Java Applets may take some time to download, but are often worth the wait. This site was used for a workshop session at the Annual Summer School of the Society of Cartographers, Nottingham 1997. An example of MPEG animation of the globe to download. Kansas Animated Shaded Maps from the Kansas Statistical Abstract Historical Archive. This site allows you to generate animated shaded maps of county level data using a Java Applet.
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This is one of the most popular and succcessful map and cartographic sites available. Oddens bookmarks is excellent in both its coverage and its organisation into categories. It also contains a list of recent additions and is updated on a very regular basis. This site contains hundreds of maps and cartographic links. It is well organised and referenced, and covers a wide field of map and map-related links.