Interactive 3D Maps for GIS & Consumers
Reviewed December 1, 2000 by Sam Abuzalaf, a reader from Whittier, CA who is affiliated with the site.Site offers a free real-time 3D map player, "GeoViz Player". Allows users to interact with pre-published 3D maps using Internet Explorer. Also offers the ability to include interactive 3D capability within reports & presentations using Microsoft Office. GeoViz Light the creation tool is free for schools (K-12) & universities.
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Infoplease Atlas
"Infoplease Atlas is everything you’d want from an atlas, including maps, country profiles, flags and statistics. Enter via the clickable world map, or browse the map index. Best clicks are the nineteen geography quizzes, sixteen interactive crossword puzzles, geography glossary, world time zone maps, and printable outline maps of the United States and the seven continents. What are the ""seven seas?"" Click on over to Geography FAQ to find out. Be sure to bookmark this site for school reports."
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iKnowthat.com
Puzzle Maps
Reviewed May 14, 2001 by Lisa L. Kirchner, a parent from Pittburgh, PA who is affiliated with the site. Complete puzzles depicting land forms and world geography, hear and see animations that give more detail, then send your "passport" to friends and family. Or check your knowledge with a quiz. Geography has never been this fun AND effective.
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How the Panama Canal Works
"The opening of the waterway to world commerce on August 15, 1914, represented the realization of a heroic dream of over 400 years. The fifty miles across the isthmus were among the hardest ever won by human ingenuity. While not on the same scale as actually building the Panama Canal, this Java animation demonstrating a ship traveling through the canal is pretty clever, and certainly worth more than a thousand words. If you only see an empty box, you will need to enable Java in your browser ( http://www.surfnetkids.com/java.htm )."
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How Far Is It?
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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How Far Is It?
"Using a database of world cities to find latitude and longitude, "HowFar Is It?" will calculate the distance between any two locations. Italsodisplays a mapof each locale, using the Xerox PARC Map Server. How far isit from San Diego to Hong Kong? 7350 miles."
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Greatest Places
"The Greatest Places is a large-format educational film that takes the viewer to "" seven of the most geographically dynamic locations on Earth."" From the Amazon to Tibet, this Web site introduces us to geography with annotated clips from the film and notes from Dr. Cecil Keen, a professor of Geography at Minnesota State University Mankato. To get an overview of the site, I recommend starting at the Table of Contents. Don’t miss the Activities. My favorite is See How Maps Lie which uses an orange to demonstrate the problems of making of a flat map."
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Globe Spotter
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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GeoNet Game
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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