Links to GIS Resources

This page contains useful links to various sources of GIT information
UP DATED 17-Jun-2007 21:56

FGDC (Federal Geographic Data Committee)
USDA Geospatial Gateway
USGS Geospatial OneStop
USGS Digital Raster Graphics (Not a USGS site)
USGS Digital Elevation Models (DEM) (Not a USGS site)
USGS Digital OrthoQuarterQuads (DOQQ)
USGS -The National Map -- a major souce of seamless geographic data
- GeoSpatial One-Stop -- info about geo-data
- National Map Viewer
US Census Bureau (TIGER) home page
NRCS (Natural Resouces Conservation Service) GeoSpatial Gateway
EPA Spatail data
USFS (Forest Service)

Unite Nations Environment Programme
- Geo Data Portal - 450 data sets covering themes like water, population, forests, etc. at national, sub regional, regional, and global statistics.
GIS Firms

Virtural Campus Classroom
Free Software (Extensions and tools)
GIS Store
Data Models (ArcHydro, Forest Mgt, Local Gvt, etc.)
Forestry Resources (ESRI)
- Ecosystem Management
- Harvest Scheduling
- Forest Access and Road Planning
- Strategic Planning
- Ecosystem Management
Water/Wastewater
ESRI data sources
ArcPad
- Symbology and Style Sheets

NY State GIS Clearing house (data and other information regarding GIS in NYS)
Cornell U. NYS data site (CUGIR) free data

GIS Data Depot (Both free data and data for $$, small scale National and international data))

Useful tools for ESRI software
- Xtools for ArcView 3x: an ArcVie 3.x extension ry that has many useful functions
- XtoolsPro for ArcGIS (not free, in fact ~$5,000)
- Conversion between Decimal Degrees and Degrees Minutes Seconds and vice versa
General Info re GIS

GIS, Remote Sensing, and Mapping Definitions
- Scale, accuracy, precision, and resolution
- USGS - Map scales -- what are they?
Misc. Information about GIS material and users
- Online Journals

If you have comments or suggestions, email me at lpherrin@esf.edu