This is an excellent site that provides and uses statistics from a range of sources such as the World Bank, UNESCO, the CIA World Fact Book etc. It provides comparative facts and graphs on countries world wide and enables you to compile your own according to your selected criteria.
Lancashire County Council's mapping site containing local maps and aerial photographs for the whole county. Some historic maps for the region are also available. You can select a location and then overlay historic maps, photographs and information. This site also provides interactive information on administrative boundaries and local census and social statistics.
EarthTools provides an easy-to-use interface to allow you to find out about various aspects of a point on the Earth, such as the sunrise and sunset time there, the local time and time zone, latitude/longitude or the height above sea level. You can navigate to a particular place using the map or by searching for a named place.
Daft Logic have created a distance calculator using Google Maps.You can use the Distance Calculator to find out the distance between two or more points anywhere on the earth. Click once on the map to place the first marker and then click again to position
This website from the RGS provides free learning resources for schools. It includes a whole range of resources that can be downloaded for use by pupils and teachers. Some of the resources are specifically linked to the key stages of the National Curriculum.
Explore the oceans with sea news, aquarium resources,an image gallery, games and reviews.
An interactive site from Channel 4 for students, aged 11-16, of Geography.
Get all the fact about any country, its people and history, with audio and video clips from the BBC archive. Plus links to international organizations.
The CIA Factbook is actually put together by the US's Central Intelligence Agency with up to date information on every country. It includes maps, brief recent histories and statistical and demographic information for the countries of the world. There is also a useful "Flags of the World" link.
Select a location on the interactive zoomable world map and GeoImpress will show a selection of photos taken near that place. Each can be viewed in a slideshow and you can visit the Flickr page that the photo comes from.
At this site, produced by the famous american magazine, children can play and learn about their world, other people and wildlife through stories, photos and videos, activities and games.
The A to Z Climate Change Guide is a new, easy to use guide, packed full of helpful tips to limit you CO2 emissions. Also, it explains some of the jargon surrounding climate change with easy to understand definitions and explanations.
Check time zone information, the world clock, perpetual calendar, create a calendar for any year.
The United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD) has pooled together data from numerous databases into one database for its 192 member states. All 33 databases that serve the site are fully searchable.
The Met Office's site gives access to weather forecasts (including 5 day forecasts), severe weather warnings and details of their other services. There are also links to Met Office webcams.
MAGIC is an interactive map which brings together information on key environmental schemes and designations in one place. It is a partnership project involving various government organisations. The site can be used to show locations of environmentally sensitive areas, green belt areas, nature reserves, urban settlements etc.
A very good site which brings together all kinds of statistics on population, economies etc. for countries and regions throughout the world. It also provides comparative tables and original sources are usually cited.
World Mapper is a collaborative project from the Universities of Sheffield and Michigan. It produces maps of geographic areas and resizes regions according to different criteria - nuclear waste produced, land mass etc. This provides a graphical way of showing the global impact of particular regions and states. Most of the states shown are United Nation member states.
A web site developed by a Graham Bartram, a heraldry enthusiast, providing details of flags of the worlds' countries.
The web site of the World Bank provides information on the workings of the bank and its development policies. The Data and Research tab provides up to date demographics and statistics on countries and regions.