LibGuides: Geography: Media & Interactive Tools

Interactive Tools

ArcGIS Online
Create and share maps using ArcGIS Online. A 21-day free trial is available for students.
ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World
Search the Living Atlas for maps, apps, and more. Includes basemaps, imagery, infrastructure, and the environment.
Google Earth
With this interactive site with 3D capability, zoom into anywhere in the world and view 3D images through satellite imagery.
OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap provides open map data. "Contributors use aerial imagery, GPS devices, and low-tech field maps to verify that OSM is accurate and up to date."
Map Maker Interactive
From National Geographic, this "is a online mapping tool that allows teachers and students to explore the world using map themes, data, and tools."
USGS Earth Explorer
Search satellite images, aerial photography, datasets, and more.

Online Geography Videos

Films On Demand Collection
A large, multidisciplinary collection of streaming video with academic, vocational and life-skills content. Films on Demand specifically includes content for Physical, Human, and World Regional Geography.
AVON (Academic Video Online)
AVON contains thousands of award winning films covering a wide range of subjects including: anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.

Try searching the Library's Films of Demand or AVON video databases for "geography." You may also try more specific topics and keywords. Watch videos or film clips on a wide variety of topics related to geography.

U.S. Geological Survey Multimedia Gallery
Watch scientific animations, presentations, video shorts, training, and more related to USGS science and research.
UCSD-TV
The University of California San Diego Television's portal to search by topic. Try a keyword search for "geography."

Geography Image and Map Collections

USGS EROS Archive
"Explore the world’s largest civilian collection of images of the Earth’s surface. Find satellite images and data, aerial photography, elevation and land cover datasets, digitized maps, and our Image Gallery collections."
NASA Earth Observatory
Find images on the atmosphere, heat, snow & ice, water, and more. Also search for global maps.
Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States
Explore the digitized version of the 1932 "Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States."
David Rumsey Map Collection
Find digitized maps from the 16th to 21st centuries, ranging from the Americas to World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania maps.

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