Conquer Club

A collection of map sites that you may find interesting/useful

The University of Texas Libraries has a huge collection of maps:
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
These maps are almost all public domain, available for use w/o copyright restriction. Those that are copyrighted are marked.

They also have what looks to be an extremely thorough collection of links to other online map sites:
Maps on Other Web Sites
Of course, maps from these other sites need to be checked for their own copyright restrictions.

Here's a site that will allow you to create a map of pretty much anywhere in the world. You can turn on/off geographical and physical features, and you can save them in various formats, including directly as Illustrator files:
Planiglobe
Maps created via this tool are creative commons licensed.

This site is full of inspiration:

The Random One wrote:Also, if you have a mind for the strange, I recomend the Strange Maps blog.

Incredible! Public domain, fully detailed, commercial quality, vector-art maps of the world!
CIA World Factbook Reference maps
These are in JPG and PDF formats. If you open the PDF in Adobe Illustrator you can edit the vector art - country outlines, political labels, etc. I haven't found a way to extract the EPS without Illustrator, but I suspect that it's possible.

Here's a very cool set of maps scanned from the original editions of Jules Verne’s novels.
The maps from the Voyages Extraordinaires
These maps are in the public domain, despite indications otherwise.

ive only taken a quick lookbut theres thousands of map this is excellent. There well catogarised as well. This will be usful for anyone wanting to to georaphic maps. Can we gets this stickied please?

Found another cool site and added it the top.

Here's a site that will allow you to create a map of pretty much anywhere in the world. You can turn on/off geographical and physical features, and you can save them in various formats, including directly as Illustrator files:
Planiglobe
Maps created via this tool are creative commons licensed.

the last one isn't good, if i look to my country its to strechy (^sp)

Also, if you have a mind for the strange, I recomend the Strange Maps blog.

The Random One wrote:Also, if you have a mind for the strange, I recomend the Strange Maps blog.

lol they are pretty awesome

I have to say that this one is blowing me away.
Public domain, fully detailed, commercial quality, vector-art maps of the world!
Believe it or not, from the CIA!

CIA World Factbook Reference maps

These are in JPG and PDF formats. If you open the PDF in Adobe Illustrator you can edit the vector art - country outlines, political labels, etc. I haven't found a way to extract the EPS without Illustrator, but I suspect that it's possible.

Only the Illuminati know what kind of digital black-ops will invade your computer, but it's worth it for these maps!

Here's a very cool set of maps scanned from the original editions of Jules Verne’s novels.
The maps from the Voyages Extraordinaires
These maps are in the public domain, despite indications otherwise.