• National e-Commerce Extension Initiative
• Module Homepage
• General Overview
• Facilitation Tools
• Learning Lesson
• Introduction
• Phase One
• Phase Two
  • Introduction
  • Begin Research
  • Changing Worksheets
  • Researching International Markets
  • General Information
  • Location and Time Zone
  • Economic Growth and Stability
  • Economic Growth and Stability Cont.
  • Technology and Infrastructure
• Phase Three
• Phase Four
• Final Thoughts

Location and Time Zone

• National Geographic

  http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map/atlas
  
  

• World Fact Book, Central Intelligence Agency

  http://www.cia.gov/publications/factbook
  
  

• Lonely Planet

  http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
  This easy to navigate Web site from the popular travel guide series, Lonely Planet, provides basic information about places throughout the world in the form of country overviews. Enter the name of the country you are researching in the box provided on the homepage and click the ‘go’ button with your mouse (if you hit ‘enter’ on the keyboard, you will not be routed to the country overview). When the next page appears, scroll down to ‘Fast Facts’ where information about time zones as well as language(s), currency and country codes is provided.
  
  

• Time and Date

  http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
  This link lists general information about the time zones of particular cities throughout the world and has a time zone converter page where visitors can choose locations from drop-down lists to compare the time in two different places.
  
  

World atlases and travel books are also good options.

Web site and all contents © Copyright Southern Rural Development Center 2009, All rights reserved. These materials were developed as part of the Southern Rural Development Center’s National e-Commerce Extension Initiative. They are based upon work supported by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Award No. 2005-45064-03212

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Southern Rural Development Center.