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GIS-Related Links
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Libraries
Alexandria Digital Library
The Alexandria Digital Library (ADL) is a consortium of researchers, developers,
and educators, spanning the academic, public, and private sectors, exploring a
variety of problems related to a distributed digital library for
geographically-referenced information
Cornell's Digital Earth/Cornell University's Geoscience Information System
These web pages have been developed to disseminate data, knowledge, and information to researchers, educators, students, and the public. Most of the pages include terms, definitions, and technical information. Includes an interactive map.
Current Literature on Geographic Information Systems and Libraries
A bibliography of literature on GIS in in libraries in alphabetical order by author.
Montana State Library - Montana Natural Resource Information System (NRIS)
Download 1:24,000 MrSid geo-referenced DRG maps from this site or browse the maps using an applet GIF viewer. Covers the state of Montana.
North Carolina State University
Offering information about GIS services, data (some from GDT-Geographic Data Technology), software, workshops, contacts, site maps, web maps.
University of Montana Earth Observing System (EOS) Education Project
This site provides a handful of maps and imagery using MrSid format for multi-resolution viewing.
Washington State Geospatial Data Archive
Contains metadata, FREE data sources, a data center, and links. It specializes in data for the Pacific Northwest.
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Maps
Boston Atlas
Search Boston orthophotos by word, phrase, or address and add GIS data layers to image.
Cornell's Digital Earth/Cornell University's Geoscience Information System
These web pages have been developed to disseminate data, knowledge, and information to
researchers, educators, students, and the public. Most of the pages include terms, definitions, and technical information. Includes an interactive map.
Epi Info - Epidemiology Program Office (Center for Disease Control)
Epi Info is a public domain software package designed for the global community of public health practitioners and researchers. It provides for easy form and database construction, data entry, and analysis with epidemiologic statistics, maps, and graphs. The Epi Info software package includeds Epi Map 2002, an ArcView®-compatible GIS which displays geographic maps with data from Epi Info 2002.
GRIN: Great Images In NASA
This site contains a collection of over a thousand NASA images of significant historical interest scanned at high-resolution in several sizes. Images may be searched, browsed, or downloaded.
Historic Atlas and Map Valuation and Conservation
A web page for people wanting to have their old maps valued. (Don't try to correct the typo in the address. At the time of this writing, 19 March 2002, "mapvalutaion" works, and "mapvaluation" does not.)
LANDSAT 7 Browse Image Viewer
View LANDSAT 7 images of the world at this website.
Lewis and Clark Expedition GIS - David Rumsey Map Collection
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 30 of the most significant historical maps of the region from the David Rumsey Collection are now available on-line via a GIS Viewer, which allows on-line visitors to interact with, integrate, and visualize these historic maps along with the modern geospatial data from NASA, USGS, ESRI and GCS Research.
Maps on Us
This site lets you map addresses, create interactive maps, geocode addresses, and more.
NASA's planetary photojournal
At this site, over 2000 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission images are available to view or download.
National Wetlands Inventory: Wetlands Interactive Mapper Tool
Pull up an interactive wetlands map in the US by querying county, city name, zip, coordinates, etc. Color coded areas show the various types of wetlands and there is an option of adding line themes such as streets, streams, and railroads.
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Organizations
American Congress on Survey and Mapping
Surveying and mapping information. Find out about standards, competitions, new products, industry news or browse abstracts from their two published journals (Cartography and Geographic Information Science and Surveying and Land Information Systems).
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
Web site of the ASPRS -- a.k.a. the Imaging and Geospatial Information Society --a society whose mission is to advance knowledge and improve understanding of mapping sciences, and to promote the responsible applications of photogrammetry, remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), and supporting technologies.
Association for Geographic Information
AGI is a British organization that serves as a national center for geographic information. Check out publications, specialty groups, conferences, or use the AGI GIS dictionary.
Federal Geographic Data Committee
Organization belonging to the National Spatial Data Infrastructure. View the latest news, standards, info on metadata, or link to the clearinghouse of over 250 spatial data servers to look for digital geographic data.
Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA)
This is the homepage of GITA, a non-profit educational organization which provides informatin on the benefits of geospatial information in telecommunications.
Imaging and Geospatial Information Society - See the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
The NCGIA is an independent research consortium whose primary mandate is to conduct basic research in geographic information science and related technology.
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Other
GIS Trivia
Short, fun, anda educational quiz from GIS Lounge.
MAPS: GIS Windows on Native Lands, Current Places, and History>
GIS data and maps of historical and current conditions of Native Americans.
Technology Trends: Mapping Hits Warp Speed on the World Wide Web
This site discusses requirements of web-based mapping and reviews some web-based mapping software.
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Public Safety
Project Impact - Hazard Information and Awareness (ESRI)
Create custom hazard maps on the Web by entering a location and selecting from several hazard types to help determine disaster risks in your community. The website allows users to view available data and use the information as a starting place in the process of building disaster resistant lives and communities.
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Publications
American Congress on Survey and Mapping
Surveying and mapping information. Find out about standards, competitions, new products, industry news or browse abstracts from their two published journals (Cartography and Geographic Information Science and Surveying and Land Information Systems).
Current Literature on Geographic Information Systems and Libraries
A bibliography of literature on GIS in libraries in alphabetical order by author.
ESRI Virtual Campus Library
GIS Bibliography contains references to journals, books, conference proceedings, and reports. You can also find supporting materials such as magazine and newspaper articles, audiovisual items, technical documentation, and white papers.
Geoscience Publications: Historical US County Boundary Files
The Historical United States CD Boundary Files(HUSCO) CD contains ArcView shapefile format county boundary files for the contiguous United States for each decade from 1790 through 1990 (also 1999). This site gives information on how to order the CD.
GIS Publications [E-Zines]
Links to online GIS-related articles.
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Updated April 15, 2006
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