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.
• 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. In Norwegian.
• The UN Cartographic Section produces maps of countries and UN missions.
• 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.
  • 2009-2010 World Heritage Map
  • Current World heritage List Interactive Map.

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.