Reference

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General Reference

Wikipedia
Encycopedia Britannica 1911 Edition
Google Translate

Atlases and Maps

Kalmberg Atlas 1855
1923 Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd
International Map of the World, Canadian Sector
International Map of the World
George Washington Atlas (Yale)
Colorado Panoramic Atlas
Atlas encyclopedique - Rigoberto Bonne, 1788
Atlas Historique, by A. Lesage, 1808

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Geographic Names of Canada - query by name

Google Maps
Bing maps
OpenStreetMap

GeoHack: A list of map sources for a location


News—English

New York Times, Global Edition
The Guardian
BBC Front Page

BBC News—Asia-Pacific
BBC News—South Asia
BBC News--Europe

CBC News


Audio

Podcasts
 
ABC Radio National Podcasts (Australia)
BBC Podcasts
CBC Podcasts

Dispatches (CBC)
Ideas (CBC)
Excess Baggage (BBC)
From Our Own Correspondant (BBC)

Radio
Radio-Locator

BBC World Service Hourly Bulletin (5 min.)
BBC World Service -- The World Today (50 min)


CBC | Dispatches
CBC Radio | The Current
CBC | The World At Six
BBC4--From Our Own Correspondant
BBC4--Crossing Continents


GIS

MapChat2 on the Smithers Community Server

MapChat Tech Support Group on the Valley Vision Wiki

Cartastrophe

GPSvisualizer




GeoData—US

Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
Earth Explorer (Landsat database)

geocomm.com: SDTS DEMs
Geospatial Engine (NIMA)
Global Land Cover Facility (Landsat database)
NASA ESAD GeoCover
MSRMaps

USGS Geographic Data download

GeoData - Historical

Teaching History Through GIS

Old World Trade Routes Project

Peutinger Map Routes geodata

Linux

Ubuntu
Ubuntu Documentation
Ubuntu Communtiy Documentation


MediaWiki documentation

RPMs @ rpmfind.net
Debian
Linux on the NSLU2

OpenSSH
OpenSSL

Mondo Rescue
Google Search Linux

Ancient World

Liddell-Scott-Jones Greek-English Lexicon online

Classical texts at the Perseus Project, Tufts

Liviius: Articles On Ancient History

Greek & Linguistics Software Page

Renaissance Greek with Ligatures

Peutinger Map Online

OmnesViae: Tabula Peutingeriana

Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft

Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilization

The Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography 1907

Euratlas

Ancient World Mapping Center (UNC)

Ancient World Online (blog)

GeoData—Canada

LRDW login
GeoBC WMS services

Geobase.ca

Geogratis.ca

CanVec FTP download
CanMatrix FTP download
NTDB download

Toporama
BC Geodata Download


GIS software - $$$

dlgv32pro
mapmart.com


GIS software - Open Source

QGIS
AccuGlobe
Map Window
mapserver documentation
GDAL/OGR documentation
PostGIS documentation
Postgresql documentation
MapChat
Free Geography Tools
3DEM
MicroDEM homepage
GRASS

gmt

Libraries

Smithers Public Library/Outlook On line

Harvard Map Collection

David Rumsey Map Collection

Perry-Castańeda Map Collection - UT Library Online

Maps, Charts and Architectural Plans - Library and Archives Canada

British Library Virtual manuscripts

Gutenberg Project

Google Books





Travel

Canada
Hawk Air
West Jet
Air Canada
Travelocity Canada
Hwy 16 Road Report


Britain
National Rail Enquiries

Miscellaneous

National Time Signal (Ottawa)


Wind River Pack Goats

Internet Traffic Report--North America

Canada Post Package Tracking

USD in CAD
GBP in CAD

IP lookup at APNIC (Asia-Pacific)
IP lookup at ARIN (US)
IP Lookup -- RIPE (Europe)

NIST Guide to SI Units










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