Geo-Education & GIS Web Sites
National Centerfor Geographic Information & Analysis (Education Materials)
Infomine GIS Sites
USGS (Educational Materials)
ESRI K-12Resources
        GIS Day
National Center for Geographic Education
National Geographic Society (Education Materials)
        Geography Awareness Week
Gilbert Grosvernor Center for Geographic Education
        GrosvernorGeo-Links
Virtual Geography Department
        Educational Resources
Linksto State Geography Alliances

Interactive Mapping and GIS 'lite' Applications
Infomine Interactive Mapping Results
Yahoo Interactive Maps & GIS Results
Interactive TIGER Maps & GIS
Map Stats
American FactFinder®
ESRI Quick Map
ESRI Thematic Map
National Atlas of the US
TeraServer
        TerraServer in the Classroom
National Geographic MapMachine
        Altas Plates
        Dynamic Maps

Virtual Tours
    Yahoo Results Search #1
    Yahoo Results Search #2

Indiana Geography Departments

• Ball State University, Department of Geography (A.A., B.S., B.A.)
• Indiana State University, Department of Geography, Geology, & Anthropology (B.S., M.A., Ph.D.)
• Indiana University, Department of Geography (B.S., B.A., M.A., Ph.D.)
• Valparaiso University, Department of Geography and Meteorology (B.A., B.S.)
• Indiana University-Purdue University: Indianapolis, Geography Department (B.A.)

Overview*
Geographic InformationSystems, USGS
TheGIS FAQ
Footea nd Lynch, Geographic Information Systems as an Integrating Technology:Context, Concepts, and Definitions, The Geographer's Craft Project
NCGIAGIS Core Curriculum (1990 version)
About GIS,byESRI, Inc.

GIS Applications
GISApplication Areas, NCGIA GIS Core Curriculum (1990 Version)

Emergency response
EarthquakeResponse along Wasatch Fault Zone, US Geological Survey
Fire planning and response
Boulder County,Colorado
Archaeological mapping and analysis
GISand Archaeology, The Geographer’s Craft Project, Department of Geography,University of Texas
Internet Mapping
North Central Texas Council of Governments
State of FloridaBasin Planning and Management

"Desktop" GIS Packages
           ESRI ArcView: http://www.esri.com/base/products/arcview/arcview.html
           ESRI ArcCad: http://www.esri.com/base/products/arccad/arccad.html
           Autodesk AutoCAD Map, World: http://www.autodesk.com/solution/gis/index.htm
           MapInfo: http://www.mapinfo.com/
           Bentley Microstation: http://www.bentley.com/products/index.htm

Basic GIS & Mapping Software
           Clark University’s Idrisi: http://www.idrisi.clarku.edu
           ESRI Atlas GIS and Business Map: http://www.esri.com
           ESRI ArcExplorer (free viewer for local and Internet ESRI data):http://www.esri.com/base/products/arcexplorer/arcexplorer.html
           State of Minnesota EPPL7: http://www.mnplan.state.mn.us/EPPL7/
           MapMaker for Windows: http://www.ibmpcug.co.uk/~MapMaker/

Internet and Customizable GIS Products
           ESRI Map Objects: http://www.esri.com/base/products/mapobjects/mapobjects.html
           ESRI Map Objects Internet Map Server: http://www.esri.com/base/products/mapobjects/ims/mapobjectsims.html
           Autodesk MapGuide: http://www.autodesk.com/products/mapguide/index.htm
           Intergraph GeoMedia Web Map: http://www.intergraph.com/software/geo_map/geo_web.asp

Projections and Datums

MapProjection Overview, Peter H. Dana
GeodeticDatum Overview, Peter H. Dana, The Geographer's Craft Project
CoordinateSystem Overview, Peter H. Dana, The Geographer's Craft Project

GIS Data Sources

Indexes to Data Sources
GeoDataInformation Sources
U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee
Rice UniversityGIS/Data Center
DataSources for GIS, Kenneth E. Foote and Margaret Lynch, The Geographer'sCraft Project
Guide to on-lineand mostly free U.S. geospatial and attribute data
GIS DataResources Directories)
U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency data links
ESRI Datahound and GISJumpstation
Major Sources of Digital Data at Public or Inexpensive Private Sites
U.S. Geological Survey; fordigital databases, also see http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/doc/edchome/ndcdb/ndcdb.html)
digital line graphs (DLGs): digital equivalent of topographicmaps, in vector format, at 1:24,000 (most of U.S. not yet available), 1:100,000and 1:2,000,000
digital raster graphics (DRGs): scanned 1:24,000 topo maps,most of U.S. now available; northern California currently only availablevia CD-ROM ordered from Stateof California’s Teale Data Center
digital elevation models (DEMs): elevation data in raster format,at resolutions of 30 meters per cell (in 7.5-minute quad areas, based on1:24,000-scale data), or 3 seconds of lat/long per cell (approx. 90 meters,from 1:250,000-scale data); 7.5-minute data for California available on-lineat California Geographic Survey;similar data available worldwide at coarser resolution (e.g., http://164.214.2.59/geospatial/geospatial.htmland http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/seltopo.html)
Digital Chart of the World (DCW): worldwide digital map createdby U.S. Defense Mapping Agency from 1:1,000,000 maps. Original source availablefor $200 on CDs, or sold by various vendors (e.g., ESRI) in GIS formats(see also http://ilm425.nlh.no/gis/dcw/dcw.html)
Geographic Names InformationSystem (GNIS) official U.S. government source of names of places inU.S. and Antarctica


