Digital - International - Maps & Cartographic resources - Research Guides at Syracuse University Libraries

Web Maps

Links to general, historical and topographic maps.

National Atlas of Canada
The English version
Canadian topographic maps
GeoGratis - From Natural Resources Canada. A portal to download vector files for topographic maps of Canada.
Mexico - National maps and atlases
Spanish only
National Atlas of the Netherlands
20 volumes covering all aspects of the country. In Dutch.
DE NATIONALE ATLAS VAN NEDERLAND
Switzerland
CIA and other US Government maps from U of Texas
Great site for public domain maps produced by the US Government compiled by the Map Library at Univ. of Texas
Library of Congress, Map & Geog Division - online maps
American Memory Project - Focus is on North America but does contain maps of other countries around the world.
Antiquarian maps online
Links to antiquarian maps broken down by continent and country
Outline maps
Down-loadable maps of all the continents and then-some
Maps of India
Many types of political, economic and census maps as well as other subject maps are available.
Mad Mappers
Raster and vector files for countries in Africa
Michelin map site
Locate and see maps for towns, cities countries around the world
Open Green Maps
Offers a direct pathway to the significant ecological, cultural and civic resources
Green Atlas
A worldwide project promoting sustainable communities
SkyVector
Aeronautical maps and charts along with airport charts and plans.

Links to download GIS related data sets.

GMTED2010
New world-wide DEM elevation data sets from USGS
OpenStreetMap
Interactive map of the world. Zoom into the area you need and then download data sets.
OpenStreetMap Data
Download data layers by continent or country.
Global Administrative Areas
Download various levels of a country's administrative boundary layers.
EarthWorks
Downloadable geospatial data sets from across the world from multiple academic institutions via Stanford University's EarthWorks portal.
Natural Earth
Free vector data sets for the world
GHCN Weather Data version 3
Raw ASCII data for monthly weather data from around the World.
International Climate Data
Compiled and served up by Columbia Univ
DIVA-GIS
World-wide and country level GIS data sets
FAO GeoNetwork
Many layers of data are available here from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.
France - Geoportal
Search and retrieve various data and geospatial layers
Global land Cover
USGS links to global land cover data sets
NASA Data Portal
Search for data sets through NASA data portal