MAPS
Ordnance
Survey
KS3
GCSE A level 
The home of the Ordnance Survey. Fantastic new
"get a map" service!
Map
Machine
Totally awesome new interactive mapping service from National Geographic!
Postcodes
Online
(GCSE / A level) 
A similar service to Multimap but fast and useful for courseworks.
Streetmap
UK
(KS3/ GCSE/ A level)
A - Z style maps of any location in the UK Now with aerial photos. Top
site!
Multimap
(GCSE / A level)
Create maps! Excellent for giving directions to parties!
Mapblast
(GCSE / A level)
Another map creation site, allowing you to give directions to parties
all over the world!!
GIS
The
GIS files 
A brief guide to GIS from the Ordnance Survey
Introduction
to GIS
A good introduction from the USGS
GIS.com
is a portal resource by ESRI - the market leaders in GIS software
Arc
Explorer 
Learn about the Arc Explorer GIS data viewer and download a copy
Arc
Data online
This site seems to have become displaced by the following site as a resource
for free GIS data for Arc Explorer and related information
Geography
Network
is now the comprehensive ESRI data store
ESRI
uk GIS web gallery
Examples of web sites
that serve interactive maps.
GeoCommunity
A huge GIS community resource.
SATELLITE IMAGES
Terraserver
This service was improved but now coverage outside the USA has been withdrawn
Earth
From Space
Categorized images from the space shuttle.
Images
of environmental change
(GCSE A level))
From the USGS, a collection of categorized images.
Dundee
receiving station
Excellent site for satellite images (and it's free!)
Latest
satellite image
Weather for the UK.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Regolith
A site that offers downloadable pictures, well worth looking at.
The
Geo-Images Project
A similar kind of site to the above, which will hopefully continue to
grow.
The
Confluence Project
Another expanding photo bank; this one is very ambitious, and well worth
a look.
FreeFoto.com
Highly recommended image bank. Great for London photographs.
MISCELLANEOUS:
Population
-landscape metaphor
(A level)
Representations of population density. Wild!
What's
in your backyard?
Example of GIS technology used to serve up maps of interest! Find out
if you live on a flood plain. Identify that toxic waste dump!
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