Links about geography

Here are what I have found to be the best sites about geography on the net.

To find a place and locate it on a map:

• earthsearch.net gives geographic and geospatial information about any place in the world. Information is very complete and accurate. You can then use the geographic information as an input to GoogleEarth to precisely locate the place in a satellite imagery.
• The Fuzzy Gazetteer is a good complement to earthsearch.net. It enables you to find geographic features even when you do not know the exact name of the place you are looking for. A list of similar names is returned, web-linked to the JRC Digital Map Archive of the European Commission. It searches 7,205,433 place names world-wide.
• The Global Gazetteer is similar to earthseach.net although less easy to handle, but includes elevation.
• For maps of everything and everywhere check the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection of the University of Texas at Austin.
• For street maps check Multimap or MapQuest.

For statistics:

• The World Gazetteer provides a comprehensive set of population data and related statistics.
• Check the United Nations Population Information Network for population and related statistics.
• The CIA World Fact Book is probably the most comprehensive source of information for up-to-date economic, social, demographical and political information of all countries.
• The World Christian Database provides comprehensive statistical information on world religions, and people groups.
• For city population, check City Population, Mongabay (3 000 top biggest cities in the world, also ranked by country), and Demographia.