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TRAVEL RESEARCH SITES (rated and reviewed by our editors) |
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National Geographic Map Machine
The big daddy of the map world, National Geographic, lives up to its reputation for style with "Map Machine." Its visually stunning pages are full of detailed (and simple) world and country map--choose physical, political, printable maps, star charts, or satellite imagery. Plus, find links to map resources.
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Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
For the map lover, this impressive set of historical and political maps from the University of Texas provides an incredible resource for hundreds of worldwide locations. Despite the dull design, the high-quality, wide-ranging links beg to be explored.
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Welcome to MapQuest!
Relatively simple to navigate and useful, this robust and well-known map site has a huge selection of worldwide map and route choices, an online map store, and the "best driving directions available online."
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Maps.Com Digital Map Catalog
Elegant and intuitive, this site is home to the Magellan Geographix mapmakers. The visually stunning digital maps are for sale, but you can see the entire maps online. Choose a country or city to take a look at a full-sized map of the area.
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WorldAtlas.com
This Atlas claims to have every continent, country, dependency, island, province, state, and territory on the planet. Colorful and well-designed, marked with major cities and bodies of water, these maps are truly useful reference tools. Downside? Higher resolutions only available by ordering.
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Earth and Moon Viewer
Get a load of the Earth! Check out these satellite views of the earth, showing day and night, the view from the sun or moon, from above any point on earth, or from a specific satellite. Once you get the hange of it, go into "Expert mode" for more control.
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ArcData
Lost in Lithuania? Get your bearings here. One of the few world-wide street map sites, this map generator zooms to a decent amount of detail for European and US maps (world maps are less detailed). You won't find smaller streets, but there's enough to get you from here to there.
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USGS Maps of the World
Take a look at samples of these beautiful USGS maps of the world, depicting topography. You can only see part of the maps, but here you'll find information on ordering the maps or buying them at a nearby store.
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