Geography

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania Geographical Society
  The Pennsylvania Geographical Society exists to promote effective geographic teaching, research, and literacy at all levels and in all settings.

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United States

• CIA World FactBook
  from the CIA web server; includes information, statistics, and maps on all countries of the world
• Columbia University Earth Institute
  • Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
• Country Studies Area Handbooks
  from the Library of Congress. A continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. This series presently contains studies of 71 countries.
• GIS Day
  GIS Day, in November, is to celebrate geographic information systems (GIS). Sort of like an earth day for nerds! :-)
• Google Maps
  Find your home on this map. Includes both street maps and satellite images that you can move into position using your mouse.
• National Geographic Society
  Founded in 1888, the National Geographic Society publishes a monthly magazine that covers the world.
  • Geography Bee
    Each year thousands of schools in the United States participate in the National Geographic Bee using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society. For students in grades 4-8.
  • Kids
    This site offers exhibits on various topics about animals, peoples and cultures, and maps.
  • Xpeditions
    This site provides 600 maps of countries around the world created for printing out from your printer (set to landscape printing). Use the Adobe Acrobat reader and print the PDF format map if you want to include the maps in a document.
  • Map Jigsaw Puzzles
• National Air & Space Museum: National Geography Awareness Week
  An annual celebration of geography each November.
• US Census Bureau FactFinder
  Enter your town and state or zip code and get a Fact Sheet for your community.

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International

• Canada, National Atlas of
  This Canadian government site allows you to search for and browse maps of Canada online.
• Physical Geography
  PhysicalGeography.net is an educational web portal that contains five main components: Fundamentals (of Physical Geography) Online Textbook, Glossary of Terms, Internet Weblinks, Geo-Weblog, and Search Site. It is created by Dr. Michael Pidwirny, Department of Geography, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.