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Welcome to Geography
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My Great World is a photo album that allows you to choose images based on a world map or list of locations. You can add the photos to your web pages, blogs or send them as an E-Card with a lengthy message.
http://landmark-project.com/ - check out the links under their Library of Links menu
Sources of Images and Maps
- CIA World Factbook: maps & facts about the world.
- Clasroom Clipart Maps
- NationalAtlas.gov Map Maker creates map in U.S. with choice of features
- DK Maps - physical maps
- Clasroom Clipart Maps
- Free Blank Outline Maps from About.com
- Owl & Mouse Online Atlas
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
- Public Domain maps at Wikimedia
- Australian Antarctic Division Picture Gallery photos of the Antarctic
- http://world.time.com/timelapse/ - Time lapse images of Amazon, Arctic, etc.
Interactive Maps
- Owl & Mouse Educational Software interactive games using maps
- World Geography Flash Games
- Brookscole Geography Pronunciation Guide: facts and spoken pronunciation of world nations.
- Google Earth
- Interactive Weather Map: from the Weather Channel
- Map Maker from NationalAtlas.gov:
- Microsoft Virtual Earth - Zoom in and on on map, satellite, or combined images of the earth. Sign up to create and save collections of places
- National Geographic Maps
- National Weather Service: a radar image of the U.S.
- Wikimapia - combines Google maps and NASA images with information on geographical features.
- Maps That Teach: simple outline maps; hover over an area, and the name appears.
- Virtual Earth from Microsoft
Podcasts
Podcasts from National Geographic