Subjects A-Z: Geography/Maps
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Suggested Sites:

1. American Memory: Library of Congress Map Collections, 1544-1996
The focus of Library of Congress Map Collections is Americana and Cartographic Treasures of the Library of Congress organized according to seven major categories: Cities and Towns, Conservation and Environment, Discovery and Exploration, Immigration and Settlement, Military Battles and Campaigns, Transportation and Communication, and General Maps

2. Atlapedia Online
Atlapedia Online contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.

3. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America
"With 50,000 entries, the Gazetteer covers every incorporated place and county in the United States, along with several thousand unincorporated places, special-purpose sites, and physical features, as well as Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean." Search, or browse an alphabetic index.

4. Long Island Maps and Their Makers
This site from the State University at Stony Brook contains digital images of Long Island maps from the 16th century to the present. The design of this Web site is based on the author's book Long Island Maps and Their Makers: Five Centuries of Cartographic History.

5. StarDate Online
Microsoft Expedia Maps
Expedia Maps allows users to access any map in the world with a keyword search. It provides country and state/province maps, street address locations, special landmark placements, city maps, and driving directions.

6. Project Impact Online Hazard Maps
Generate maps by zip code that display flood hazard areas, historic hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes.

7. TopoZone
This site provides interactive Web access to the U.S. Geological Survey's collection of topographic maps for the entire United States.

8. Perry- Casteneda Library Map Collection
This map collection is notable for its online maps of current interest. It also has general interest maps and links to other electronic maps by world region.

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