Thursday, December 27, 2007

Xpeditions Atlas

Printable maps of the continents and countries with different level of detail. The maps can be downloaded in gif and pdf format.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html

Monday, December 17, 2007

Relief maps of the United States

Shaded relief maps of the United States.

The maps use false-color 3-D shading to show changes of altitude, somewhat as if you were viewing the relief from a satellite. The maps are quite spectacular and very instructive; if you study a part of the country that you thought you knew intimately, you'll see all sorts of things you hadn't noticed before.

http://birrell.org/andrew/reliefMaps/

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Map Maker

Online map maker  with many different layers.

In the Map Maker, you can use more than 1,900 map layers to select, display, and print your own maps. You can locate any place in America and learn more about its features on your custom-made maps.

http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp