The World Factbook for 2006 is now available at the CIA (US Central Intelligence Agency) website. Despite its origins, it is a wonderful resource. Included are country profiles, maps, data, flags, and much more on just about every country in the world. It is searchable.
URL: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
AND SPEAKING OF MAPS….
There’s a neat new tool available—Worldmapper “the world as you’ve never seen it before.” It consists of global maps, actually cartograms, each of which re-sizes the countries of the world according to some variable, such as population. It is a wonderful tool. You can print each map as a pdf file, along with some extra information, or buy a high-quality version from them.
Worldmapper is a joint project of professors from the University of Sheffield, UK, the University of Michigan, USA, The Leverhulme Trust and the Geographical Association.
URL: http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/
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