Great GIS Net Sites!

Special thanks to Jim Aylward of Harvard Design and Mapping who originally compiled this list.

U.S. Geological Survey Home Page
Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)
GISnet BBS MapInfo Support Page
REGIS: Environmental Planning GIS at Berkeley
Friends of the Earth
GIS Frequently Asked Questions
NASA
The Global Positioning System

Great GIS Web Sites! (This List's Source)
Commercial Geography Resources
Earth and Environmental Science
GIS WWW Resource List
GIS and Remote Sensing Resources
GIS FTP Resource List
GIS Gopher Resource List
GPS - General Sites
Nice Geography and GIS Servers
On-line Resources for Earth Scientists
Remote Sensing and GIS Information
The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Remote Sensing

And now... More Great GIS Web Sites!

MapQuest Interactive Atlas (Really Cool!)
GEOname Digital Gazetteer
The Virginia On-Line Atlas Map Creation Form
Arc/Info on the Web!
NAISMap National Atlas Information Service (Canada) WWW-based GIS
Add a graphic map
Maps of the Philadelphia Area
Online\CD-ROM Databases
U. Buffalo - Gazetter for the U.S.
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary - a Web-ArcInfo based Mapping Tool
Geographic name server for USA (enter name to search).
TIGER - US Census TIGER files mapping service.

Links to map and travel publishing web sites
WWW mapping and/or metadata sites
Cartography Resources
GIS Frequently Asked Questions
Meta-Index of GIS related material on the Web (very comprehensive).
Project Alexandria - NCGIA
Planet Earth Home Page (a very good top level WWW server).
GIS Master Bibliography Project (maintained by Duane Marble).
GIS Resource Pointers on the Internet (maintained by Roland Stahl).
GIS User's Guide to Internet Tools (maintained by S. Murnion and G. Munroe).
GIS-L and comp.infosystems.gis FAQ listing (maintained by Lisa Nyman).
GIS-L and comp.infosystems.gis FAQ listing alternate site.
Virtual Tourist Map of WWW information services around the world.
Geography and GIS Sites Around the World.
comp.infosystems.gis Usenet newsgroup.
Geo Exchange[USA][COM] Geoscience info
BADGER - The Bay Area Digital Geo-Resource BADGER
NAISMap Home Page
Massachusetts Map of WWW Resources
Geography Resources
GIS Sites - More!
GIS FAQ - Census
Boston Area Map of WWW Resources
Bibliographic search page on the environment from the USGS.
Blackwell Publishing's catalogue of Geography books.
Canadian Centre for Mapping - Selected bibliography including hypermedia and geographic data.
Catalogue of Digital Elevation Data (maintained by Bruce Gittings).
Geographic Nameserver
GeoInfo Network
GISnet BBS
Geography
Geography, Maps, and Remote Sensing - Harvey's Cyberspace Jump Station
GIS / Cartography, starting points
Abstract GIS search results:
Geographic Gopher - Rice University
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA)
CERN - WWW Virtual Library on the subject of Geography.
EINet Galaxy's Pointers to Geography Resources.
macGIS gopher server.
Environmental Info Resources Top Level List (maintained by David Crossley).
WAIS Search of USGS Spatial Data
Geography and GIS Sites Around the World.
Geographic Data Locators
INGIS - The Indiana Geographic Information System Server.
ISL - Information Systems Workgroup search page (several search engines).
Norwegian Institute of Technology GIS pointer page.
USGS - United States Geological Survey WAIS.
ERIN - Australian Environmental Resources Information Network.
NCGIA FTP server at U. of Maine.
NCGIA WWW server at U. Maine
NCGIA FTP server at U.C. Santa Barbara (UCSB). U. of Maine.
NCGIA WWW server at U.C. Santa Barbara (UCSB).
NCGIA WWW server SUNY Buffalo.
NCSU - NCSU library gopher: GIS.
STIS - US NSF Science and Technology Information Service.
WWW Virtual Library page on Geography - maintained by Gordon Dewis.
Cartography Resources on the Web - maintained by Jeremy Crampton.
Canadian WWW servers top level list and virtual map.
CIA World Databank.
CIA World Fact Book.
On-line Resoures for Earth Scientists FAQ (maintained by Bill Thoen).
Finland GIS info (in Finnish?)
KINDS(Knowledge-based Interface to National Data Sets)
GIS WWW Resource List [UK][EDU]
NSCA - WWW search engine meta-index (very useful).

