Geography and Tourism Research Guide

The Association of American Geographers (AAG) is a scientific and educational society founded in 1904. its 10,000 members share interests in the theory, methods, and practice of geography and geographic education.

The official website for the State of Connecticut.

An online reference source about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia is a free, expert-reviewed collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each others work. The articles are written in non-technical language and are useful to students, educators, scholars, professionals, as well as to the general public.

Focus on Geography is a publication of the American Geographical Society. This is a great interactive resource with quizzes, photo essays, and articles.

The National Geographic Society is one of the world's largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations. Founded in 1888 to "increase and diffuse geographic knowledge," the Society's mission is to inspire people to care about the planet.

A multi-disciplinary federal science organization that focuses on biology, geography, geology, geospatial information.

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO/OMT) is a specialized agency of the United ‎Nations and the leading international organization in the field of tourism. It serves as a ‎global forum for tourism policy issues and a practical source of tourism know-how.‎

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. The Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.

The David Rumsey Map Collection was started over 30 years ago and contains more than 150,000 maps. The collection focuses on rare 16th through 21st century maps of North and South America, as well as maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. The collection includes atlases, wall maps, globes, school geographies, pocket maps, books of exploration, maritime charts, and a variety of cartographic materials including pocket, wall, children's, and manuscript maps. Items range in date from about 1550 to the present.

Maps from the Library of Congress digital collections including general maps, Civil War maps, railroads, national parks, and more.

As one of the cornerstones of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Geospatial Program, The National Map is a collaborative effort among the USGS and other Federal, State, and local partners to improve and deliver topographic information for the Nation. It has many uses ranging from recreation to scientific analysis to emergency response. The National Map is easily accessible for display on the Web, as products and services, and as downloadable data. The geographic information available from The National Map includes orthoimagery (aerial photographs), elevation, geographic names, hydrography, boundaries, transportation, structures, and land cover.

National park system maps and national trail system maps and guides available in an A-Z list or searchable by state.

The map collection of the Perry-Castañeda Library at the University of Texas at Austin.

Geographic data and products such as the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, KMLs, TIGERweb, cartographic boundary files, geographic relationship files, and reference and thematic maps.

Digital maps of the US, states, and counties from the USGen Web Archives Project.

Maps of Forest Service roads, trails, recreation sites, wilderness areas, and wild & scenic rivers. The site also includes topographic and motor vehicle use maps.

Historical topographic maps, geologic maps, geologic names, and charts from the United States Geological Survey.

Esri Story Maps are a simple yet powerful way to inform, engage, and inspire people with any story you want to tell that involves maps, places, locations, or geography. They make it easy for you to harness the power of maps to tell your story.

Harvard WorldMap is an online, open source mapping platform developed to lower barriers for scholars who wish to explore, visualize, edit, and publish geospatial information. The system attempts to address the gap between desktop GIS which is generally light on collaboration, and web-based mapping systems which often don't support the inclusion of large datasets.

Customize one-page maps and download, email, print, or share!

The WhatWasThere project was inspired by the realization that we could leverage technology and the connections it facilitates to provide a new human experience of time and space – a virtual time machine of sorts that allows users to navigate familiar streets as they appeared in the past.