U.S. Census Bureau

TIGER files: contain street segments with address ranges, plusattributes to create census blocks/tracts, cities, urban areas (MSAs),school districts, counties, etc.; must be translated to GIS format, whichhas been done by many commercial vendors (e.g., ESRI; see also privatesources below)
the Census Bureau does not have on-line access to TIGER files, buttwo sites currently do have them: CaliforniaGeographic Survey (all of U.S.) and at UCDavis Library (California only)
census data: for 1990 that matches features in TIGER files,e.g., census blocks, tracts, cities, MSAs, counties, states – Census Bureauallows some downloading of data, but also try the two sites above, plushttp://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/index.html


Bureau of TransportationStatistics (BTS)

National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) – road data includinglength, lanes, routes and pavement type; not in standard format
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
National Wetlands Inventory (NWI): digitized version of wetlandsmaps produced mostly during the late 1970s; in California, mostly availableonly for Sacramento Valley
U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency Envirofacts Warehouse
Interactive viewing and querying of GIS data (based on ESRI's Map Objectstechnology). You can, for example, search for Superfund sites in a countyand then map those along with other features such as TIGER streets.
U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency
State of California’s TealeData Center
 
Private and/or Commercial Sources of Digital Data – Relatively More Expensive
SPOT Image Corp. (source of SPOTsatellite imagery).
Space Imaging/EOSAT(sourceof Landsat and other satellite imagery).
Etak (http://www.etak.com) – sourceof street maps for many navigation applications, including many on-linemap utilities (e.g., http://yahoo.maps.comand http://www.mapquest.com).
Geographic Data Technology (GDT)– data provider to major utilities, insurance companies, telecommunicationscompanies and a host of other businesses and products (e.g., ESRI's ArcData;Microsoft's Streets & Trips and MapPoint products; MapQuest/AOL; Vicinity,the MapBlast site, and other web mapping companies).
American Digital Cartography– morestreet digital data.
Navigation Technologies
Claritas– demographic data forbusiness and marketing analysis.
Thomas Bros.– popular street atlasand digital map products.
Conversions Between Data Formats
"DataConversion Technologies," section 3 in GIS Development Guide: DatabaseConstruction (New York State GIS project)
DataInput (Unit 7 of GIS Core Curriculum, 1990 version, at University ofBritish Columbia
DatabaseCreation (Unit 66 of GIS Core Curriculum, 1990 version)
"AutomatedMap Digitizing: Developments in Raster to Vector Conversion Technology,"by Yecheng Wu -- somewhat of an advertisement for a vectorization software,but interesting nonetheless, good graphics
"UsingSatellite Imagery to Update Public Domain (DLG) Data using ArcView forPC," by Terrence V. Busch and Paul T. Dilick-- on using on-screen digitizingof SPOT imagery
ArcScan--ScanningData Entry Solutions, ESRI White Paper, 1995 (PDF format, requiresfree Adobe Acrobat Reader)

ProjectPlanning and Lifecycle, Kenneth E. Foote and Shannon L. Crum, The Geographer'sCraft Project
GeographicInformation Systems Development Guides, produced by the State of New York

Consultants

GIS Consultants Network
Pilot Projects
BartonSprings / Edwards Aquifer Conservation District in Texas
PilotProjects, in NCGIA GIS Core Curriculum (1990 Version)
Examples of Applications City of GrandPrairie, Alberta GIS Plan

GIS World, Business Geographics and several other GIS-relatedmagazines: http://www.geoplace.com)

Geo Info Systems: http://www.geoinfosystems.com/welcome.htm

ESRI ArcNews:http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/arcnews.html

Government Technology: http://www.govtech.net/

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing: http://www.asprs.org/
 

Created Fall 1999*, modified & re-designed for geo-education content Fall 2000

*Based in part on Brian Baker's earlier SSU GIS page.