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Maps

University of Sheffield maps subject guide This guide will help you to find the resources you need in both the library and on the Internet to study maps.
Digimap via EDINA Available only to registered students and staff of the University of Sheffield. For more information and registration details, follow the link.
Google Earth From Maui and Paris to local restaurants and schools, Google Earth brings a planet's worth of Earth imagery and other geographic information to your desktop.

The Google Earth client (free version) is free to download for personal use. No registration is required.

Bodleian Map Room Geo Tools page Links to various tools to facilitate the reading of maps.
Google maps Can be used to find a location or a business or to get directions to anywhere in the world.
Multimap Searchable map of the UK, which can be searched by place name or postcode, and provides aerial photographs covering most of the UK.
Open Street Map OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world. OpenStreetMap allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on Earth.

Ordnance Survey Web site of Ordnance Survey, providing details of all their maps, and a place names gazetteer.
Place names gazetteer Gives access to a quarter of a million British placenames and their origins.
Streetmap Searchable map of the UK mainland, which can be searched by street name, place name, postcode, OS grid reference, OS Landranger grid reference, or Lat/Long coordinates.
Vision of Britain A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001. Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.