International Maps

Map Collections » International Maps

Many academic, national, and international organizations have cartography or GIS departments and produce maps of the world available online.

European Union.

• Maps of European Union countries.
• Thematic Maps.
• In the EU Bookshop you can search for maps and atlases. Many publications are available for free download.
• The Eurostat website contains publications on European statitics, many of which have thematic maps to display the information. (For example, the "Europe's Regions" section of the Eurostat Yearbook.)

United Nations.

• Globalis. Create thematic maps based on international statistics.
• The UN Cartographic Section produces maps of countries and UN missions.
• UNECA (UN Economic Council for Africa): Harnessing INformation for Development: GIS Tools
• UNESCO (UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization)
  • Interactive Atlas of of the World's Languages in Danger.
  • The Photobank can be searched for maps. Their collections include many historical maps and atlases, like these images from 16th-18th century Mexican maps.
  • Education For All Global Monitoring Report has thematic maps related to education.
  • 2009-2010 World Heritage Map
  • Cartography Portal. UNESCO maintains a list of map links.

United States.

• Central Intelligence Agency maps.
• University of California, Santa Cruz. UC Atlas of Global Inequality. Create thematic maps that compare countries.
• NOAA: On-Line Chart Viewer. Nautical charts of U.S. Coastlines. Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf, Alaska, and the Great Lakes.

This page was created by Sarah Alexander. Comments and questions can be sent to srlucas@indiana.edu.

Page last updated July 22, 2010.