Horizons Technology, Inc. (HTI)
GIS utilities and related stuff
BLM - Map Data Transmission, Metadata Server (maintained by Sol Katz)
NCAR - National Center for Atomospheric Research data support archive.
US National Parks Service - digital data archive (Arc/Info format).
VPFVIEW (DCW) program for UNIX (Sun workstations) - DND Canada.
US EPA Data Gopher
Project Alexandria - NCGIA
US GeoData index files.
USGS federal government data products catalog.
USGS GISLab FTP site - 1:250000 DEM depot.
SOEST - Generic Mapping Tool (GMT).
WWW Database Article Archive, including information on GIS database design.
WWW Search engines meta-index at Centre Universitaire d'Informatique (CUI).
1995 Data Catalog
Unix/X11 viewers for DCW and DLG (binaries and C++ source code)
WWW telnet client (only 10 users allowed at same time).
Forestland data for the US (Arc/Info format).
USGS NSDI Clearinghouse - Digital Line Graphs (DLGs)
BLM (US) - Various conversion programs and datasets.
Great Data Sets in Arc Format
Cartographic Data
TIGER Files
Digitized Outline of the U.S./world and 1980 Census Country Boundaries.
DLG, DEM, GBF-DIME, DTM and TIGER files (US).
MOSS - PC GIS source.
Geologic fault database for the U.S.
Census Data archive (US) at the Lawrence Berkley Laboratory.
DCW - Digital Chart of the World (US data).
DCW - Digital Chart of the World - documentation.
GMT - Generic Mapping Tools software source.
EPA - National library database (US).
Naval Observatory Automated Data Service.
GIS Data Packages
GRASS GIS source code for UNIX platforms including LINUX.
CIA World Databank.
CIA World Map database and lat/long coord. of major U.S. cities.
NSSDC On-line Data and Information Server (including NASA master dir).
World Data Bank - Worlds coastlines, countries, rivers etc.
NRC - Natural Resources Canada On-line Library.
Paleomagnetic database for the world. Includes DTM images.
PROJ - projection conversion program source.
Project GeoSim - Geography education software.
SAIF - Canadian Spatial Archive Interchange Format specifications.
Geological Survey of Canada On-Line Library.
UNEP GRID database listing (GRIDLIST.DOS, GRIDLIST.WP5).
UNIDATA gopher server with weather summary maps for the U.S. and world.
USGS Distributed Spatial Data Library.
USGS - Technical Standards and Cartographic Software.

GIS Jobs Index
GIS Jobs Clearinghouse
GIS Jobs at HDM
GIS World, Inc. - Classifieds
Home of the GIS Jobs Clearinghouse, ESRI-L, Imagrs-L and TGIS-L archives and more.[USA][EDU]
GIS Job Announcement Gopher Server.
Online Career Center (useful for both GIS job searchers and GIS employers).

NRC - Natural Resources Canada (Energy, Mines and Resources Canada).
CCM - Canada Centre for Mapping.
Geodetic Survey of Canada.
Finland National Land Survey Geographic Information Centre.
British Ordnance Survey home page.
Geological Survey of Japan home page.
Austrailian Geological Survey

U.S. Geological Survey Home Page
NASA
NASA - home page.
SDTS - US Spatial Data Transfer Standard (FIPS 173).
USGS GIS - General [USA][GOV]
U.S. Bureau of Land Management - GIS Data and Metadata
BLM GeoSpatial Home Page
USGS - United States Geological Survey WAIS.
US National Parks Service - digital data archive (Arc/Info format).
US EPA Data Gopher
US Bureau of the Census home page.
US Fish and Wildlife service - National Wildlife Refuge System WWW server.
National Wetlands Inventory (NWI), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Welcome
Fish and Wildlife Service (US) National Wetlands Inventory FTP site.
US GeoData index files.
US National Biological Service, Environmental Management Technical Center.
EPA - Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, GIS resources page.
NCAR - US National Center for Atmospheric Research home page.
EPI-MAP -US Center for Disease Control GIS source and data.
GLIS - Global Land Information System.
American Special Collections: Format Maps
Library of Congress (US) country information.
NGDC - National Geophysical Data Center (US) home page.
Q3 Flood Data Availability -- States Map
The Federal Web Locator
The US Department of Transportation
Sandia National Labs
US Government Web Sites - Gopher
CDROM GIS resources for marine geology [USA][GOV]
NOAA NGDC Gloabal Change Data Base [US][GOV]
CERL/GRASS welcome file.
DLG-E Information.
Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)[USA]
US Army CELMV-PE-E 1993 Flood Home Page
Flood Information from CERES
USGS NSDI Clearinghouse - Digital Line Graphs (DLGs)
U.S. Library of Congress
Manual of Federal Geographic Data Products
USGS geologic mapping and volcanic hazards assessment home page.
STIS - US NSF Science and Technology Information Service.
FGDC (US) - Spatial Metadata Standard text source.
FGDC - US Manual of Federal Geographic Data Products.
GCTP - USGS General Cartographic Transformation Package.
US Army CADD/GIS Center
Data Locators
TIFF tag extensions for Georeferencing (Might have moved)
TIFF tag extensions for Georeferencing [US][GOV] (specifications and source code)

