Geog 22
Fundamentals of Mapping and GIS
Exercise # 2
Mapping and GIS Web Site Exploration
Answer the following questions on a sheet of paper. Write your name
and Exercise #2 in the upper right hand corner.
1. Visit each of the Key Site links you will find listed below these
questions. Describe what you find and the resources in each site (ie, what does
the site
offer in terms of information, software, data, services, etc.)?
Be specific (in other words drill down and explore.)
2. Visit four other sites in my list (one site from the first and third category
and two from the 2nd category below.) Again describe each site in some
detail (paragraph or two?). Be sure to get well beyond the homepage!
GIS Information
GIS Industry (Look at two sites from this area, in different
categories. I.e., Software and Data, or Data and Organizations)
Choice #1:
Choice #2:
Mapping
Note: Some of these are old links, if you find one
that isn't current please make a note of it on your sheet and put "Broken
Links" next to it.
3. Find TWO additional mapping and GIS related Web resources.
You may want to explore areas of GIS application that relate to your work,
school subjects, or passions. Use links
from the home pages listed here or use your Web Browser to find
more information (see section
3 below).
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Write down the full World Wide Web address (URL) for two interesting
sites you find.
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Describe the two sites (not just the home page) in detail and mention
which of the categories/sub-categories listed in question #2 that they
might fit in.
That's it. Have fun. STEVE
1. Key Sites
- The GeoCommunity (GIS news, information,
and resources)
ESRI
- Home of The GIS People (Key GIS Software Company)
USGS-Home
Page (United States Geologic Survey Site - Earth Data)
NCGIA
(National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis)
2. GIS World Wide Web Resources
GIS Information
- Information and links to other sites
- GeoWorld,
Inc.
- GIS.com
- Directions Magazine
- Nice
Geography and GIS Servers
- US
Census GIS Lounge
GIS FAQ
- GISuser
- GISnuts
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- GIS Jobs
- GeoSearch,
Inc.
- State
of California GIS Specialist Job Description
- More
GIS Jobs
- GIS Jobs Clearinghouse
- WWW.GISuser.com
GIS Industry
GIS Organizations, Programs, and Applications
National
Geographic Online
AAG
CGIA
(California Geographic Infomation Association)
CIRGIS Colloborative (Channel Islands
Regional GIS Collaborative)
URISA (Urban and Regional Information Systems Association)
Nova
Scotia Community College - professional Geospatial (Geomatics) programs
USC Online Masters in GIS
Penn State Online GIS Masters
ESRI:
University Program
ESRI
Schools & Libraries Program
ESRI
Canada Schools and Libraries Program
Federal
Geographic Data Committee
Certifiying
GIS Professionals(GISP)
My Wonderful World (National Geographic's and other organizations attempt to spread
geographic knowledge)
GIS Software
MapInfo
WWW Site
ESRI
- Home of The GIS People
Intergraph
GeoMedia
IDRISI
Autodesk
Map 3D
Caliper
(Maptitude)
ERDAS (Image processing with links to GIS)
GRASS
MAC GRASS
Smallworld
Tactician
(Business Mapping)
Manifold
Mapping/GIS
TrueFlight 3D flythrough software
GIS Data
Terra
Server (Imagery Data) [Note the search function]
The
Geography Network
California
Geographic Data Library
EROS
Data Center (USGS Earth Resources Observation Systems)
US Census Bureau
Downloadable Topo Quads at USGS
- GeoData
Institute WWW Home Page
- National
Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
- UCSB's
Alexandria Project
- MIT
+ MassGIS Digital Orthophoto Project
- Remote
Sensing Images of Canada
- USGS
Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change
- California
StateWide Database
- CERES
(California Data Links)
- NPS
Pacific/West Region Data
- EPA
List of Spatial Data Sites
- ISLA
(LA Data)
- ImageNet
- Intermap (Elevation data and imagery)
- AirPhotoUSA
- USGS Topo Quads and other GIS Data for free
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- Web-Based GIS
- Interactive
California GIS Maps
- Interactive
GIS Maps of US Wildfires
- ArcGIS Online
web maps
- ESRI
web map demos
Mapping
- USGS National Map
- MAPS.COM
(MAGELLAN Geographix)
- National
Geographic Map Machine
- Rare
Map Collection - Reconstruction and Expansion
- City.Net
Regions & Maps
- Map
Projection Home Page
- Thomas
Bros. Maps Home Page
- DeLorme
Mapping
- Google Maps
- Google Earth
- Yahoo!
Maps
- Microsoft
Virtual Earth
- MapQuest
- Maps
On Us: A Map, Route and Yellow Pages Service
- Outline
Maps Online
- Digital
Atlas of the United States (and California)
- World
Maps
- GIS Quest (SUN's interactive GIS game)
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3. Mapping and GIS resource Web Search
When you want to find something on the World Wide Web, you can use one of a
number of search engines to help you find what you are looking for. Examples
include:
Yahoo
Google
Use these search engines or the ones found through your Web browsers search
button to find TWO new GIS-related sites. Keep looking until you find two
interesting
and useful sites (you can follow up on one of the links in the pages listed
above.) Don't forget to give me the URL and a detailed description of the
sites.
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