Travel: | Wisconsin | General Info | For Students |

Maps: | Street Maps/Directions | Map Collections | Various Information |


Wisconsin

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General Information

Guide Books

Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door
Fodor's
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel
Lonely Planet Online
Rough Guides

Tools

Dialing Codes
Foreign Languages for Travellers
Maps & Atlases - Reference Resource
Currency - Reference Resource
Time Zones - Reference Resource
Weather - Reference Resource
Telephone Directories on the Web

Foreign Travel


U.S.Bureau of Consular Affairs
Advises and supports American citizens abroad.
Specifically:

Travel Warnings
List of US Embassies
Foreign Entry Requirements - go to the Entry/Exit Requirements section in the Consular Information Sheet
Passport Info
How the U.S. Customs Service Works

Country Information

CIA Worldfact Book
Library of Congress: Portals to the World

Directories/Portals

About.com - Travel
Google - Travel
myway.com
Yahoo! Travel

Domestic Travel

Amtrack
Hidden America
Rand McNally (Maps)
Road Side America
Sightseer's Guide to Engineering
World's Largest Road Side Attractions

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For Students

Backpacking

Guide for Budget Backpackers
Backpackers Guide to the Internet
Guide to Sleeping in Airports

Organizations

Student Travel Association
Hostelling International
Hostelling International American Youth Hostels (HI-YAH) Also in print: REF TX931.H67
International Student Travel Confederation

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Maps

Street Maps/Directions

MapQuest MapQuest will find general maps as well as very obscure street maps. MapQuest will also link you to Interactive Atlas, TripQuest and TravelPlan USA.

Yahoo! Maps Enter a domestic address and view a map of the area.

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Map Collections

Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection Historical U.S. Maps Historical maps dating as far back as the 1600's covering topics about early Indian tribes, exploration, settlement and territorial growth.

Online Maps of Current Interest

Nationalatlas.gov Directory to atlases available via the U.S. Geological Society. Determine geographic location by zooming in on map of the U.S. Layers can be superimposed to show roads, parks, railroads, cities, volcanoes, and other geographic features.

National Geographic Maps View the National Geographics collection of maps & atlases from around the world.

Rare Map Collection at the Hargrett Library, Univ. of Georgia Historical maps spanning some 500 years.


Various Information

USGS National Mapping Information Type in name of city or town and retrieve information such as county, latitute & longitude degrees, elevation and population.

State and County QuickFacts Census statistics by geographic area from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Geography Resource Karrmann Library Resource by Subject

Maps on the Web Government Publication resource

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