GIS Resources

This page contains a variety of resources for teachers and students. It includes information regarding GIS found on the Internet.

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GIS Data

• GIS Data Depot - Free GIS Data (http://www.gisdatadepot.com/) The GIS Data Depot provides FREE GIS data downloads and creates custom GIS data CD-ROMs for CAD, mapping, and location based applications.

• Geography Network (http://www.geographynetwork.com/)

• USGS data (http://mapping.usgs.gov/)

• ESRI GIS Jump Station (http://www.esri.com/library/jumpstation/jumpstation.html) - contains links to many global and local sites with downloadable data

• North Carolina State Univiversity GIS Library (http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/gis/overview.html)

• NC DOT - GIS Mapping Information (http://www.doh.dot.state.nc.us/planning/gis/mapping/digitalmaps/)

• National Atlas (http://www.nationalatlas.gov/) Home Page of The National Atlas of the United States of America

GIS Reference Lists

• Maps and References (http://www.cgrer.uiowa.edu/servers/servers_references.html#interact-anim)

• Land Surveyor Reference Page (GIS & GPS) (http://www.lsrp.com/gis-gps.html)

• GIS Internet Resources (http://www.tec.army.mil/gis/index.html) GIS Internet Resources
  

• Federal Geographic Data Committee (http://fgdc.er.usgs.gov/) The Federal Geographic Data Committee coordinates the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).
  

• 500 GIS Land Surveyors Search Engine by LandSurveyors.COM (http://www.allsurveyors.com/netveyor/500_GIS/) 500 GIS Land Surveyors Search Engine by LandSurveyors.COM by LandSurveyors.COM
  

• Canada's National Atlas Mapping Tool Home (http://www-atlas.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/projects/atlas/v2/default.htm)

• ESRI GIS Library (http://www.esri.com/library/index.html)

GIS Companies

• AutoDesk
  Autodesk - The PC Design Software Leader (http://www.autodesk.com/)
  Main home page for Autodesk, Inc., the world's leading supplier of advanced PC design tools, including AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, Autodesk Inventor, Mechanical Desktop, and Autodesk MapGuide.

• ESRI GIS
  ESRI - The GIS Software Leader, Because Geography Matters (http://www.esri.com/)
  ESRI is the world leader in GIS (geographic information system) software and technology. This site features free GIS software, online mapping and GIS training, demos, data, product and service information, user scripts, and much more.

• GE Smallworld Spatial Technologies
  GE Smallworld (http://www.gesmallworld.com/english/products/spatial/)

• Intergraph
  Computer Graphics - Intergraph Corporation (http://www.intergraph.com/)

• MapInfo
  MapInfo (http://www.mapinfo.com/)

GIS Dictionaries

• AGI GIS Dictionary - Free Edition (http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidict/welcome.html)

• GIS dictionary (http://www.agi.org.uk/pages/dictionary/uoedictionary.html)

Parts of this list originally compiled by Curt Johnson of the NC Geodetic Survey (2000) for use by the North Carolina State Univeristy GIS in Education students. Edited, annotated, and added to by Shannon White in April 2002.

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