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Atlapedia Online - Click-a-Map: http://www.atlapedia.com/online/map_index.htm

"Click on the physical world map to go to the physical map index or click on the political world map to go to the political map index."
Color Landform Atlas of the United States: http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html

Landform maps of every state in the US.
Cultural Maps: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MAP/map_hp.html

"To the extent that maps serve as guides not only to the physical terrain but also and importantly as charts of the mapmaker's mental and cultural terrain, of the memories and desires, anxieties and assumptions he projects upon any terra incognita, we have begun building an historical geography of America."
Finding Your Way with a Map and Compass: http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs03501.html

The US Geological Survey provides this informational website about using a compass and a map.
Geo-Globe: Interactive Geography: http://library.thinkquest.org/10157/

Interactive quizzes about the ocean, the biomes, the earth's crust and its atmosphere and more! A great place to introduce basic to more in depth concepts of geography.
Geography: Countries of the World: http://www.npac.syr.edu:80/textbook/kidsweb/geography.html

A list of links to other maps.
Historical & Cultural Atlas Resource: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~atlas/

View the North American or Eupropean/Middle East atlas library maps for an area's natural resources, political change, colonization and more. Some map are interactive! Includes Classic Greece, ancient Near East, Roman Empire, and the Hellenistic World. Shockwave plug-in required. Maps of North American railroads, slavery, and territorial expansion.
How Far is It?: http://www.indo.com/distance/

A Service of Bali Online. You can type in the names of two cities around the world and learn the distance between them.
How to Use a Compass: http://www.learn-orienteering.org/old/

First, learn about the parts of a compass and how to use the compass with a map.
HyperHistory Online: http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

Click on the Maps button to find maps of historical events and locations.
Making Maps Easy to Read: http://richardphillips.org.uk/maps/

Relief maps, topography, and map symbols. From the University College London, at the Royal College of Art and at the University of Nottingham.
Map Machine Atlas: http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html

View maps of the world and of countries provided by National Geographic.
Map Projection Overview: http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/mapproj/mapproj.html

This website provides introductory vocabulary, graphic examples, and more.
Mapmaker Mapmaker, Make Me a Map: http://pr.utk.edu/ut2kids/maps/map.html

Tools used to create and read maps, from latitude to equadistance.
MapQuest: http://www.mapquest.com/

Find any place using the worldwide maps.
Maps On Us: http://www.mapsonus.com/

Creates maps and directions to where you want to go or see.
Mathematics of Cartography: http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/pres/map/

Explains what maps are, the history of mapmaking, and what math has to do with maps.
Online Map Creation: http://www.aquarius.geomar.de/omc/about_gmt.html

Follow the "how to" instructions to create a map. Choose to include fracture zones of plate tectonics, ridges, and trenches of the plates, state or provincial, rivers and channels grid, national boundaries and more! Creation of map may load slowly due to intense graphics.
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

Maps of countries, historical monuments and sites, and more.
Rare Map Collection - American Civil War: http://scarlett.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/civil.html

Civil War battle maps.
Rare Map Collection - Colonial America: http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html

Look at maps of the colonies.
Rare Map Collection - The New World: http://scarlett.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/neworld.html

Maps from the New World from the 15th and 16th centuries.
Rare Map Collection - Revolutionary America: http://scarlett.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/revamer.html

Revolutionary War battle maps.
US Territorial Maps 1775-1920: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MAP/terr_hp.html

Graphic maps that present the United States' physical layout over 150 years.
Xpeditions: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/

National Geographic for Kids website provides an atlas with over 1800 navigable and printable atlases, and visit Xpedition Hall to tour and learn about the world.