Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 22
Ten Great Geographical
Web Sites
In This Chapter
Learning about geography at About.com
Spanning the DigitalGlobe
Banking on developing nations
G eography-related Web sites abound in cyberspace — why do you think they call it the
World
Wide
Web? The problem isn't finding ten good sites, but instead having so many from which to pick! In
most cases, the sites presented here were chosen for their collective breadth rather than their individual
greatness. If you have not already done so, I encourage you to check out Chapter 19. Each organization
listed there maintains a Web site, some of which, had they not already been mentioned, would surely
be included in this chapter.
The About.com Geography Page
Arguably,thisisTheMotherofAllGeographyWebSites(
http://geography.about.com
).Iliketoequate
it to a huge shopping mall full of stores devoted to different aspects of geography. You want maps?
They got maps. Plus info on atlases, cartography, census data, climate, country facts, cultural geo-
graphy, disasters and hazards, geo-fun, geo-games, geo-humor, geo-education, GIS, GPS, geographic
terms, homework help, latitude and longitude, photos, physical geography, river and streams, streets
and roads, time zones, topographic maps . . . I can go on and on! When you're done with that, you can
take their weekly quiz, participate in the weekly Geography Chat, or follow any one of the variety of
links.
