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Africa Guide
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Information on climate, currency, visas, latest travel advice, accommodation, getting around, car hire and public holidays for each of the 51 countries in Africa can be found on this Web site.
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Airlines of the WEB
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This site lists airlines home pages and has a link to Cyberfares, the latest and greatest Net-only deals online.
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Amtrak
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Plan ahead with Amtrak to make reservations; get train routes, schedules, and more.
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Atlapedia Online
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Go here for full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
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Background Notes - U.S. Department of State
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Background Notes provide regularly updated country overviews. Fact-filled reports from the U.S. Department of State.
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Best Places to Live
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Get a statistical snapshot nearly 500 towns by typing in a CITY NAME or check out the winners judged best by MONEY magazine.
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BestPlaces
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This database offers 3,000 City Profiles in 30 categories including housing, costs of living, crime, education, economy, health and climate. Also offered are School Statistics: the facts on 87,000 U.S public schools in 16,000 districts
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Canada-Worldweb Travel Guide
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This well-organized guide lists hotel, transportation and visitor information for each province. You'll also find maps and driving and flying times between major cities.
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CDC Travelers Health
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This site from the National Center for Infectious Diseases provides important health issues for countries of the world.
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CIA World Factbook
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Detailed country information including geography, politics, economics, maps and military statistics. Published by the Central Intelligence Agency.
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CountryReports
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The goal of this web site is to "Eradicate Conflict by Building Cultural Awareness" by supplying the user with country reports from around the world. With over 26,000 pages of content, it's a great resource for business, tourists, students and teachers.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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CountryWatch
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Use this site to find out key facts about the people and history, economy, agriculture, energy, metals, and environment of many countries of the world.
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Fodor's Travel Online
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From a leading travel book publisher comes this site providing travelers with reliable, up-to-date travel information about any of 99 destinations worldwide in an easy-to-navigate format.
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Frommers
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Whether you have your tickets in hand or are just figuring out where you want to go, Frommers offers all the resources you need to plan the vacation of a lifetime.
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Go Camping America
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This site features thousands of listings for member facilities across the US and Canada and more.
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Hostelling International (American Youth Hostels)
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HI-AYH offers budget "hostelling" accomodations through a network of more than 140 hostels in the U.S., as well as travel education, multicultural and environmental programs.
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Hostelz.com
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A free, backpacker-run hostels directory, with reviews, original photos, maps and complete contact information for each hostel. The Web site includes over 8000 listings for hostels throughout the world, including the United States.
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Hotels and Travel on the Net
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Updated daily, Hotels and Travel on the Net contains more than 100,000 links to Hotels, B&B's, travel resources, airlines and airports, and travel references that have a Web presence.
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How far is it?
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Use this service to find the latitude and longitude of two places and the distance between them (as the crow flies). Data for this site is from the U.S. Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world.
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Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts
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This is the PDF version of a useful U.S. Government publication which provides the names of key officers at Foreign Service posts with whom American business representatives would most likely have contact.
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Lake Express Ferry
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This high-speed ferry, which began service on June 1, 2004, travels between Milwaukee and Muskegon, Michigan in 2.5 hours. The Web site includes pricing and schedule information, as well as travel links for Wisconsin and Michigan.
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LatinWorld
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The premier search engine for Latin American topics in North, South, and Central America, Spain, and the Caribbean.
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Lonely Planet Online
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The publishers of guidebooks offering first-hand experiences and up-to-date maps, continue their commitment to providing the best information for travelers with this useful Web site.
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Map Milwaukee
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An interactive mapping site that allows one to display maps of the City of Milwaukee showing specific criteria such as school districts, police stations, property violations and many others .
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MapMachine
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This site features maps that include Street, Topographic, Satellite, Census and Physical Atlas at high resolution with an easy-to-use interface.
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Maporama
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An interactive mapping service that finds maps, driving directions and distances for non-U.S. countries.
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Mappy
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Find maps and directions for virtually any European country.
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MapQuest!
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This popular interactive mapping service can find over three million locations worldwide--including driving directions between locations.
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Megabus
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A daily express bus travel service for selected cities at low cost.
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Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Maps
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The UWM Libraries have developed an extensive online digital collection titled "Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 1885-1992." The collection presents 12 high-resolution digitized Milwaukee Maps from 1883 to 2000.
Requires free software plugin, available on this Web site.
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Milwaukee Without a Car
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This useful site contains information on the Downtown Trolley Loop, events in the metro area, traveling to Madison and the Milwaukee and Chicago airports.
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Nation Master
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One can generate graphs with ease on all kinds of statistics by selecting exactly which countries you want to have included. This database includes 335 stats, and this number is increasing all the time.
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National Atlas of the USA
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The National Atlas includes products and services designed to stimulate children and adults to visualize and understand complex relationships between environments, and contributes to our knowledge of the environmental, resource, demographic, economic, social, political, and historical dimensions of American life.
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National Recreation Reservation Service
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North America's largest camping reservation system.
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On-line Airline Information
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FAQ about finding travel info and making airline reservations using the Internet.
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Portals to the World
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This site contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world.
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QuickAID
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Here is the site for information on airport ground transportation, shops and services, hotels, and terminal maps.
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Recreation.Gov
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This easy-to-use Web site links to federal recreation area information searchable by state, recreational activity, by agency, or map.
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Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door
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Rick, a recognized authority on European travel, and his company publish guidebooks, have a PBS TV series, and now, a helpful Web site.
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Roadsideamerica.com
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Take a tour of America's wacky roadside atractions. Click on "Electric Map" to narrow your search by topic or state.
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Timeout.com
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Time Out is established as the ultimate authority on chic accomodations, restaurants, clubs, shops, cultural events and attractions.
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Tiny Travelers
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Find out the best places for vacationing with kids, and get tips on how to do it smoothly.
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Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory
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The Directory lists only official government tourism offices, convention and visitors bureaus, chambers of commerce, and similar agencies which provide free,
accurate, and unbiased travel information to the public.
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TripAdvisor
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Get free destination reviews, travel guides and more!
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U.S. Bureau of Consular Affairs
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U.S. Department of State site which provides information on passports, visas, consulates, embassies, travel advisories, foreign adoptions, etc. and links to the Immigration and Naturalization Service at the Department of Justice.
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United Nations Cartographic Section
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Find general maps for countries and regions, peacekeeping and thematic maps from the UN are featured here.
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USGS Mapping Information
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Use an online form to search the United States Geological Survey database (aka the GNIS or Geographic Names Information Sytem) which contains information about almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the United States. The main page for the USGS is found here.
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VisitEurope.com
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Just click on the country of your choice for travel tips, sights to see, places to stay and other tools to plan your visit.
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Wisconsin Department of Tourism
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Look here for information activities, attractions, lodging, travel, calendar of events, features, and links relating to Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin Highways
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Contains listings, historical data, and information on every state-maintained highway (or "state trunkline highway") in the State of Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin Land Ownership Map and Plat Book Index
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The Milwaukee Public Library has an extensive collection of plat books and maps showing property ownership for the entire state of Wisconsin. These land ownership books and maps range from 1858 until the present. The index lists the Wisconsin land ownership map and plat book holdings that are part of the library's collection.
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Worldwide Casino Directory
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