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The National Atlas of the United States
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"The National Atlas is being designed to serve the interests and needs of a
diverse populace in many ways; as an essential reference; as a framework for
information discovery; as an instrument of education; as an aid in research;
and as an accurate and reliable source for scientific information."
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Bill Bowen's Digital Atlas of the United States
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By Professor William Bowen: Maps and demographic information (statistics and/or
data on people, places and things) for the United States, with a major section
on California.
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Population and Housing Unit Estimates
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Check here to find estimated current population of U.S. areas, and a whole lot
of other information estimated from the U.S. Census data.
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Geography Resources: Map Collections
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Links to all the major map collections on the Web, from the University of Texas
at Austin.
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Maps and References
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The maps which are listed here have been selected because they are thought to
be reasonably useful and/or interesting. They are categorized by geographical
region although there are a couple of thematic categories such as Interactive
Maps which both highlights the potential of the WWW and are also fun to use.
Note that there is some overlap in geographic coverage between these categories.
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Earth Viewer
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With Earth viewer you can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and
night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the
night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by
latitude, longitude and altitude, or from a satellite in Earth orbit. Images
can be generated based on a topographical map of the Earth, up-to-date weather
satellite imagery, or a composite image of cloud cover superimposed on a map of
the Earth.
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States and Capitals
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This geographical service gives you detailed information on the 50 states in
the United States
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How far is it?
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(Link is broken. If you find this, please
email the webmaster.)
This geographical service uses the University of Michigan Geographic Name
Server to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates
the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also provides a map showing
the two places, using the Xerox PARC Map Server.
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Online Outline Maps
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This site offers a selection of outline maps for use in the classroom or at
home. Feel free to print or download any of these maps for your personal use in
activities, reports, or stories.