where to get public domain map of the world?
 

Does anyone know of a specific source? Wanting to do a product here at work. world map, political style, showing major and minor cities as much as possible. major geological features would be great too.

yea can get like a rand mcnally map but copyright reproduction fee is prohibitive

thanks brain trust!

Depending on what your end use will be (reproducing and redistributing? for commercial or .edu?, etc) Creative Commons licensed stuff may work for you.


planiglobe - online vector map creation

CC licensed custom maps downloadable in real formats.

reproducing with possible modifications for commercial purposes.

Would US Government maps be permissible to use if they were modified slightly? Not sure they hold copyrights on taxpayer-funded projects like that.

national geographic.

krystar, your post reminded me of an old Steven Wright joke...

I have a map of the United States... actual size.
It says, "Scale: 1 mile = 1 mile." I spent last summer folding it.
I also have a full-size map of the world. I hardly ever unroll it.
People ask me where I live, and I say, "E6."

Depending on how the bosses think, the CC license may work for you.