Cartography Websites

Multifunctional online atlas, specially made for the last years of elementary school and the first years of secondary education. In Dutch, English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.

Maps and mapping for Great Britain, with free mapping and services together with information on digital and paper mapping products and other aspects of cartography

The Irish national mapping agency.

To promote the discipline and profession of cartography in an international context.

Explore National Geographic Online. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration.

Digital royalty-free maps covering the entire contemporary world. Maps fully modifiable in programs like Adobe Illustrator.

STM creates physical 3D terrain models from digital data.

The site is a growing collection of pdf maps. The pdf maps are free for personal use.

A comprehensive catalog of scientific resources and media worldwide but especially in German and English: Directories of Cartography Journals; Cartography-related catalogs of scientific search engines;additional starting points and sites of special interest.

GIS tutorial, free maps, free GIS program.

A tool designed to help cartographers and map users find class intervals for choropleth mapping.

Collection of printable map projections organized by type.

Journal for the history of cartography. The site includes a complete table of contents, English and German summaries and an author index.

Maps of countries, cities and other places from all around the World. Specially prepared for computer printers, it is possible to change the map size, orientation and details.

Offers Google satellite and 3D maps of countries and places all over the World.

Cartographic elements of a map layout explained. Find out the required and suggested elements that make up a map layout.

Explanation of area cartograms maps including examples of contiguous, non-contiguous, and Dorling cartograms.

A blog that highlights a new interesting map each day. Run by a Geography college student interested in Geographic Information Systems.

Interactive map, outline maps, satellite imagery, and how to interact with and create your own maps.