Last night someone, I think it was here, was looking for a topographical map of Lebanon. This morning I found the great online map resource guide put together by some government documents librarians in Texas. (I really should download one of those doohickies that lets you look at your bookmarks on different computers.) Here’s a Lebanon topo map from the C.I.A. Below are a few really good online sources of different kinds of maps.
Though the CIA maps are available lots of places, I found this one by poking around with the search function at the Intute World Guide. (Hint: Use asterisk for truncation: i.e. the search term topo* gets you both topographic and topography hits.) I’ve never seen Intute before but what a cool site: “a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK universities and partners.”
I was led to Intute by the Guide to Online Maps that I originally mentioned, from the University of North Texas Libraries, via U.C. Riverside’s Infomine.
If you like maps scroll through the UNT guide and I guarantee you’ll find lots to love, from maps of Texas to historical U.S. maps in the Library of Congress to a starchart map server where you can make a custom map of your favorite patch of sky.