Resources

A free, Windows-based, real-time interactive program for making perceptual maps (also called product maps, strategic maps, sociograms, sociometric maps, psychometric maps, stimulus-response maps, relationship maps, concept maps, etc.).

Via this free tool, students can simulate the greenhouse effect.

A free website where you find lots of games on countries, cities, flags, rivers, seas etc.

QGIS (previously known as "Quantum GIS") is a cross-platform free and open-source desktop geographic information system (GIS) application that provides data viewing, editing, and analysis capabilities.

Environmental satellite data and derived products covering Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, land and near-space conditions.

A free tool that allows you to draw and make your own maps. The user is able to map their journeys with road and flight maps – which could be used for lessons on transport etc.

A free website where learners find quizzes about countries, capitals, flags, oceans, lakes and more.

A global community putting the world's most vulnerable people and places on the map to support humanitarian aid and sustainable development. The tool shows what needs to be mapped, which areas need to be reviewed and validated for quality assurance and which areas are completed.

A free tool comparing and contrasting maps of cities around the world by showing maps in a variety of themes.

A web application that provides users the ability to search and view satellite images, aerial photographs, and cartographic products from several sources.

An online quiz about satellite images all over the world.

A free website containing different games where the student can find the countries, regions, lakes, islands etc.

A free collection of world maps where territories are resized on each map according to the subject of interest. The maps give powerful visual impact and clarity to current patterns in development and present an accessible and knowledge-based view of the world as it is now.

Online mapping portal offering street maps, driving directions, traffic, and satellite imagery.