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*[http://rdf.muninn-project.org/ontologies/btmaps.html British Trench Maps Ontology Specification - 1.0. An ontology to markup information on the British Trench Map Coordinate system used during the Great War]. The Muninn Project
*[https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p16062coll11/search/searchterm/World%20War%20I%20Maps/field/digita/mode/exact/conn/and World War I Maps] North Carolina Digital Collections, digital.ncdcr.gov. Mainly France and Belgium. Click on maps to enlarge.
*[https://www.poigraves.uk Download Accurate POI [Point Of Interest<nowiki>]</nowiki> Satnav files for free!] Useful when visiting [[Cemeteries#CWGC|CWGC]] cemeteries. poigraves.uk
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*[http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=9&lat=50.0645&lon=2.7620&layers=101465290 National Library of Scotland WW1 Trench Maps]. View maps overlaid on a modern map. Allows you to swap between trench map and modern map. On the left hand side you will see a slider to change the transparency between the trench map and the underlying modern map.
*[http://www.tmapper.com Gazetteer of the Western Front - 2020] - part of the tMapper Suite. tmapper.com. An expanded update of the 2013 publication ''Gazetteer of the Western Front'' by John Reed. Search parameters include Trench name. "Each successful search elicits a trench map reference and latitude, longitude and these form the database anchor for a researcher wishing to delve deeper, asking to see nearby towns, populations, elevation, Victoria Cross recipients, battles and Commonwealth War Graves cemeteries within a defined range". Details.<ref>WhiteStarLine. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/281619-gazetteer-of-the-western-front-2020-reboot/ Gazetteer of the Western Front - 2020 Reboot] ''Great War Forum'' 17 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.</ref>
:[http://rdf.muninn-project.org/TrenchCoordinates.html?q=57d.+L.3.a+80.45 Great War British Trench Map Coordinates Converter] muninn-project.org. Allows you to enter specific map references but note "Still Experimental" and "For development purposes only". May require Chrome as browser.
*The British Library has produced some digitised maps including the Western Front, which are accessed from the catalogue [http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=1&dstmp=1452928171364&vid=BLVU1&fromLogin=true Search]. Using the Search term map, then filter the results by using the left hand side filters on the webpage, selecting the access option Online, and Subject filter World War, 1914-1918. If the latter filter doesn't display, go into the Creation Date filter and select the relevant date range.
*[https://www.wdl.org/en/item/18970/ ''Carte du théâtre des opérations: (front occidental) avec répertoire alphabétique''] (Map of the theater of operations [Western Front] with alphabetical directory) is a set of 15 detailed military maps produced in 1915 by the Geographical Service of the French Army. World Digital Library, a project of the U.S. Library of Congress, from National Library of Brazil.
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1068224 Maps of the French Artillery Survey Group, 1917 - ca. 1919]. USA Army versions, based on French military maps. Contains 9 online French Trench Maps. Click on “Search within this series”, then click on “Archival Descriptions with digital objects” (Left hand side of webpage). Website of The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
*[https://archive.org/details/listofconvention00unitrich ''List of conventional signs and abbreviations in use on French and German maps''] compiled by Second Section, General Staff (Topography) [USA Army] 1918 Archive.org.
:[http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067955990203941/catalog ''Conventional map signs, British and French'' [Military<nowiki>]</nowiki>] Also some German. Printed by U.S. Geological Survey, 1918. Harvard University Digital Library.
*Also see next section "Historical books online" for some maps, including sections "Histories and General", "Prisoners of War" and "German Army"
