Internet Resources

GIS websites

What is GIS? How is it used?

Quick Intro to GIS http://www.esri.com/base/markets/k-12/basicgis.html Created by ESRI for schools and libraries
USGS Geographic Information Systems http://info.er.usgs.gov/research/gis/title.html Topics: What is a GIS? How does a GIS work? What's special about a GIS?
The University of Edinburgh Department of Geography http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/research/whatisgis.html Topic: What is GIS?
San Francisco State University Multidisciplinary GIS Center http://gissun1.sfsu.edu/CSU/gisdef.html What is GIS?
ESRI http://maps.esri.com/ESRI/esri.htm Internet demos of GIS maps
GeoWeb http://www.ggrweb.com/ GIS job listings
About GIS http://www.esri.com/base/gis/index.html Topics: What is a GIS? Components of a GIS, How GIS works, GIS tasks, Related technologies, What can GIS do for you?
Demos http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/others/others.html
GIS Dictionary http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidict/welcome.html
The Geographic Information Systems FAQ http://www.census.gov/geo/www/faq-index.html
Intro Materials and Cool Downloads for Schools and Libraries http://www.esri.com/base/markets/k-12/material.html
ESRI Lesson Packs http://www.esri.com/base/markets/k-12/lessons.html
GIS Master Bibliography Project http://thoth.sbs.ohio-state.edu/osugisbib/ searchable index of information on GIS Topics
GIS Internet Directories http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/UCBGIS/gisdirsg.html links to GIS sites
GIS Ftp Server Resource List http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/gisftp.html
GIS WWW Resource List http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/giswww.html
British Columbia Environment http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/gis/ GIS links
University of Wisconsin http://www.lic.wisc.edu/GIS.html GIS links
Yahoo GIS links http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Geography/Geographic_Information_Systems__GIS_/

Data sources

Geographic Information Processing Resources http://www.cla.sc.edu/geog/geogdocs/otherdocs/gip.html Excellent Links
On-line sources for GIS data http://perseus.holycross.edu/PAP/General/Res/Data_sources.html
CIA World Map database and lat/long coord. of major U.S. cities. ftp://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/doc/geography/
Maps ftp://spectrum.xerox.com/pub/map/EPI-MAP source and data ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/mapping
USGS Special Projects Images http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/bin/html_web_store.cgi Aerial photos, LanSat and NASA photos of states, cities of the US, cities of the world, space, countries and continents, weather, natural hazards, and natural features
Earthshots: satellite images of environmental change http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/
USGS US GeoData FTP site http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/doc/edchome/ndcdb/ndcdb.html US GeoData distributed free
USGS Products Available from the USGS EROS Data Center http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/dsprod/prod.html The U.S. Geological Survey provides a variety of cartographic, geographic, earth science, and remotely sensed data, products, and services in support of Federal, State, and public interests. These products and services include information about the Earth's natural and cultural features, base maps and special maps in several scales, digital cartographic data, aerial photographs and other remotely sensed data.
USGS Global Land Information System http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/webglis Source of maps, photos, and data for purchase
Global Land Cover Characterization http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/landdaac/glcc/glcc.html USGS/EROS project - continent by continent database showing land cover
Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (EDC DAAC) http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/landdaac/ Access to land processes data, including satellite- and aircraft-acquired data stored in the EDC DAAC's archives
GIS World http://www.geoplace.com/print/gw/index.html Magazine; some article online
The North Carolina Geographic Data Clearinghouse http://cgia.cgia.state.nc.us/ncgdc/index.html
Menu of data gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu/11/Subject/Geography
Maps and gazetteers available over the Internet http://perseus.holycross.edu/PAP/General/Res/Data_sources.html
Digital Data on the Internet http://www.akgis.de/gis/gis.htm
Digital Maps on the Internet http://www.akgis.de/gis/gis.htm
Digital Maps on the Internet http://www.akgis.de/gis/gis.htm
Live Access to Climate Data http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/fbin/climate_server
1990 Census Data http://venus.census.gov/cdrom/lookup

