GIS Services  Tags: gis esri geographic_information_systems mapping map_projections maps spatial_data datasets geography cartography simplymap  

ESRI Online Bibliography: indexing journals, conference proceedings, books, and reports from the origins of GIS to the present, "the GIS Bibliography contains references to a significant portion of GIS literature," currently 44,875 entries (01/09/07).

GIS Master Bibliography Project: "The primary goal of the GIS Master Bibliography Project is to provide an infrastructure component that will increase the efficiency of both technical and applcations-oriented workers in the area of geographic information systems. A secondary goal is to provide a database from which a comprehensive picture of the current state of development in GIS can be established, and from which measurements of the rate of development can be established."

Geography Network:  "a global network of geographic information users and providers. It provides the infrastructure needed to support the sharing of geographic information among data providers, service providers, and users around the world...Access to many types of geographic content including dynamic maps, downloadable data, and more advanced Web services."

GIS.com: a variety of information and resources for getting started with GIS technology, managed by ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute), the company which provides the GIS software at Temple University.

The GIS Lounge: general information and links to GIS technology, software, data, and related resources.

GIS Pilot: "a virtual library of GIS and Geographical links from around the world"

Decision Support System for Map Projections of Small Scale Data: an interactive Web interface for determining an appropriate map projection.

Bibliography of Map Projections, , 2nd ed. Edited by John P. Snyder: almost 3,000 article citations from the scientific and professional literature.

GIS at Temple: " Temple University offers a broad array of Geographic Information Science resources, including GIS and RS software, dedicated high-quality computing labs, and a range of courses."

Temple GIS Listserv: join and be informed about GIS at Temple.

GIS Research: GIS research at Temple.

Teaching: undergraduate and graduate courses related to GIS at Temple.

People: faculty and staff at Temple interested in GIS.

Academic Units: departments where GIS is being used.

Computer Resources: a list of computer labs and software available for GIS, spatial data analysis, and cartographic production at Temple.

Ancient World Mapping Center (AWMC): "promotes cartography, historical geography and geographic information science as essential disciplines within the field of ancient studies through innovative and collaborative research, teaching, and community outreach activities."

ArcGIS Online: "ArcGIS Online provides a series of 2D map services and 3D globe services that can be used to support your GIS work. These ready-to-use services can be accessed with any ArcGIS application—for example, with ArcGIS Explorer, ArcMap, ArcGlobe, or ArcReader..." from the webpage.

David Rumsey Map Collection: "the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection has over 14,800 maps online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America maps and other cartographic materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented. Collection categories include antique atlas, globe, school geography, maritime chart, state, county, city, pocket, wall, childrens and manuscript maps. The collection can be used to study history, genealogy and family history."

d-maps.com : contains more than 5900 high definition outline maps, each one proposed in 6 graphic formats (GIF, PDF, CDR, SVG, AI, WMF)

Broer Map Library: "a large collection of government, commercial and other produced maps and atlases from the past three centuries. The library endeavers to provide its collection of maps and atlases online in order to allow libraries and researchers who would not otherwise have access to such a large collection, have them available."

Images of Early Maps on the Web: "the only comprehensive listing of its kind, comprising over 1,200 annotated links - updated at least every two months".

Map Collections from American Memory, Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress. Images from the Americana and Cartographic Treasures of the Library of Congress "created from maps and atlases and, in general, ... restricted to items...not covered by copyright protection.

MapMachine: Satellite, street maps and more in National Geographic's online atlas.

Outline Maps: outline maps which may be printed and copied for personal or classroom use.

Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection: online map collection from the University of Texas at Austin.

Physical Atlas of Europe: "Geography relief of Europe maps,  clickable mountains and rivers maps, countries, towns and European Union maps, Europe cities pictures and landscapes images"

SimplyMap: a web-based mapping application with a user-friendly interface that permits users to quickly and easily create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, and marketing variables. Maps can be exported as high-resolution images to word processing or presentation software; data can be selected, sorted, and compared across multiple locations to build custom reports that can be exported to a spreadsheet. Available data include:

Demographic Variables: population, age, race, income, ancestry, marital status, housing, employment, transportation, families, and more

Business Variables: detailed consumer expenditure, business & employee counts by industry (by NAICS Code), Consumer Price Index, quality of life & consumer profiles, and market segments

2000 census data is available along with current year estimates and 5 year projections. Data is available by census block-groups, census tracts, ZIP codes, cities, counties, states, and the entire United States.

Strange Maps - A Blog: a blog website displaying and describing unique and unusual maps!

USGS Map Databases: several online map indexes which can be used to locate, view and create maps. Includes the National Map and the National Atlas of the United States.