Mississippi Automated Resource Information System (MARIS)
Boston's Urban Ring economic development and transit corridor.
Montana Natural Resource GIS data library (Arc/Info format).
Illinois Natural History Survey GIS.
INGIS - The Indiana Geographic Information System Server.
Texas Natural Resources Information Systems Navigator [USA][GOV]
Iowa Department of Natural Resources FTP site (US).
New Hampshire GIS info [US][GOV]
California - Teale Data Center GIS data library (Arc/Info format).
Texas GIS Planning Council home page (inc. Texas GIS data).
Geological Survey Bureau of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources GIS page.

North Central Texas Council of Governments
City.Net
The USA CityLink Project
Boulder County, Colorado GIS
Fairfax County Maps
SF Bay Area Maps
ABAG (SF Area) Earthquake Hazard Maps
City of Cambridge, Mass.
Cambridge Water System
City of San Diego

AutoDesk - AutoCAD Map
GDS Corporation
Planet One GIS Software
IDRISI from Clark University
IDRISI RESOURCE CENTER Salzburg
IDRISI Online Tutorial
SylvanMaps/OCX(tm)
ESRI - ArcInfo
ESRI-L Mailing List
Arc/Info AML FTP site.
Arc/Info to IDRISI AML conversion routines.
Arc/Info tutorial (requires UNIX).
MapInfo Corporation
MapInfo links [US][COM]
MapInfo Reseller links [CA][COM]
MapInfo Internet Archives
GISnet BBS MapInfo Support Page
MapInfo FAQ (maintained by John McCombs).
MapInfo "maplication" programs.
Intergraph Corporation
Map Factory Raster Based GIS by ThinkSpace, Inc.
MicroImages, Inc.
ER Mapper
Avenza
Caliper Corporation
GEOsurv Inc. - 10 Years
Course Technology
Northwoood Geoscience LTD
Strategic Mapping Inc.[USA][AD]
DeLorme Mapping
Able Software Co.[USA][ADV]Raster to Vector Conversions for Mapping & GIS
Argus Technologies Homepage
ARGUS Census Map USA Page.
GIS Software [USA][GOV]
Scan/US® for Windows Product Overview
Smallworld Systems Inc.-- Way Cool!
WoolleySoft
ETAK
Geodyssey Limited of Calgary [CA][COM] Hipparchus GIS Tool
TEXO GIS Software page [IT][COM]
ILWIS AFRICA Home Page[S.AFR][COM] Integrated Land and Water Information System Software
GRASS GIS home page.
OZGis - OZ GIS source (msdos and windows).

Harvard Design & Mapping (HDM) GIS / Mapping Technology and Integration
Prairie Geomatics
Geodynamic Solutions, Inc.
GSI Home Page
ARD, Inc. Home Page
PhotoScience
CityView
GeoDemographics[USA][COM] Marketing via GIS
Digital Land Systems Research [AU][COM]
Summagraphics Corp.
Digimap [CAN][COM] Mapinfo products, GIS consulting
GeoSystems [US][COM] Geographic Information Mapping Services
Linnet Geomatics International (Canada) - includes LIS/GIS data repository.
Geographic Designs Inc. - Software, researh and consulting services.
Thomas Bros. Maps home page.
Welcome - NDA
Computer Aided Design (CAD) Resources

Harvard Design & Mapping (HDM) GIS / Mapping Technology and Integration
Authorized ArcView Training at Your Site
Virtual Landscape Technologies, Inc.
Salamanca Software Pty Ltd

