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     Internet Library

Flags of the World Click on a continent, then select a country for flag info. Select by name, word or letter search. Also gives details about the country selected. An in depth website. Very good for doing school or maritime research.

Countries Get information on any country in the world.

World Flags Flags of the world. Not as in depth as the previous flag site, but better for quick reference where research is not required. ONCE AT THE SITE, CLICK ON THE LARGE GLOBE.

Atlas of the World 

Earth at Night 
For a picture of the earth at night from the Boeing built Space Station, go to this site and hang on. This is AWESOME!!!

World Fact Book This is an unclassified site, available to the general public. Courtesy of the Central Intelligence Agency.

U.S. GAZETTEER U.S. Census Bureau. The gazetteer is used to identify places to view with the tiger map server. Obtain U.S. census information from the 1990 Census Lookup. You can search for places, counties. Please note, that it will generally only search for incorporated cities or towns. This site will also give lat/long, and area maps. Maps may be outdated, and based on early 90s data.

General References

Library of Congress U.S. Library of Congress on-line. If it's not here, it probably doesn't exist.

The Smithsonian Homepage Search databases within the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.

Virtual Library World Wide Web's Internet Virtual Library.

Public Library Internet Public Library--Ready Reference Collection. Links to top reference resources on the web, browse able by subject and title, or searched by keyword.

Martindale's The Reference Desk Look up science tables, calculators (navigation, GPS, air & ground), dictionaries, maps, postal codes, plus a wealth of other information commonly found in a library/reference center.
This site also includes references for boating subjects, including GPS, fishing, knots, rigging, navigation, sailing, scuba diving and navigation codes. A very impressive site.

C.I.A.C. INTERNET HOAXES Computer Incident Advisory Capability, U.S. Department of Energy. A U.S. government public service site listing internet hoaxes.

• Geographic

  • G.P.S.: Global Positioning System

• GNIS Data Base Query Form, U.S.G.S. U.S. Geological Survey: Geographic Names Info System. Enter an area or location, and get the LAT-LON reference, elevation, county, and if an incorporated area, the population.
  Upon arrival at the site, enter the city, town road, structure in the box labeled "Feature." Be sure to write or click on the state where the feature is located.
• GPS Resource. Com This is a commercial GPS locator site, claiming over 2,000,000 U.S. Waypoints searchable by state, type, name and county.

          Vessel Database Search

• Vessel Documentation Query--BY NAME Vessel database search. Extract vessel characteristics, documentation and ownership data by entering the vessel's name.
• Vessel Documentation Query--BY NUMBER Vessel database search. Extract vessel characteristics, documentation and ownership data by entering the vessel's
  number.

         The vessel documentation query only retrieves data on vessels 5 net tons or larger, and only those documented by the USCG.

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