Miscellaneous WWW Links Suggested by Participants during the Macalester Institute


Data

CIESIN Center for International Earth Science Information Network     http://www.ciesin.org/data.html
Digital Chart of the World (DCW) from Penn. State   www.maproom.psu.edu/dcw/
Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles      http://www-wmc.wr.usgs.gov/doq/
Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles, Fact Sheet 039-00   http://mapping.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs03900.html
Digital Raster Graphics      http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/drg/
Earth Science data on the Global Land Information System     http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/webglis
EROS home page      http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/
ESRI Schools and Libraries Program - More Data     http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/moredata.html
GIS Data Depot  (free GIS data)   http://www.gisdatadepot.com
Information About Digital OrthoPhotos     http://www-wmc.wr.usgs.gov/orthophoto_basic.html
Minnesota DNR - GIS Data Deli      http://deli.dnr.state.mn.us/
Minnesota Geographic Data Clearinghouse     http://geogateway.state.mn.us/documents/index.html?
Minnesota GIS      http://www.gis.umn.edu/rsgisinfo/minnesota.html
US GeoData Digital Elevation Models      http://mapping.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs10296.html
U.S. Geological Survey Home Page      http://search.usgs.gov/
USGS Digital Raster Graphics-Text      http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/drg/xindex.html
USGS ESIC: Earth Science Information Centers     http://mapping.usgs.gov/esic/esic_index.html
USGS Generic Metadata for Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles (DOQ)     http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/nsdi/html/doq_qq/doq_qq
USGS Geologic Information -- Digital Data Series     http://geology.usgs.gov/digital.html
USGS NSDI Clearinghouse - Land Use and Land Cover Digital Data     http://nsdi.usgs.gov/products/lulc.html
USGS NSDI Clearinghouse - Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles     http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/nsdi/gendoq.htm
USGS NSDI Clearinghouse - Digital Line Graphs (DLGs)     http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/nsdi/gendlg.htm
USGS NSDI Clearinghouse - Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)     http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/nsdi/gendem.htm
USGS Geologic Information -- Maps      http://geology.usgs.gov/maps.html
USGS TerraServer -- Digital Backyard      http://mapping.usgs.gov/digitalbackyard/
USGS TerraServer -- Digital Backyard: Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles(DOQ's)     http://mapping.usgs.gov/digitalbackyard/doqbkyd.html

Weekly Vegetation Maps - UMAC    http://www.umac.org/farming/2000composites.html
 

GPS

International GPS Service (monitoring global change by satellite tracking)   http://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/
J-track Satellite Tracking    http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/realtime/JTrack/
MSU Global Positioning System Laboratory    www.montana.edu/places/gps/index.html
Satellite planner site (GPS)    www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS/Data.html
Waypoint+ (program to export Garmin waypoints to ArcView)   www.tapr.org/~kh2z/Waypoint/
 

Applications and Tutorials

ArcLessons - Your Resource for GIS Educational Exercises
http://gis.esri.com/industries/k-12/arclessons/arclessons.cfm
BWCA Blowdown Pages      http://www.ra.dnr.state.mn.us/bwca/maps/

Census Data - Geographic Information Systems/GIS  (overview from about.com)   http://gis.about.com/science/gis/msub23.htm
Digital Elevation Models  (overview from about.com)   http://gis.about.com/science/gis/msub17.htm
ESRI Canada - (K-12) Other Tools      http://www.esricanada.com/k-12/othertools.html#schtools
ESRI Online U.S. Community Atlas      http://gis.esri.com/industries/k-12/commatlas/welcome.html

Eyes on Wildlife      http://www.moorhead.msus.edu/regsci/eyes/project.html
ForNet Applications      http://www.ra.dnr.state.mn.us/
GeoCommunity - GIS Tools and Utilities     http://software.geocomm.com/data/index.html
GIS Concepts and ArcView Methods (textbook by David M. Theobald)   www.ndis.nrel.colostate.edu/davet
GIS for Higher Education (from ESRI)     http://www.esri.com/industries/university/university.html
Global Climate Animations      http://geography.uoregon.edu/envchange/clim_animations/index.html

Interactive mapping and downloading    www.geographynetwork.com
Journey North 2000      http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
Metadata - Geographic Information Systems/GIS  (overview from about.com)       http://gis.about.com/science/gis/msub2.htm
Remote Sensing and GIS Laboratory      http://rsl.gis.umn.edu/images.htm

TARDEM, A suite of programs for the Analysis of Digital Elevation Data     http://www.engineering.usu.edu/cee/faculty/dtarb/tardem.html
TerraSIP Projects      http://terrasip.gis.umn.edu/projects/

Thunderstone's Webinator: The GeoCommunity Search Engine     http://search.geocomm.com/cgi-bin/texis/db/search/?db=web&query=DRG&submit=Submit
Tutorials - Geographic Information Systems/GIS (overview from about.com)    http://gis.about.com/science/gis/msub33.htm

Union of Two Maps:  Geology and Topography (tutorial w/ QuickTime movie)    http://tapestry.usgs.gov/two.html
US Community Atlas      http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/atlas/training.html
USDA/CIESIN Global Environmental Change Data Assessment and Integration Project      http://www.ciesin.colostate.edu/USDA/USDAhome.html

USGS Mapping Information: Educational Resources     http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/html/1educate.html
WDC-A for Human Interactions in the Environment     http://www.gateway.ciesin.org/wdc/


Compiled by Chuck Ziehr; last revised July 20, 2000.
The URL of this page is:   http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~ziehr/GISACCESS/MiscWWWlinks-GISAccess.html