Maps and GIS: useful websites
Use the following resources to find map and GIS-related information on the web.
- Starting points - collections of sites
- Reference - data and statistics with maps
- Gazetteers - geographical dictionaries of place names
- Atlases World atlases - geographical and thematic collections of maps
Regional atlases - collections of maps relating to specific regions or countries - Historical - old and historical maps
- Commercial - need to buy a map?
- GIS & remote-sensing - mapping and data for use in Geographical Information Systems
- Organisations & institutions - official international and national organisations