International Map Trade Association
GIS World, Inc.
Australian Geodynamics Cooperative Reserach Centre
Friends of the Earth
GIS World, Inc.
Australian Geodynamics Cooperative Research Centre.
Geostar
Geographic Division ....
AGU - American Geophysical Union home page.
CIESIN - The Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network.
ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) Online
Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science (CAN).
WOCE - World Ocean Circulation Experiment and Oceanographic top level list.
Zentrum flr graphische Datenverarbeitung (ZGDV Graphic Data Centre).
Our Town
GIS Lab - Japan
The Association for Geographic Information
Welcome to the AGI GIS Dictionary
Smithsonian Table of Contents
CoAxial Research Page (GIS and the deep ocean floor)

ERDAS Imaging Software
The Environmental Institute of Michigan (ERIM)
Cooper Aerial of Phoenix, Arizona
Landcare Aviation,Inc.
Autometric
NASA
The Global Positioning System
Software Support Laboratory: Space and Earth Scientists Software Tools.
Space and Astronomy related FAQs.
SRSC - Space Remote Sensing Center, Inst. for Technology Development (US).
TAMU - Sample ETOP5 dataset relief images (working?).
U.S. Weather Service Hydrologic RS Center - AVHRR sample images and viewers.
GIS/Remote Sensing/GPS/Geosciences top level page at Texas A&M
GLIS - EROS Data Center Global Land Information System (X Windows only).
GPS Information Center, U.S. Coast Guard (login: select database 34).
USGS Global Land Information System (GLIS) - LANDSAT Archive.
USGS/EROS FTP site - DEM and DLG file depot.
GPS Information Sources (maintained by Richard Langley).
GPS satellite current constellation status.
GeoVu - NGDC MS-Windows GIS/RS data visualization program.
GeoWeb for GIS/GPS/Remote Sensing
Satellite Imagery FAQ [UK][EDU]
Satellite Imagaery FAQ (UK Site) [UK][DOC]
EROS - US Earth Resources Observation Systems Remote Sensing Data Center.
ETOPO5 Sample colour shaded relief maps of the U.S.
ESIS - European Space Information System.
ImageNet - Landsat, SPOT and Russain RS Imagery archive/browser.
Meteorological, Geophysical and Oceanographic top level data list.
MIT - Earth Resources Laboratory.
NASA - Images from the Voyager and Magellan missions.
NASA - NASA Internet connections top level list.
SAR Interferometry
Satellite Imagaery FAQ (US Site) [US][DOC]
NASA Jet Propulsion Labs [USA][GOV] Radar Images
NASA Jet Propulsion Labs [USA][GOV] Satellite Images
Core SW ImageNet [USA][COM] Satellite Images and Ariel Photography
CANSPACE - Canadian Space Geodesy Forum archive (lots of GPS info).
Earth Observations Lab, Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science (CAN).
Institute for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, U. of Karlsruhe (GER).
Institute for Photogrammetry, U. of Stuttgart (GER).
Satellite images of Japan and the Pacific.
Satellite images, various.
VTT Automation, Space Technology and Remote Sensing Services.
Weather information, Japan.
Weather map - U.S.
INTELLiCast Weather Home Page
Weather satellite and surface analysis images for North America.
IDMSP - Raster image display/manipulation software.
IDRISI-L FTP site (donated data, modules and more).

CARTESIA Map Art
FENG SHUI AND GIS
Subway navigator
Survey of International Internet and K-12 Connectivity
Virtual Tourist World Map
Sea-surface temparature data (near real-time).
INTELLiCast Weather Home Page
CDIAC - Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center. Contains climate datasets.
USE OF GIS IN HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING
HEC-RAS (River Analysis System), Version 1.0
HEC Programs
World-Wide Earthquake Locator
Primary sources: The earthquake in Japan
USGS geologic mapping and volcanic hazards assessment home page.
NCEER - Seismic Activity Server.
ORNL - Oak Ridge Nat. Laboratory (US) fire simulation program EMBYR.
Geologic Map of U.S. Pacific Northwest Continental Margin.
Japan Virtual Map.
JHU/APL Digital relief maps of U.S image browser.
JHU/APL ETOPO5 Digital relief maps of U.S.
KHOROS - visualizaion software development envoronment source (working?).
Lat/Long file of major world cities (coarse).
Earthquake info from the USGS in Menlo Park, CA
GCMD - Global Change Master Directory.
NCEER Earthquake and Natural Hazards Information
Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum (German Climate Computer Centre).
Earthquake Research Institute HOME PAGE
WeatherNet: Radar & Satellite Menu
GIF Images of Israel and Surrounding Countries.
HOLIT - Israel Ecological & Environmental Information System.
DEM's put to unusual uses[US][EDU]
Night Map
http://www.iii.net/users/dstreb/dataavail.html
BBG-Map [USA][ADV] Botanical Garden Mapping System
C.D. Maps
Ancient Cities

