Maps (UK)

Multimap Interactive map of GB - type in a postcode or placename to get a map. Also has air photos for some areas (urban coverage is better than rural - note Tyne Valley now available). http://uk8.multimap.com/map/places.cgi

Get-a-map is a free internet mapping service provided by the Ordnance Survey, Britain's national mapping agency, in partnership with Multi Media Mapping, a "mapping solution provider". Improving all the time and 1:50,000 maps are now available. http://www.ordsvy.gov.uk

Streetmap An alternative to Multimap which has air photos for some areas (eg Edinburgh which Multimap doesn't have). Maps are OS in origin. Search by postcode, place or OS grid reference. http://www.streetmap.co.uk

Old-maps can be linked to from the OS site above. Old maps provides the first edition of the OS online (ie the original Victorian survey 1846 to 1899). If you want a high definition copy of the locus of your Great Grannie's heilan hame, you can order copies online. http://www.old-maps.co.uk

Up My Street Enter your postcode or town and get lots of info on property, crime and more. http://www.upmystreet.com/

Neighbourhood statistics The Office of National Statistics has added OS maps to its popular neighbourhood statistics service. Type in a postcode or zoom in using maps. Neighbourhood Statistics say their "state-of-the-art Geographical Information System... provides new and improved search options which, for the first time, allow users to search specified areas which cross ward boundaries". http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk

The Environment Agency offers a postcode based service displaying your own 'backyard'. You can look up the polluters in a locality and get a map of the flood risk. http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk

Streetmap Street map of London to equal an A-Z; road-style atlas of the rest of UK. www.streetmap.co.uk

Universities & HE Colleges University of Wolverhampton UK Sensitive Map - simply click on the place of interest. This map shows all recognised Universities, University Colleges and Higher Education Colleges in the United Kingdom - and takes you to their websites. http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ukinfo/uk.map.html

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Maps (Worldwide)

Outline maps Useful collection of downloadable base maps from Geoexplorer for projects, reports and presentations. http://www.geoexplorer.co.uk/links/outlinemaps.htm

National Geographic Map Machine - collection of maps and satellite images, as well as statistical information about every country in the world. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/

Atlapedia Option of working from world maps or countries (political and physical maps). http://www.atlapedia.com/

Mapquest Input any location worldwide and within seconds you'll be presented with a road map of the area (so they claim). http://www.mapquest.com

Education Place provides outline downloadable maps for classroom use. http://www.eduplace.com/ss/ssmaps/index.html

The World-Wide Earthquake Locator, Department of Geography at the University of Edinburgh, provides basic locational information about earthquakes within hours of them taking place. http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/quakexe/quakes

Latest Earthquakes Lists recent earthquakes and has dot map (click on each dot for detailed maps and facts) and links to earthquake distribution maps for the major regions of the world.http://earthquake.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/bulletin.html

Earth Watch keeps an eye on the many different disaster events happening around the world. Clickable map format. http://www.disasterrelief.org/EarthWatch/

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