Places & Geography
generate maps of a specified country
Argentina map
generate a world map colored according to a given statistic
life expectancy
draw a map using a specified projection
world Winkel Tripel projection
locate a point on Earth using latitude-longitude coordinates
55 deg 45' N, 37 deg 37' E
compute the great-circle distance between points on the globe
23.5S 46.4W to 56.8N 60.6E
find the coordinates of a city
Algiers coordinates
locate a ZIP code
ZIP 60637
locate an airport and get information about it
Midway Airport
look up your IP address and estimate your location
Where am I?
get information about a country
France
request a class of information about a country
Peru geography
rank countries
5 largest countries by area
get information about a city
Buenos Aires
compare several cities
New York, London, Tokyo
do computations with city and country properties
population Madrid / population Spain
get information about a metropolitan area
Wichita metro area
look up particular facts for an urban area
population of the New York City urban area
get information about a US state
Connecticut
do computations with state properties
(land area MA+CT+RI) / (land area NY state)
get information about a US county
Cook County, Illinois
compare several counties
Orange County California, Orange County Florida
get information about a congressional district
CA district 8
find a district with geographic features
US congressional district with largest water area fraction
locate a ZIP code
ZIP 60637
compare ZIP codes
ZIP 84101 vs ZIP 84105
find the elevation of a city
elevation Chicago
get elevation data near specified coordinates
elevation around 46N 7E
find minimum/maximum elevations for a country
Russia lowest point
get information about an ocean
Atlantic Ocean
do computation with ocean properties
area Pacific Ocean / Atlantic Ocean
get current tide information
tides Seattle
get information about an undersea feature
Maro Reef
compare several features
Mariana Trench vs Kermadec Trench
get information about a lake
Loch Ness
compare several lakes
Great Salt Lake, Lake Winnipeg
do computations with lake properties
surface area Lake Erie + Lake Huron + Lake Ontario
get information about a river
Mississippi River
compare several rivers
Tigris, Euphrates
do computations with river properties
length Amazon / Nile
get information about a waterfall
Bambarakanda Falls
compare several waterfalls
Niagara Falls, Yosemite Falls, Colonial Creek Falls
do computations with waterfall properties
width Victoria Falls / Iguacu Falls
get information about an island
Hispaniola
get information about a group of islands
Galapagos Islands
do computations with island properties
area Martha's Vineyard / Nantucket
get information about a mountain
Mt Hood
compare several mountains
Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro
do computations with mountain properties
height Mt Timpanogos / Mt McKinley
get information about a volcano
Irruputuncu
compare volcanoes
Krakatau, Tambora
get information about a desert
Gobi Desert
do computations using desert properties
area Gibson desert / Australia
get information about a park, monument, or historic site
Gettysburg Battlefield
compare parks