GIS Projects

Geographic Information Processing Resources http://www.cla.sc.edu/geog/geogdocs/otherdocs/gip.html Excellent Links
GIS in Action Map Gallery http://www.esri.com/base/gis/index.html Maps created by people who use GIS
USGS Geographic Information Systems http://info.er.usgs.gov/research/gis/title.html Topic: Applications of GIS
The University of Edinburgh Department of Geography http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/research/purple.html Topic: GIS case Studies
Boulder County Land Use Department GIS http://www.boco.co.gov/gislu/ Topics: Uses of GIS in Boulder County, CO, with maps and demos.
The Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis http://deathstar.rutgers.edu/projects.html Information about past and present projects at CRSSA (Excellent graphics of the satellites at this site.)
Simulating environmental effects http://internet.er.usgs.gov/research/gis/application5.html Using a GIS and a variety of digital maps, the USGS and the Forest Service created perspective views of the area to depict the terrain before and after mining.
Geographic Information Systems for RIDGE Research http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/ridge.html
A Scientific Information Model for Deepsea Mapping and Sampling http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/sim.html
The CoAxial Segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge NE Pacific Seafloor Data and Images http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/coax/coax.html
DataHound http://nt1.esri.com/scripts/production/esri/marketing/datahound/main.cfm Searches for ESRI compatible data on the Internet
Baltic Sea Drainage Basin GIS, Map and Statistical Database http://www.grida.no/baltic/
Powerful Educational Projects http://www.esri.com/base/markets/k-12/hrproj.html
Global Rivers Environmental Education Network http://www.esri.com/base/markets/k-12/hrgreen.html Explore issues related to watersheds using GIS
Dynamic Object Oriented Geographic Information System http://doogis.dis.anl.gov/ Access data from the Internet using "intelligent objects."
Virtual Cinch http://www.esd.ornl.gov:80/programs/CRERP/SUB/INDEX.HTM Tour the Cinch River virtually.
North Carolina Rivers Assessment http://www.dwr.dhnr.state.nc.us/~rivers/index.htm offers an inventory and evaluation of the important riverine resources of major North Carolina rivers and streams
Geographic Information Science (GIS) Research and Teaching Program North Carolina State University College of Forest Resources Computer Graphics Center http://www.gis.ncsu.edu/gis/faculty/branch.htm Projects at NCSU

GPS Resources

Global Positioning System Principles http://www.aero.org/publications/GPSPRIMER/GPSPRMR.html
NAVSTAR GPS homepage http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/CZ/homepage/
GPS links on the Internet http://www.navcen.uscg.mil/gpslinks.htm
Global Positioning System http://www.navcen.uscg.mil/gps/gps.htm
Background on GPS http://cgia.cgia.state.nc.us/gpstand.html
Introduction to the NAVSTAR and GLONASS Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and their uses http://galaxy.einet.net/editors/john-beadles/introgps.htm Good source of information about the GPS system
US Coast Guard Navigation Center http://www.navcen.uscg.mil/
Spaceborne GPS Information Site http://gauss.gge.unb.ca/grads/sunil/sgps.htm
GPS World http://www.gpsworld.com/ Online magazine

Additional Resources

LandSat homepage http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sge/landsat/landsat.html
History of Satellite Navigation http://galaxy.einet.net/editors/john-beadles/sum_his.htm#1940
Digital Maps on the Internet http://www.akgis.de/gis/gis.htm
Satellite-Images and Airphotos on the Internet http://www.akgis.de/gis/gis.htm
GIS Jobs Clearinghouse http://www.gis.umn.edu/rsgisinfo/jobs.html
GeoWeb Marketplace http://www.ggrweb.com/job.html Job postings
Remote Sensing Links http://ftp.geog.ucl.ac.be/~patrick/geogr/Eteledetec.html
Tiger Mapping Service http://tiger.census.gov/ Create maps with layers.
Web servers for Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, & Land Surveying http://cesgi1.city.ac.uk/weblists/
Mapmaking http://loki.ur.utk.edu/ut2Kids/maps/map.html - Mapmaker, Mapmaker, make me a map
View electronic atlases (http://WWW.MONTECRISTO.COM/maps.htm; http://www.mapquest.com/; http://tiger.census.gov/ Request maps from the Census Bureau; http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/; http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html; http://pacbell.yahoo.com/Science/Geography/Cartography/Maps/)
View thematic maps (http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer; http://www-map.lib.umn.edu/atlas/1990/US/maps.html; http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html; http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse-tbl; http://maps.esri.com/ESRI/mapobjects/tmap.htm)
Street based mapping systems http://www.vicinity.com/geocities/#street; http://www.mapquest.com/; http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse-tbl

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