Geography & Travel

• Cartographic Materials: Developed by the University of Waterloo, this searchable site provides links to cartographic and GIS sources on the Internet.
• Hostels.com: A worldwide hostel guide.
• Internet Resources for Geographers: A list of geography-related links provided by the University of Colorado at Boulder.
• Italian Tourism and Tourist Information: A clearinghouse of Italian tourism information sources on the Internet.
• Lonely Planet Travel: Click on "destinations" to access online travel guides to the countries of the world.
• Map History / History of Cartography: The Gateway to the Subject: This World Wide Web Virtual Library resource is devoted to cartographic history.
• Mapquest: This popular commercial interactive mapping service provides city-to-city and door-to-door driving directions and a worldwide interactive atlas.
• Peakware World Mountain Encyclopedia: Explore the mountain ranges of the world
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: A collection of over 1,900 non-copyrighted maps.
• TerraServer USA: Find high resolution USGS aerial imagery and USGS topographic maps
• Tiger Map Server: Provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, this site generates detailed maps of the United States using public geographic data.
• TopoZone: Providing access to every USGS 1:100,000, 1:25,000, and 1:24,000 scale map for the entire United States.
• U. S. Department of State - Bureau of Consular Affairs: Check Travel Warnings, Public Announcements and Consular Information Sheets.

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