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Cartography in General

Cartographic Materials and References (U of Waterloo).

Cartography Resources on the Web -- NOAA homepage; terrain mapping; educational cartography resource and site; digital relief and elevation; desktop mapping; etc.

Geographic Coordinate Systems -- Curvilinear coordinate system based on a geodetic datum (Entity).

Perry-Castaneda Library Collection (U of Texas, Austin) -- Electronic map collection and maps of general interest.

Thematic and Base Map images of Canada (NAIS) -- Thematic maps (e.g. ethnic diversity, satellite image); Base maps (e.g. Canada base map series, world).

Data and Resources

B.C. Statistics -- Quick facts; infoline; subject areas including: population, labour/social, business/economic; 1996 Census info.

Statistics Canada -- Canadian statistics on: the land, the people, the economy, the state; internet services at Statistics Canada; other statistical web servers.

U.S. Census Bureau -- Official statistics; access tools; subject search.

Data Sources for GIS -- Department of Geography, U of Texas, Austin (in association with The Geographer's Craft); Key issues, common data types and suppliers (U.S.), the digital revolution, locating digital sources (U.S.), exam and study questions (Foote and Lynch).

Environmental Protection Agency -- Access to GIS spatial data sites,including: agriculture, natural resources and US digital data.

GCIP Data Management Services System -- National climate data (US); Satellite Data Source Module; USGS.

International Data Base (IDB) -- Summary Demographic Data (US Census Bureau).

International Dataset Guides (CIESIN) -- World resources; US national, social and environmental databank; EuroMab ACCESS; world tables; global population database; etc.

Online Resourses for Earth Sciences (ORES) (B.Thoen) -- Resources by subject (e.g.digital data, forestry, mapping): resource references; FAQs; URL examples.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) -- U.S. Environmental information services; data on: meteorology/weather, oceanography, satellite imagery.

Native American Research Information System (NARIS)

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) -- Global resource information database; environmental data sets, including: biodiversity, human-related; soils; vegetation.

World data sets (CIA)

Ionia "1 km AVHRR Global Land Data Set" Net-Browser -- This experimental server allows retrieval of quick-looks of satellite images archived by ESA/ESRIN since April 1, 1992. An initial set of about 3000 images is currently available, and the server is constantly updated with new images.

NRCS Node to NSDI -- Natural Resources Conservation Service Node to the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). U.S. Soils, plants, census and other databases.

Base de Dados Tropical Web -- The Base de Dados Tropical (Tropical Data Base - B) is a department within the Fundacao Tropical de Pesquisas e Tecnologia "Andre' Tosello", a Brazilian not-for-profit, private foundation. It is located in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.

GIS.com -- Lots of information about GIS and free DATA.

Geographynetwork -- Free DATA plus information about GIS. Works with an IMS server.

Canadian data -- Free DATA (if limited). Site hosted by Natural Resources Canada.

Demos and Tutorials

GIS Analysis with Arc/Info -- A simple tutorial (S.Murnion).

IDRISI Tutorial (Lorup)

Austin Cary Forest's GIS site--check out the tutorial

Make a Map with NAISMap

International GIS and Remote Sensing Services -- Arc/Info tutorial; Digital Land Systems Research (DLSR); Environmental Resource Information Network (ERIN); Environmental Systems Resource Institute (ESRI).

Translating Geographic Data -- Coordinate system; Pamap to ARC/Info; Genamap to ARC/Info; Moss format.

Digital Elevation Models

DEM, GIS, GPS, Remote Sensing & Soils Information Sources -- ESRI; International GPS Service; EOSAT homepage (includes Russian Kosmos KVR-1000 data); satellite imagery FAQs; Virtually Hawaii (collection of remotely sensed data and images; etc.

Digital Elevation Modeling -- Creating a TIN; viewing a TIN; Converting a TIN to polygon coverage.

3-D Visualization of Geologic Data -- Examples of Digital Elevation Models (Dave Miller)

USGS Digital Elevation Models(Delaney) -- Data accuracy, acquisition, applications and availability.

3-D Visualization of Geologic Data -- Examples of Digital Elevation Models (Dave Miller)

Environmental Modeling

Environmental Modeling and Visualization with GRASS -- Interacting fields; surface modeling; multidimensional modeling; 3D scattered data interpolation; terrain analysis; etc.

Terrain Analysis and Erosion Modeling -- (Graphics) Elevation surface; slope angle; aspect angle; profile and tangential curvature; topographic potential for net erosion/deposition; etc.

GIS in General

Applied Environmental GIS (AEGIS) -- Projects which address a variety of environmental issues in which GIS solutions are appropriate; sample images (e.g. fire hazard, soil permeability).

Geographic Information Systems -- Introduction to raster and vector models; emphasis on natural resource management.

Introduction to GIS(USGS) -- USGS data project index; standards; etc.

GIS/Remote Sensing Publications Online

International GIS and Remote Sensing Services -- Arc/Info tutorial; Digital Land Systems Research (DLSR); Environmental Resource Information Network (ERIN); Environmental Systems Resource Institute (ESRI); European Science Foundation (GIS data program); IDRISI homepage.

GIS Analysis and Modeling -- (illustrated) High diversity wetland sites; oil spill/ wetland impact simulation; aerial photography; etc.

