Electronic Reference

Maps, Atlases and Geography

• WA Atlas Create maps of Western Australia displaying features such as land use, politics and tourism.
• Australian Place Names search Geoscience Australia place name search.
• Where is? Street Atlas Search for and display maps showing street locations in Australia.
• Historical Maps of Australia and the Pacific
• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names On Line Database of geographic names from around the world.
• Concise Dictionary of World Place-names
• A Dictionary of British Place-names
• United Nations Cartographic Section: Maps and Geographic Information Resources Country and region maps. Also available are maps with details of current UN peacekeeping missions.
• Atlapedia Online Physical and political maps plus geographical information for regions around the world.
• National Geographic Xpeditions Atlas Maps of regions and countries around the world. Maps are suitable for printing.
• GIS Dictionary Definitions for nearly 1000 terms related to Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
• Embassyworld: all the world's maps A compilation of each nation's maps - including cities.
• World Maps
• Flags of the World Flags, the contexts in which they are used, and their history. Includes a glossary of terms used in vexillology (the study of flags).
• World Flags
• Ancient Atlas Maps and geography of the ancient world.
• Medieval Atlas