Travel Guides, Image and Maps



Travel Guides, Image and Maps

Travel Guides

AdventuresGuide.com  - www.adventureguide.com
Outdoors Adventure Guide for world travellers.
Adventure Travel  - activetravel.about.com/index.htm
Travel tips and destination ideas. Information on agents and tours, senior, single, and family travel, equipment outfitters, and numerous outdoor activities.
AOL Anywhere - Travel Web Channel  - www.aol.com/webcenters/travel/home.adp
Includes destination guides, travel reservations, weather, and vacation information.
BootsnAll Travel Guides  - www.BootsnAll.com
Monthly travel information about places around the globe. Discussion boards, travel guides and travellers toolkit.
Bugbog  - www.bugbog.com
Destination finder to help holidaymakers choose the best worldwide holiday spot according to their needs and holiday date.
Concierge.com  - www.concierge.com
Information on popular destinations including essays from Fodor's, restaurant and hotel listings, maps, weather, recommended readings, currency rates and airfare finders.
Fodor's Travel Online  - www.fodors.com
In-depth restaurant and hotel reviews in cities around the world, and smart travel tips to make vacation planning easier.
JohnnyJet's Travel News and Tips  - www.johnnyjet.com
Travel portal featuring live web cams, tip of the week, fear of flying, train travel, cyber cafes and customs.
Lonely Planet  - www.lonelyplanet.com
Down to earth online guide to world travel.
Martlink  - www.martlink.com
Detailed listing of links on tourist related subjects including travelling across borders, using your ATM card overseas and travelling with pets.
meetURplanet.com  - www.meeturplanet.com
Assists travellers in meeting fellow travellers around the world. Destination info, travel tools, travelogues and travel information. Registration required.
MyTravelGuide.com  - www.mytravelguide.com
World travel guide including a guided tour search, online travel help, chat, travel tools and on-line booking.
National Geographic Travel  - www.nationalgeographic.com/travel
Travel guides to US and Canadian destinations featuring worldwide destinations, maps and links to tools.
Savvy Traveler, The  - www.savvytraveler.com
Public radio travel program produced by Minnesota Public Radio. Features articles, before you go tips and message boards.
SuiteAsia.com - Travel Forum and Community  - www.suiteasia.com
Several public discussion forums on topics related to travel.
Travelocity.com - Travel Guides & Advice  - leisure.travelocity.com/DestGuides/geo_frontdoor
The Guides & Advice page of Travelocity let you build your own customized travel guide to any of the featured destinations. Find also Hotel Reviews, Restaurant Reviews, Photo Gallery, Video Gallery, Map Center, Weather Center, Currency Converter and Message Boards.
Virtual Tourist, The  - www.vtourist.com
All countries and more than 3000 cities worldwide with weather and picture collections. Members' forum, chat.
WorldTravelGuide.net  - www.worldtravelguide.net
World Travel Guide offers inspirational destination guides, features, travel deals, events and more.
WorldTravelGuide.com  - www.worldtravelguide.com
An online world travel magazine with opinionated travel articles, reviews of hotels, restaurants, resorts, spas and travel gear accessories to offer inspiration, information and sound advice for the world traveller.

Image Galleries

Earth and Moon Viewer  - www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
View either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe.
GeoPanorama  - www.geopanorama.com
Collection of 360° panoramic views from around the world.
PicturesOfPlaces.com  - www.picturesofplaces.com
Links to pictures from the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Central America, and South America.
Virtourist.com  - www.virtourist.com
Photographs and journals from North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
VRWay  - www.vrway.com
Offers Quicktime VR panoramic images from Europe, Thailand, and the United States.
Web Expeditions.net  - www.webexpeditions.net
Photographs and links to adventure, education and science expeditions around the globe. Archive of on-line expeditions and newsletter of current expeditions.

Maps

Atlapedia Online  - www.atlapedia.com
Contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
Maps.com  - www.maps.com
Maps.com is the premier online map store featuring over 3,500 maps, including travel maps, folded maps, wall maps, atlases, and even digital maps for web and desktop publishing. If your looking for a map, Maps.com has it.
MapQuest  - www.mapquest.com
Find directions for and explore towns and cities worldwide. Display addresses on a map, view nearby businesses, get driving directions and maps, and plan a trip with city information. Also includes aerial photographs of selected areas.
Microsoft Expedia - Maps  - maps.expedia.com
Includes US road maps and driving directions and maps of the world.
National Geographic - Map Machine  - plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine
Dynamic maps in a variety of formats.  You can choose different themes: Physical, Political & Cultural, Climate & Weather, Population, Employment, Housing, Street Maps, Atlas Maps, Historical Maps, Flags & Facts, Wild World,..
National Geographic - Maps and Geography  - www.nationalgeographic.com/maps
Access to political and physical maps and information for anywhere in the world by the National Geographic Society.
ReliefWeb - Map Centre  - www.reliefweb.int/w/map.nsf/home
Maps categorized by country, resource and issue.
United Nations - Cartographic Section  - www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm
General country and special issues maps.