Internet Sites
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National Geographic MapsView digitized versions of maps and inserts from National Geographic magazine.
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Census Bureau - Geography ProgramData maps by themes including population, gender, agriculture, race, veterans.
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U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN)Federal body created in 1890 and established in its present form by Public Law in 1947 to maintain uniform geographic name usage throughout the Federal Government.
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Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)Developed by the U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN), which maintains cooperative working relationships with state names authorities to standardize geographic names.
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Geography NowYouTube channel engagingly presents well-edited and tightly scripted videos of every country. Covers content such as flag design, political and physical geography, demographics, and relations with neighboring countries.
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Geographers on FilmFrom Library of Congress, a collection of recorded interviews conducted with hundreds of geographers from August 1970 until the mid-1980s, which includes scholars, and cartographers who have shaped the discipline.