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Geographical Maps

TerraServer (Online Imagery): http://www.terraserver.com/

Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html
Place names from Census 2000 Sumary Tabe File 1.

Digital Map Resources: http://www.mapresources.com/ (MapResources.com)
Fully editable downloadable maps.

Geobase: http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/index.html (Canadian Council of Geomatics)
Provides up-to-date geospatial data for all of Canada.

Google Earth http://earth.google.com/

Holy Land Maps: http://www.jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/maps/pal/html/ (Jewish National & University Library)

Maine State Geoarchives: http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/geoarchives.html (State of Maine) Geographic, geologic and political maps of Maine.

Maps of Africa: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govinfo/collections/mapsofafrica/ (Northwestern University Library)

National Library of Scotland Maps: http://www.nls.uk/maps/

NGA GEOnet Names Server: http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/index.html (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency)
International place names

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ (University of Texas Libraries)
Political and physical maps of different areas of the world. One section highlights maps of areas of current interest such as the Middle East.

Presentation Maps: http://www.presentationmaps.com/
Downloadable maps for presentations. Five formats are available.

USGS Geographic Names Information Service: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/ (U.S. Geological Survey)
U.S. and Antarctic place names.

View USGS Maps and Aerial Photo Images Online http://nationalmap.gov/gio/viewonline.html (U.S. Geological Survey)