Selected Resources
GIS and Data Visualiztion
World Wide Web sites
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
A great online introduction to GIS. Includes sections which introduce GIS and the potential power of GIS analyses, along with sections addressing the use and manipulation of GIS information, GIS applications, and the history and future of GIS.
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) WWW Resource List
GIS WWW server resource list which consists primarily of World-Wide Web (WWW) servers which are likely to be of interest to the GIS community. Some Remote Sensing servers are also included, but generally only where these have a GIS application...
EdGIS Home Page
Check out TERC's Educational Uses of Geographic Information Systems Home Page for information on GIS, mapping software, and remote sensing in education. Be sure to look at the EdGIS Treasury of Web Sites!
ESRI/Home of the GIS People
The ESRI - Environmental Systems Research Institute - Web Home Page is a great source of information and materials. If you work with Windows, you can even download a free copy of ArcView Version 1.0/GIS Software for Windows. Maps and images, as well as sample datasets are also available.
Write for information...
- EdGIS
c/o TERC
2067 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
617-547-0430
contact: Daniel Barstow; dan_barstow@terc.edu
- National Council for Geographic Education
IUP
16A Leonard Hall
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705
412-357-6290
- National Geography Education Standard Project
Anthony R. de Souza, Project Executive Director
1145 17th Street, NW
Washington D.C. 20036-4688
412-357-6290
- Environmental Systems Research Institute
380 New York St.
Redlands, CA 92373
800-447-9778
contact: Charlie Fitzpatrick; CharlieMN@aol.com, 612-454-060
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