Maps and Atlases

Current Maps

• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Large collection of current and historical maps with featured maps on current events.
• CountryWatch - Full-text reports on 192 countries with key statistics, maps, and news [more details].
• FEMA Map Service Center - Online access to flood maps. See the FIRMette Tutorial for instructions.
• Google Maps - Street maps and driving directions for the U.S. and U.K., plus nation-level maps and satellite images for the world.
• Modern Language Association Language Map - Maps of languages spoken by state, county, or zip code.
• National Atlas of the United States - Customized maps with cities, roads, streams, agricultural products, climate, habitats, etc.
• National Geographic MapMachine - Country, street, and topographical maps, plus thematic maps of habitats, vegetation, etc.
• U.S. Geological Survey National Map Viewer - Customized maps with elevation, geology, hydrography, land use, etc.
• U.S. Geological Survey Map Links - A comprehensive guide to map collections from the USGS and other publishers.

• More Current Maps

 

 

Historical Maps

• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - The most comprehensive online map collection
• American Memory Map Collections - Historic maps from the Library of Congress.
• Atlas of Texas - Thematic maps on Texas history and culture.
• Atlas of Canada - Thematic maps on Canadian history and culture.
• History Study Center - See "Maps & Reference" for historical atlases [more details].
• Hurricane Katrina Maps
• Hurricane Rita Maps
• Philip's Atlas of World History - Thematic maps of the world from ancient times to the present.
• Texas Bird's-Eye Views - Maps of Texas cities between 1870 and 1900.
• Texas Sanborn Maps - Detailed maps of Texas cities from 1867 to 1970 [more details].

• More Historical Maps

 

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