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Looking for Somewhere? The Internet Has a Map
By Rad Dewey
ThirdAge Staff
If you can't get from here to there, don't blame it on the Internet. You can find all of the maps you need on the Web -- with none of the refolding problems. Plus, they're free for the looking and downloading.
It's likely that male-female arguments about asking for directions have fallen substantially since sites like MapQuest came online. Here you can get maps, turn-by-turn driving directions and entire trip planners, along with city guides and local traffic reports. Now couples can argue the merits of MapQuest vs. MapBlast.
Maps.com is a one-stop resource for maps. In addition to driving directions and a trip planner, you'll find a travel store that offers a complete selection of U.S. and world maps.
The site also features a "Learn & Play" section to help youngsters and the cartographically impaired learn about maps and how to use them. A particularly interesting feature is the interactive Civil War map set.
Find an extensive collection of maps online through the Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin. The Web site offers 5,000 of the library's 250,000 maps online, free of any usage restrictions.
The collection also offers special interest maps, including maps of the West Bank and Gaza areas, and one showing locations of foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in Britain.
At National Geographic, you can find maps showing the world and all of its component parts in thousands of poses -- political divisions, biodiversity, history and more. Paging through the site takes you to the National Geographic store, discussion forums, photographic explorations and current issues of the magazine.
How about maps for tracking weather patterns? Check out Weather.com and the National Weather Service. At both sites, maps form the background for satellite and radar views of weather movements around the world. Also look for historical climatic data that will help you know what clothes to pack for your distant destination.
So much for the earth -- what about the heavens? Sky Maps features free, downloadable and printable night-sky maps for the Northern and Southern hemispheres. They're available in color or black and white and include all the information you need for star and planet watching.
How about a bird's-eye view before you set off on your travels? In this case, the bird is a satellite view at GlobeXplorer.com. With a little mouse manipulation, you can get a satellite view of your neighborhood. A little scary, huh?
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By Rad Dewey
ThirdAge Staff
If you can't get from here to there, don't blame it on the Internet. You can find all of the maps you need on the Web -- with none of the refolding problems. Plus, they're free for the looking and downloading.
It's likely that male-female arguments about asking for directions have fallen substantially since sites like MapQuest came online. Here you can get maps, turn-by-turn driving directions and entire trip planners, along with city guides and local traffic reports. Now couples can argue the merits of MapQuest vs. MapBlast.
Maps.com is a one-stop resource for maps. In addition to driving directions and a trip planner, you'll find a travel store that offers a complete selection of U.S. and world maps.
The site also features a "Learn & Play" section to help youngsters and the cartographically impaired learn about maps and how to use them. A particularly interesting feature is the interactive Civil War map set.
Find an extensive collection of maps online through the Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin. The Web site offers 5,000 of the library's 250,000 maps online, free of any usage restrictions.
The collection also offers special interest maps, including maps of the West Bank and Gaza areas, and one showing locations of foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in Britain.
At National Geographic, you can find maps showing the world and all of its component parts in thousands of poses -- political divisions, biodiversity, history and more. Paging through the site takes you to the National Geographic store, discussion forums, photographic explorations and current issues of the magazine.
How about maps for tracking weather patterns? Check out Weather.com and the National Weather Service. At both sites, maps form the background for satellite and radar views of weather movements around the world. Also look for historical climatic data that will help you know what clothes to pack for your distant destination.
So much for the earth -- what about the heavens? Sky Maps features free, downloadable and printable night-sky maps for the Northern and Southern hemispheres. They're available in color or black and white and include all the information you need for star and planet watching.
How about a bird's-eye view before you set off on your travels? In this case, the bird is a satellite view at GlobeXplorer.com. With a little mouse manipulation, you can get a satellite view of your neighborhood. A little scary, huh?
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Last modified: August 18, 2009