - "provides public access to high-quality, geospatial data and information from multiple partners to help support decisionmaking by resource managers and the public"
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TerraServer USA - "contains 3.3 tera-bytes of high resolution USGS aerial imagery and USGS topographic maps"
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Topozone - view portions of USGS topographic maps online
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World Atlas of Panoramic Aerial Images - computer simulations of what the earth looks like from space based on satellite images and GIS data
Countries and Regions
United States
Colorado and Gunnison
- Colorado Quick Facts (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Gunnison County Quick Facts (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Colorado Economic and Demographic Information System (Colorado Dept. of Local Affairs)
Country Information
- Country Studies (Library of Congress)
- World Factbook (Central Intelligence Agency)
- BBC News: Country Profiles
- Background Notes (U.S. Department of State)
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Human Rights Country Reports (U.S. Department of State)
- Country Statistics
- UNICEF Country Statistics
- United Nations Cyberschoolbus (United Nations)- Click on "Country at a Glance" for statistics
Regional Information
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Africa
- African Studies Internet Resources (Columbia University)
- African Studies WWW (University of Pennsylvania)
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Asia
- Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (Australian National University)
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Europe
- Western European Studies Web (Association of College and Research Libraries)
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Latin America
- LANIC: Latin American Information Center (University of Texas at Austin)
- Internet Resources for Latin America (New Mexico State University)
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Middle East
- MENIC: Middle East Network Information Center (University of Texas at Austin)
- ArabNet
Updated November 2006
Send Comments to Jeremy Nelson, jnelson@western.edu
