Travel & Geography
Travel
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gives advice on vaccines, as well as disease prevention tips for different countries.
FlightStats provides definitive information for approximately 99.5% of U.S. flights, and better than 86% of flights worldwide.
In depth travel guides for worldwide destinations. Includes photo galleries and blog.
All inclusive destination guides including travel news and deals.
View maps and get directions.
Non-profit group that promotes hostelling.
View maps and get directions.
All encompassing travel planner with themed travel and forums.
Provides maps, directions, and live traffic information.
US Department of State website with information about passports and visas.
State Department Travel Warnings
Features Travel Warnings and Alerts from the State Department about travel to other countries based on short and long term political, crime, health, or other issues.
Popular website for vacation planning with the most comprehensive traveler written hotel reviews and rankings. Has links to partner sites for comparative pricing and mobile App.
Provides the conversion for different types of currency.
Geography
The US Census Geography Program site provides geographic data and products such as the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, cartographic boundary files, TIGER/Line Geodatabases, and reference and thematic maps.
Provides information on 266 world entities, including maps.
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
From the Getty Research Institute
Find out the distance between (almost) any two places in the world
The Library of Congress Map and Reading Room Web Resources Page
Library of Congress provides links to current and historic maps, geographic information, and cartographic organizations.
Massive datasource to compare statistics between nations, includes maps.
Last updated March 3, 2020
