This site contains aerial photographs of Britain, which can be ordered online. It is incomplete as yet, and the site gives no clues as to which bits of Britain are yet to be photographed. Even so, it is interesting to see your house from the air (if it has been snapped yet!) www.getmapping.com
An offshoot of an American site, mapquest is a downloadable journey planner, which is still developing. www.mapquest.co.uk
Ideal for travel writers, this site includes weather information and currency conversion. It includes atlases, route and city maps and has an antique map section. www.maps.com
Quite simply the title says it all. Maps are available for purchase for almost anywhere in the world. Also includes maps for many hobbies such as bird watching and walking - a vital resource. www.mapsworldwide.com
This site has an excellent streetgrid of Britain on different scales and access to aerial photographs and even a London Tube guide. Also featured are Ireland and Europe. www.multimap.com
Visit this site for up-to-date geographical, political and climatic maps, as well as the usually more difficult to find historical maps. Also featured are maps of Mars, endangered species etc. Downloading can be slow, but the maps are excellent and worth the wait. www.nationalgeographic.com/maps
The one from the professionals! Ordnance survey maps have been the best in the world for a long time and their expertise is available for ramblers and beginner map readers and of course writers. It is simple and engaging and even has a Welsh language version. www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
Not a map site as such, this site uses the intriguing concept of a map of Antarctica as a basis for a web map. Clicking on �Arts� takes you to another map, where you can visit film, animation � or even online writing. This is an original way to surf the web � but beware sites like the Official Garfield Website (marked, like all websites, with a target motif), which are waiting to waste your time! www.map.net
This site features a complete street map of mainland Britain, though it currently has no Tube map. It also does not currently feature any directions or aerial photography, although with searches by street name, grid reference or postcode, by using it is possible to find your way to absolutely anywhere. www.streetmap.co.uk
The world factbook is produced by the CIA's Directorate of Intelligence and is a comprehensive resource of facts and statistics on more than 250 countries and other entities. At this Website you will also find all the information you need on the worlds Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of Foreign Governments. www.cia.gov/cia/publications/pubs.html
This site is huge, but with pages like �Travel Book of the Week� and �Map Question � we have the answer� it has something for everyone. It features graphic maps, map clip art, which can be used at no cost and many other fascinating pages. Useful for browsers, travellers, writers and those hard-to-solve homework questions alike. www.worldatlas.com
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