1. Geography & Travel
Sajjad ur Rehman

2. Use Location Profile of places Travel and entertainment
Current affairs
Business information
Thematic information
Weather
Cartographic

3. Features of Geographic Sources
Size and storage for maps and cartographic materials
Cost
Nature of use
Needs of an organization
Location devices: indexes, symbols
Terminology
Sources for historical geography: genealogical, historical atlases, etc.

4. Geographic Sources: Evaluation Criteria
Scale and projection
Linked with amount of information; 3 scales:
Large, 1: 100,000 or <
Medium: 1:100,000 to 1:million
Small: 1:million or more
Color and symbols
Standard symbols and colors used
Publishing authority
National mapping agencies
Private publishers
Indexes
Currency
Physical geography facts
Statistical data
Scope and coverage of gazetteers
Format

5. Atlases Time Atlas of the World Hammond Atlas of the World
Most prestigious; 123 maps; 3 sections of general, thematic and physical, 20 k name index
Hammond Atlas of the World
The Time Atlas of World History
New York Times Atlas of the World

6. Gazetteers Brief information about places Titles such as:
Cambridge World Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary
Webster’s New Geographical Dictionary
Longman Dictionary of Geography
Cities of the World
World Geographical Encyclopedia

7. Travel Sources Bookings for: Directions and maps Weather and climate
Hotels
Cars
Directions and maps
Weather and climate
Information about tourist attractions
Physical, geographic and descriptive information about places

8. Internet Use for Travel
Bookings for airlines, rental cars and hotels
Attractions and events in a place
Directions and maps
Weather forecasts
Wealth of information about places, tours, and vacation packages

9. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America
With 50,000 entries, the Gazetteer covers every incorporated place and county in the United States, along with several thousand unincorporated places, special-purpose sites, and physical features, as well as Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean." Search, or browse an alphabetic index.

10. Country Reports
This site "profiles the nations of the world. View maps and flags or listen to national anthems. There are over 1,400 pages of written text on the nations." The national anthems are stored as MIDI files.

11. Library of congress Country Studies
Detailed information on geography, society, economy, transportation, communications, government, politics and history
Prepared by a multidisciplinary team of social scientists, striving for a dynamic rather than a static portrayal.
Emphasis on social aspect as origins, dominant beliefs and values, common interests and the issues, national institutions,
Does not cover some of the smaller countries.

12. Worldwide Gazetteer
A geographical dictionary with links to Web resources related to each country. Each entry links to resources in the following categories: brief overviews, research about the country, newspapers, business, politics and economics, health and wealth, language, and travel.

13. Other Sources
Unesco World Heritage List: The World Heritage List, compiled by UNESCO, consists of sites, monuments, or buildings of cultural and historical significance, 690 sites, listed alphabetically by country; list of World Heritage sites in danger of destruction
The world Gazetteer: Information about current population, their administrative areas, images of the current national flags.

14. Geography
About.Com: Geography (

15. Travel Web Sources Travel Tools (http://www.tyzo.com/tools/)Travel
Guyana (
Travel & Leisure (
National Business Travel Association (
American Society of Travel Agents (