Minnesota Land Management Information Systems Homepage(MLMIS) -- Includes: DataNet and DataNet plus mapping.

Scale, Accuracy and Resolution in GIS -- Map and display scale; data accuracy, density, detail, resolution and uncertainty; raster data resolution; GIS analysis; separation of data and annotation; etc.

Socio-economic Data and Application Centre (SEDAC) (CIESIN).

TIGER -- Coast to coast digital map database (US Census Bureau).

US Demography Homepage (CIESIN) -- Information gateway; applications development (e.g. integrated population, land use and emissions data; visualization and analysis of integrated assessment models of climate change); SEDAC data products and discussion lists; etc.

Modified UTM Grid Projections -- Article on applications for field and computer generated coordinate systems (McDowell).

Virtual Geomorphology Home Page -- Links to research papers on GIS in geomorphology.

Glossaries

Core GIS Data Dictionary -- Hydrography; TIGER; DEMs (Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources).

GIS Glossary -- B.C. Environment

GeoData Institute -- GIS terminology in glossary format.

Glossary for The Geographer's Craft

Berkeley Library's Dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms in GIS, cartography and remote sensing Other links are included.

Index of Remote Sensing -- Glossaries and acronyms (search).

On-line Courses Lectures List

Geographic Information Systems Analysis

Nicholas Chrisman, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Washington
Schedule of Lectures

The Geographer's Craft

Hosted by the University of Colorado at Boulder

Organizing Attribute Data (Foote and Huebner/Geographer's Craft) -- Flat files and spreadsheets, hierarchical files, relational files.

Coordinate Systems (P.Dana/Geographer's Craft) -- Global systems: latitude, longitude, height, UTM; Local systems: public land rectangular surveys, metes and bounds; Miscellaneous systems: postal codes, navigational systems.

Error, Accuracy and Precision(Geographer's Craft) -- (A few graphics); types of errors; sources of inaccuracy and imprecision; problems of propagation and cascading; beware of false precision and false accuracy; dangers of undocumented data; principles of managing error.

Geodetic Datums (P.Dana/Geographer's Craft) -- Introduction to geodetic datums; Figure of the earth: geometric models, reference ellipsoids, global coordinate systems, earth surfaces; Geodetic datums.

Definition of GIS (Geographer's Craft) -- Plus, alternative definitions and related terms.

GIS Ethics(Geographer's Craft) -- Conflicting responsibilities; access to public information vs. privacy; demands on public agencies; international data; knowing is destroying.

The GIS View of the World(Geographer's Craft) -- Graphics for: GIS/and integrating technology, layers of information collated for a single location, map algebra/ selecting and transforming GIS data by layer.

Global Positioning Systems (P.Dana/Geographer's Craft) -- US Department of Defense Satellite Navigation System; US GPS positioning services; GPS satellite signals; GPS data; position and time from GPS; GPS error sources; etc.

Legal Issues Relating to GIS(Geographer's Craft) -- The evolving workplace: the open trend, from product-constrained to multiple-projects, the bottom line, who benefits from developments, the Vancouver story, the process, conclusion.

Exam and Study Questions(Legal issues/Geographer's Craft)

Managing Error (Foote and Huebner)(Geographer's Craft) -- Problems of error, accuracy and precision; setting standards for procedures and products (establishing criteria, training and testing); documenting, measuring and testing; calibrating a data set to ascertain how error influences solutions; etc.

Map Projection Overview (P.Dana/Geographer's Craft) -- Illustrated and described selected map projections: Cylindrical (Behrmann Equal Area, Mercator); Pseudocylindrical (Mollweide, Sinusoidal); Conic (Albers Equal Area, Stereographic); Azimuthal (Orthographic, Stereographic); etc.

Raster View of the World (Foote and Huebner/Geographer's Craft) -- Both illustrated and described.

Example of Topological Relationships (Foote and Huebner/Geographer's Craft) -- Nodes, arcs, polygons, contiguity.

Vector View of the World (Foote and Huebner/Geographer's Craft) -- Plus, graphical comparisons between raster and vector systems.

The Evolving GIS Workplace (L.Daniel/Geographer's Craft)

Identifying GIS for What its Worth (L.Daniel/Geographer's Craft)

Looking and Thinking Beyond the Department (L.Daniel/Geographer's Craft)

Well Connected Geographics (L.Daniel/Geographer's Craft)

Remote Sensing

Canada Centre for Remote Sensing -- Index and Information.

GIS/Remote Sensing Publications Online

Index of Remote Sensing -- Glossaries and acronyms (search).

International GIS and Remote Sensing Sites

Landsat and TM -- Program summary; Landsat program documents; information on Landsat data; access to Landsat data (including Canada).

Web Sites for GIS

Cartographic and GIS Resources on the Internet (U of Waterloo)

Geographic Information Processing Web Sites -- Remote Sensing; GIS; ARC/Info; Climatology; US Federal Sites; Earth Science and Biodiversity; university sites (USU Geography Dept.).

GIS/Remote Sensing Publications Online

Web GIS Sites -- Directories and listings; "how to" resources; web GIS sites.

Web Sites for GIS Resources

GeoCommunity -- Search engines tuned to geospatial data, news articles, software, etc.

Geomatics Listings of GIS/RS firms in Canada, jobs, etc.

Univ. of Edinburgh's GIS WWW REsource List (a good list to review)