This site offers online viewing of antique maps of Africa collected by the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University. The collection includes Ptolemic maps of North Africa by Ruscelli, French government maps of Algeria, and maps by other notable cartographers such as Mercator, Blaeu, Hondius, Jansson, de L'Isle, Ortelius, Sanson, Forlani, Carey, and Arrowsmith.

“The seven years since the previous review of this commercial Web site (CH, Dec'99, 37-1907), which specializes in African travel information, have seen notable changes introduced in format and content. The six original sections have been expanded to seven, with Countries remaining as the first item listed under Africa Guide and specific information broken out on such topics as national anthems and flags. The Overlanding section from the first edition has been retained, but is now a heading under the general guide to the continent, with expanded information on the topic covered in depth in the second major division of the page, Tours and Safaris. The Charities section of the original (under Africa Guide) has been joined by listings for medical and conservation projects.” – Choice

"American Geographical Society collection meets Web--result, a rara avis Web site that has something for several levels of users." -- Choice

“This sixth edition was released in 2006 to mark the 100th anniversary of the publication of the first edition in 1906 (the fourth and fifth editions were titled The National Atlas of Canada). The preponderant content consists of digital maps and explanatory text organized into the following broad thematic sections: Environment, People and Society, Economy, History, Climate Change, Freshwater, Health, Reference Maps, Topographic Maps, and Map Archives. The latter comprises digital images of all previous editions of the work, the Glacier Atlas of Canada, 1969 to 1972, and the Canadian sector of the International Map of the World. The major thematic sections are subdivided into more specific topics. For example, Climate Change has six subsections: Human Activities Leading to Emissions, Stress to the Atmosphere, Climate Warming, Potential Impacts, Societal Responses, and Future Options.” -- Choice

“This site provides narrative and statistical information from current and past editions of the CIA's The World Factbook (CH, Feb'06, 43-3171), the Library of Congress's Country Studies (CH, Sep'06, 44-0466), and United Nations publications. Most content comes from the esteemed Factbook, with editions back to 1989.” – Choice

"In the relatively narrow discipline of transport geography, this work by Rodrigue (Hofstra), Comtois (Montréal), and Slack (Concordia) is a welcome addition. Funded by Industry Canada and the Université de Montréal, it is intended primarily as an introductory undergraduate textbook, but might also be useful to graduate students in such fields as geography and regional planning." -- Choice

"Geo-Guide is a searchable database of scholarly Web sites related to geosciences, geography, and mining. Cooperatively maintained by Göettingen State and University Library, and University Library "Georgius Agricola" Freiberg, it currently contains over 3,100 records" -- Choice

“Visitors to the University of Virginia Library's Geospatial and Statistical Data Center (Geostat) will find a gateway to myriad geospatial and statistical resources. The site allows users to browse these resources by data subject, format, geographic coverage, or source.” – Choice

“This global Web-based thesaurus, updated monthly, provides structured vocabulary for over 900,000 places. Easy to use but lacking maps, it is a product of the Getty Vocabulary Program, which includes the Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online and the Union List of Artist Names Online.” -- Choice

Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology brings together three of the hubs of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN): EEVL (Engineering, Mathematics and Computing) (CH, Jul'02, 39-6440); GEsource (Geography and Environment); and PSIgate (Physical Sciences) (CH, Sup'06, 43Sup-0224). The same team of experts, based at the University of Manchester and Heriot-Watt University in the UK, will maintain and develop this service, which is the next evolutionary stage and essentially pulls together these diverse resources, resulting in more of a "one-stop shopping" interface for an online index of freely available resources. The geography portion, under review here, provides access to article citations, e-journals, newsletters, reports, blogs, datasets, and more." -- Choice

“Ocean World is maintained through the Jason Education Project at Texas A&M Department of Oceanography through a contract from the Jason Project and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Ocean World provides resource links of interest to students of all levels, K-12 teachers, and faculty interested in oceanography. The Student section has 11 topics: Fisheries, Weather, Forams, Icebergs, Coral Reefs, Jason-1, Iceages, Satellites, Waves, El Nino, and Currents. The left-side menu includes a breakdown of each topic, an images section, an interactive quiz, "Real-time data" sites, and other useful Web sites for each topic, including the title, producer/author, and synopsis of each site.” -- Choice

“Oregon Explorer, a collaboration between Oregon State University's Institute for Natural Resources and its university libraries, offers portals to natural resource and geospatial data for major regions of Oregon.” – Choice

"One of the constants in reference work is the need for maps of all kinds and for many different purposes. Maps are difficult to adapt to computer use largely because computer screen size necessitates the diminution of the maps' original size. With that caveat in mind, this Web site is about as good as is possible for a general map site with worldwide coverage. The entry page is divided into three parts, and features links to internal and external sites." -- Choice

“This Internet resource is part of Annenberg Media's vast Web site devoted to making educational materials in all subjects available to educators and the general public in both electronic and print format. The Power of Place is dedicated to the needs of K-12 and college educators, concentrating on the geographical skills and concepts necessary for an understanding of the field and covering all aspects of geography necessary to examine the relationship between people and the natural environment.” – Choice

“This site was created by the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, for use by students and faculty at the University of California campuses. The UC Atlas, which examines globalization's impact on inequality, is now available to researchers worldwide. It is divided into several categories: Health, Income Inequality, Economic Globalization, Gender, Connections (phone and digital divide), Inequality and Growth, and Country Pages.” – Choice

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