Colleges and Universities
University of Florida - GIS Related Courses
Southwest Texas State University
Institute of Geography at Salzburg University
GIS Institute, University of Zurich, Switzerland
ITC = International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences, Enschede, the Netherlands
Malaysian Town Planning - School of Housing, Building and Planning, Science University of Malaysia
REGIS: Environmental Planning GIS at Berkeley
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA)
MIT - Earth Resources Laboratory.
Spatal Information Research Centre [NZ][EDU]at the University of Otago in Aotearoa
University of Hong Kong, Architecture Department
BCIT GIS Department [CA][EDU]
Univ. of New Mexico, Div. of Govt. Research
Univ. of Sheffield (UK) Dept. of Town & Regional Planning
Florida State UniversityTechnical Assistance Program
Cornell Theory Center Home Page
What's new in Reutlingen
Institue of Geography and Geology (Karlsruhe University).
Natural Resources Development Centre, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
University of Memphis, Department of Geography, Laboratory for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (LRS/GIS)
U. Cal at Berkeley - AEGIS
GSLIB - Stanford U. Geostatistical Library source (FORTRAN).
Univ. of California, Riverside Extension GIS Certificate [USA][GOV]
Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia[AU][EDU] Department of GIS
University of Quebec - ArcInfo Course[CA][EDU] [in French]
Hong Kong Geographic Resource Center [HK][EDU]
GIS at the University of South Carolina [US][EDU]
GIS at the University of South Carolina [US][EDU] (Same page with limited graphics for faster access)
GIS at Berkeley - REGIS (includes GRASSLink, a GRASS-http interface)
Institut for Geography and Geoecology [DE][EDU] University of Karlsruhe, Germany
School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia
GIV Home Page[USA][EDU] Geologic Information Visualization Center
Institute of Geography, U. of Salzburg (restricted access).
Gap Analysis Home Page[USA][EDU]
University of Waikato New Zealand GIS undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programmes
Rutgers University
U. Nottingham - Maps
Faculty of Regional Science and Architecture, U. of Vienna.
Fed. Institute of Technology GERMINAL Project - GIS/Env. Mgmt. and Planning.
Clark University
Penn State
Demos of WWW as an interface for GIS
Geographic Department....
Geographic Gopher - Rice University
Seismo-surfing the InterNet
Kingston (Univ) Centre for GIS [UK][EDU]
ILR - Institut fuer Landesplanung und Raumordnung (Institute for Regional Planning and Regional Science)[DE][EDU]
Univ. of Mass. Dept. of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning [USA][EDU]
CAST - The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, U. of Arkansas
INGIS - The Indiana Geographic Information System Server.
GIAL - Geographic Information and Analysis Laboratory: NCGIA Buffalo.
Ryerson University (Canada) GIS and Geography home page.
Australian National University - Bioinformatics.
Australian National University - Landscape Ecology Services.
CALMIT - Center for Advanced Land Mgmt. Info. Technologies, U. of Nebraska.
CalTech (US) - Earth Viewer.
CMU Maps home page (US).
Institute for Regional Planing and Regional Science, U. of Hannover (GER).
Digital Map Library, Queen's University (restricted to Queens users only).
U. Buffalo - Gazetter for the U.S.
GeoData Institute at the University of Southampton.
GeoEAS - EPA (US) geostatistical library source.
McGill University Dept. of Earth Sciences (CAN).
OSU - Ohio State University (US).
REGIS - UC Berkeley Research Program in Environmental Planning and GIS.
Rice University (US) - Geography, software, GIS info and more.
Ryerson University GIS and Geography home page.
TAMU - Texas A&M U. version of LINUX (access?).
UNC - U of North Carolina Inst. for Transportation Research and Education.
University of Washington Geophysics program home page.

Last Updated May 30, 1996

Send your additions and changes (include your category, please) to Jim Aylward, HDM's Executive Vice President