Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Links

Oddens's Bookmarks This man has collected literally hundreds of links related to GIS, RS, Cartography, and other related Earth Sciences. A great site!!!

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing A professional society committed to advancing knowledge in the mapping sciences and promoting the responsible application of photogrammetry, remote sensing, geographic information systems, and related technologies.

Erdas, Imaging Solutions Maker of imagery analysis and intrepretation software. This site contains news on Imagine software, customer support, sample maps and images, and numerous links to other sites.

GIS Spatial Data Sites (US Environmental Protection Agency) This site has links to digital data such as, DEM, DLG, DCW, Census, and Arc/INFO coverages. It also provides links to sites that provide GRASS and MOSS GIS software.

Iowa Department of Natural Resources - Geographic Information Systems Provides GIS coverages for the Iowa region.

Indiana Geographic Information Server Contains GIS data sets in GRASS and Arc/INFO formats. Data sets available of numerous areas throughout the U.S.

Manual of Federal Geographic Data Products As the name implies, this site is an on-line manual of federal geographic data products available from federal agencies.

TIGER Mapping Service Sponsored the the U.S. Bureau of the Census, this page provides sample road centerline and census data.

ESRI - Home of the GIS People Arc/INFO pages that provide data sets, scripts, technical support, and GIS news.

The Geographers Craft - University of Texas The Geographers Craft is a teaching initiative being pursued by the University of Texas Geography Department to improve teaching of geographical techniques. Contains lesson plans, slides, exercises, and sample exams for Remote Sensing, Cartographic Communication, Data Sources, Coordinate Systems, Datums, Projections, GPS,Error, Accuracy, and Precision, and Geographic Information Systems.

George Mason University Geography Department The GMU Department of Geography and Earth Systems Science (GESS) site provides links to cartographic resources on the Internet.

Austrian Surveying and Land Information Group The official Austrian distributor for SPOTImage, Eurimage, EOSAT, ESA-Earthnet, Radarsat, and Worldmap Priroda.

European Space Agency This site contains news, images, publications, and sensor information.

British National Space Centre The British Space Centre site has information about British activities in space as a member of the European Space Agency.

British National Remote Sensing Centre This web site has interactive geography educational products and resources, applications examples, and fact sheets.

Naval Research Laboratory - Remote Sensing Applications Branch U.S. Navy Ocean Color Section page with papers, software, and images.

International Space Station The International Space Station page contains news, pictures, and fact sheets on Space Station development.

SPOT Image Corporation Information about the French SPOT program, including imagery and satellite information.

Welcome to Mercator's World An on-line magazine with all kinds of information on the earth sciences.

Cartographic Images Home Page Pictures and explainations of Cartographic maps from the earliest maps to the present.

Mapping The World By Heart Home Page An interesting site related to the Earth Sciences.

The following sites have free downloadable data:

The Bureau of Land Management has downloadable metadata and AMLs.

The World Data Center has downloadable data for ecosystems, topography, bathymetry, geomagnetism, and more. Global coverage!!

The Forest Land Distribution for the United States from the Environmental Protection Agency. Coverages in .e00 format.

The EROS Data Center has downloadable data of Digital Elevation Models, 1:2,000,000 DLG, 1:100,00 DLG, and 1:250,000 and 1:1,000,000 Land use and land cover in standard (being phased out), optional, and SDTS formats.

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Last updated December 5, 1998