Geography Ready Reference
- City.Net
- http://www.city.net/
- Provides "access to information on travel, entertainment, and local business, plus government and community services for all regions of the world." Can be browsed by region, country, or alphabetical index; or searched.
- Author: Excite
- Keywords: Reference; Geography; Government; Cities
- GIS Frequently Asked Questions and General Info List
- http://www.census.gov/geo/www/faq-index.html
- An FAQ for Geographic Information Systems, from the comp.infosystems.gis USENET newsgroup.
- Author: Lisa Nyman (lnyman@census.gov)
- Keywords: Reference; Geography; GIS; FAQ
- Geographic Information Systems
- http://www.engin.umich.edu/library/SUBJECTGUIDES/GIS/GISNR.html
- A well organized and annotated guide to GIS resources on the Internet.
- Author: University of Michigan Engineering Library (engin.lib.ref@umich.edu)
- Keywords: Reference; Geography; Geographic Information Systems
- Geographic Names Information System
- http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html
- Search for places in the United States by feature, state or county name; feature type; population or elevation range. Returns detailed geographical data for each region found.
- Author: U.S. Geological Survey (gnis_manager@usgs.gov)
- Keywords: Reference; Geography; United States
- Glossary of Cartographic Terms
- http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/glossary.html
- A lengthy glossary of cartographic terms for use by cartographers, geologists, geographers or hydrologists. Excerpted from Maps for America, 3rd edition.
- Author: The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (www@lib.utexas.edu)
- Keywords: Reference; Geography; Dictionary
- How Far Is It?
- http://www.indo.com/distance/
- Calculates the distance (as the crow flies) between two places. Very few places outside the United States are included.
- Author: Darrell Kindred (dkmsg@cs.cmu.edu)
- Keywords: Reference; Geography; Distance; United States
- National Address Server
- http://www.cedar.buffalo.edu/adserv.html
- Usable only with forms-capable browsers. You may input any U.S. address without its zip code and the server will return the zip + 4 code.
- Author: Ajay Shekhawat (ajay@cs.buffalo.com)
- Keywords: Reference; Geography; Addresses; Zip Codes
- The Progress of Nations 1996
- http://www.unicef.org/pon96/contents.htm
- "The nations of the world ranked according to their achievements in child health, nutrition, education, family planning and progress for women."
- Author: UNICEF
- Keywords: Reference; Geography; United Nations
- Time Around the World
- http://www.aus.net/times/
- "This guide attempts to list all of the world's countries, and many of its islands, with a pointer to the local time in the region. Times quoted as UTC offsets do not consider Daylight Savings Time. Except for the Pacific and Caribbean Islands, islands are often included with either the sovereign country listing, or with the nearest continent.
- Author: HiLink Communications
- Keywords: Reference; Geography;
- Timex World Time
- http://pathfinder.com/@@4SdHzpAZuQEAQLiE/vibe/vibeworld/worldmap.html
- "Clicking on the different time zone colors will take you to a list of the Web sites in that area. And, it will show the local time."
- Author: VIBE Magazine
- Keywords: Reference; Geography; Time Zones
- USA CityLink
- http://banzai.neosoft.com/citylink/
- "Links to all United States city and state home pages."
- Author: (citylink@neosoft.com)
- Keywords: Reference; Geography; United States; Cities; States
- World Country and Area Code Index
- gopher://gopher.austin.unimelb.edu.au:70/11/general/phonecodes
- The World Country and Area Code Index is a compiled list of the Detailed Country Code List (DCCL). The DCCL provides not only the "first level" country code information, but also much of the "second level" of area code or STD code information. This gopher also includes a searchable interface.
- Author: Daniel O'Callaghan (danny@austin.unimelb.edu.au)
- Keywords: Reference; Geography;
- The World Factbook 1995
- http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/index.html
- Quick facts on countries of the world, compiled by the CIA for the use of U.S. Government officials. Facts cover such topics as geography, political conditions, populations, land, industries. Includes appendix of acronyms and definitions.
- Author: Central Intelligence Agency
- Keywords: Reference; Geography; Country Maps; Geography; Populations
- Yahoo! Get Local
- http://local.yahoo.com/bin/get_local
- Interface to state and local resources in Yahoo, browsable by state/city or searchable by zip code. Entries for each city include links to Web resources, local weather and sports, searchable phone directories, and news headlines.
- Author: Yahoo! (webmaster@yahoo.com)
- Keywords: Reference; Geography; United States
- ZIP Code Lookup and Address Information
- http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/
- US Zip Code information from the proverbial horse's mouth. You can look up the Zip+4 code for any address, or enter a city and state to see all Zip Codes associated with that city.
- Author: United States Postal Service (incsc@email.usps.gov)
- Keywords: Reference; Geography; Zip Codes; United States
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