UTILITIES AND SOFTWARE

and information recommended by G&ES Professor Erick Howenstine
Geography & Environmental Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago Illinois 

ATLASES

• Maps.com, a political and physical world atlas
• WorldAtlas.com, another World Atlas, with interactive quizzes, study maps, etc.
• World Fact Book by the CIA, and the CIA's reference maps
• Chicago Atlas (click on the map on the left side of the screen), the the City of Chicago
• Toxic Polluter's Atlas, by the Env. Defense Fund (type in your zip code and see what's nearby)

 MAPS

• "World Map" -- a google search (type in your own search terms too)
• PDF OUTLINE FILES -- these are outline maps I made for you to study with -- you need Adobe Acrobat Reader to see/print them
• World map of countries
• U.S. state map
• North America countries
• Caribbean countries
• South America countries
• African countries
• European countries
• Asian countries

• Diagram of Coriolis Effect (.GIF FILE)
• Map of world religions (.GIF FILE)
• Map of World Cultures
• Diagram of Von Thunen economic model (ADOBE READER)
• Diagram of Weber economic model (ADOBE READER)

• Basic world facts review sheet
• Written paper guidelines
• (see lecture outlines for exam preparation
• Exam preparation discussion questions

VARIOUS INTERESTING LINKS

• The U.S. census bureau's current population counter. Reload it to note the change.

MY COURSES

• My extensive links on population issues from G&ES 362 -- many Spring terms)
• Computer Cartography (most Fall and Summer 1A terms)
• Interactive Cartography (many Spring terms)
• Geographic Information Systems ( most Spring terms)
• Economic Geography (fall terms)

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