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It's part of the Microsoft Network (msn.com) and it shows. Choose the Address finder if you've got an address to track down. The Place Finder is useful when you're trying to get a fix on that new place your adventurous friend has explored. Hit the Driving Directions If you're looking for the shortest route from A to B
Take your pick from the range of digital maps, atlases, paper maps and the education and Geo Zone. The Zone has lots of trivia, fun and games and a competition to test your geo-knowledge.
http://terraserver.microsoft.com
This is where you search for aerial photographs and satellite images. But don't be disappointed if you don't get too many Indian cities on their list - they're still adding to their database.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/index.html
Backed by the powerful National Geographic Society (NGS), this site gives you political and physical maps in addition to the view from above, which offers images from satellites of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."
http://www.pathfinder.com/travel/maps
Time Warner's Pathfinder Magellan Maps site has some neat maps. Search and `Text Only' options are a plus. You can also check out how to buy maps and travel options.
http://www.mapblast.com/mapblast/start.hm
This site from Vicinity Corporation allows you to create, customise and save easy to read digital maps. There are searches for destinations and driving destinations in the US".
This site will be useful to find a place in India also. To find a place just type in the City and Country below and click the "MapBlast" Icon. The site will show you the location of the place on a map. If you want the latitude/longitude of a place, the map also gives you that. You can print it, Save the map and many more features. So go on, find the place your are looking for..
Set up the Etak Guide, which claims to be the world's leading provider of digital maps, this has a whole host of information in cartographic from. It's US-specific so this may be very useful if you're planning a visit.
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~caps/maps.html
If you're looking for some place in Asia, this wouldn't be a bad place to begin your search. There are links to maps of various Asian countries. Reasonably well-done, these maps provide a change from the largely US-centric websites for maps
http://www.delorme.com/cybermaps.com
Check out these maps which are easy on the eye as well as rich in detail. They've got two major sections - CyberAtlas and CyberRouter. While the former concentrates on the layout of the streets and other details, the latter gives you many options to get from one city to another.
http://www.algonet.se/~cristar/index.htm
Here's a comprehensive guide to the world maps with links to important site. You have political and physical maps, weather maps, historical maps, maps of other interest like Europe rail lines or NASA images database. Note: In some maps disputed territories have not been represented correctly.