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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://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.
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=*:*&f.ancestorNaIds=1068224&sort=naIdSort%20asc&f.materialsType=mapsandcharts&f.oldScope=online 9 online French Trench Maps] from the series Maps of the French Artillery Survey Group, USA Army versions, based on French military maps. Website of The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
:This series contains Plans Directeurs maps. Information about these types of maps is included in the article [https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/05/15/wwi-map-division "The Great War and Modern Mapping: WWI in the Map Division"] May 15, 2015. New York Public Library.
*The National Archives series WO 153 "War Office: War of 1914-1918: Maps and Plans" is another source of maps, although the maps themselves do not appear to be available online. The catalogue may be searched through [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14360 Discovery]. The maps and plans in this series were collected from various sources, mainly for use by the Official War Historians, and as such were originally held in the Cabinet Office Historical Section. Many were extracted from regimental war diaries. [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C37203 More details, Western Front maps].
*[https://archive.org/details/militarymapeleme00maxwrich ''The Military Map; Elements of Modern Topography (French School of War)''] by Gerald Maxwell 1916 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/Mapsartilleryboards ''Maps and Artillery Boards'']. Reprinted 1917 by Army War College, Washington, [USA] from a Pamphlet issued by the British General Staff 1916
*[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.
