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Cartographic Materials and References (U of Waterloo).
Cartography Resources on the Web (Virtual Library) -- Resourses on cartography,
mapping and GIS; online/interactive, commmercial, federal, educational, relief,
map libraries, GIS/Remote Sensing
Coordinates: Cylindrical, Spherical and Polar -- Illustrated and described;
plus conversion formulae.
Fundamentals of Cartography -- Illustrated and described: Map projections;
tables showing properties of projections.
Geographic Coordinate Systems -- Curvilinear coordinate system based on
a geodetic datum (Entity).
Latitude and Longitude (illustrated)
Perry-Castaneda Library Collection (U of Texas, Austin) -- Electronic
map collection and maps of general interest.
Thematic and Base Map images of Canada (NAIS) -- Thematic maps (e.g. ethnic
diversity, satellite image); Base maps (e.g. Canada base map series, world).
What Does Analytical Cartography have to do with GIS? (Chrisman) -- GIS
definitions; schools of thought about maps and mapping.
B.C. Statistics -- Quick facts; infoline; subject areas including: population,
labour/social, business/economic; 1996 Census info.
Statistics Canada -- Canadian statistics on: the land, the people, the
economy, the state; internet services at Statistics Canada; other statistical
web servers.
U.S. Census Bureau -- Official statistics; access tools; subject search.
Data Sources for GIS -- Department of Geography, U of Texas, Austin (in
association with The Geographer's Craft); Key issues, common data types and
suppliers (U.S.), the digital revolution, locating digital sources (U.S.),
exam and study questions (Foote and Lynch).
Environmental Protection Agency -- Access to GIS spatial data sites,including:
agriculture, natural resources and US digital data.
GCIP Data Management Services System -- National climate data (US); Satellite
Data Source Module; USGS.
GEWEX Data Sets -- Defense Meteorological Satellite; NOAA/ETL radar data;
World Radiation Monitoring Centre.
International Data Base (IDB) -- Summary Demographic Data (US Census Bureau).
International Dataset Guides (CIESIN) -- World resources; US national,
social and environmental databank; EuroMab ACCESS; world tables; global population
database; etc.
Online Resourses for Earth Sciences (ORES) (B.Thoen) -- Resources by subject
(e.g.digital data, forestry, mapping): resource references; FAQs; URL examples.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) -- U.S. Environmental
information services; data on: meteorology/weather, oceanography, satellite
imagery.
Native American Research Information System (NARIS)
Resources for Geographers (U of Western Ontario) -- Journals, professional
associations and research organizations, map collections, geo-spatial datasets,
newsgroups and listservers, academic departments.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) -- Global resource information
database; environmental data sets, including: biodiversity, human-related;
soils; vegetation.
World data -- National virtual data system; data (climate, geophysical,
oceanographic) and productsIonia
"1 km AVHRR Global Land Data Set" Net-Browser -- This experimental server
allows retrieval of quick-looks of satellite images archived by ESA/ESRIN
since April 1, 1992. An initial set of about 3000 images is currently available,
and the server is constantly updated with new images.NRCS
Node to NSDI -- Natural Resources Conservation Service Node to the National
Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). U.S. Soils, plants, census and other databases.Base
de Dados Tropical Web -- The Base de Dados Tropical (Tropical Data Base
- B) is a department within the Fundacao Tropical de Pesquisas e Tecnologia
"Andre' Tosello", a Brazilian not-for-profit, private foundation. It is located
in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
Mapping Machine-- View maps/satellite images of anywhere in the world
(click anywhere on the map to zoom in); displays some data for fixed locations.
GIS Analysis with Arc/Info -- A simple tutorial (S.Murnion).
GIS Tutorial (Santiago, Chile).
GIS and Related Technologies -- GIS tutorials; overview of global positioning
systems (GPS); satellite remote sensing.
IDRISI Tutorial (Lorup)Austin
Cary Forest's GIS site--check out the tutorial
Make a Map with NAISMap
A Brief Map Projection Tutorial
International GIS and Remote Sensing Services -- Arc/Info tutorial; Digital
Land Systems Research (DLSR); Environmental Resource Information Network (ERIN);
Environmental Systems Resource Institute (ESRI).
Translating Geographic Data -- Coordinate system; Pamap to ARC/Info; Genamap
to ARC/Info; Moss format.
Digital Elevation Models -- What is a DEM?, three dimensional viewing,
DEM and GIS intergration, DEM related links
Digital Elevation Modeling -- Creating a TIN; viewing a TIN; Converting
a TIN to polygon coverage.
3-D Visualization of Geologic Data -- Examples of Digital Elevation Models
(Dave Miller)
USGS Digital Elevation Models (Delaney) -- Data accuracy, acquisition,
applications and availability.GIS
and hydrological models -- a variety of links related to hydrology and
GISEnvironmental
Modeling and Visualization with GRASS -- Interacting fields; surface modeling;
multidimensional modeling; 3D scattered data interpolation; terrain analysis;
etc.
Terrain Analysis -- (Graphics) Digital terrain analysis, cartographic
terrain description methods, hillshading, radar mapping techniques and
applications.
Applied Environmental GIS (AEGIS) -- Projects which address a variety
of environmental issues in which GIS solutions are appropriate; sample images
(e.g. fire hazard, soil permeability).
Geographic Information Systems -- Introduction to raster and vector models;
emphasis on natural resource management.
GIS (from USGS) -- What is a GIS? How does a GIS work? What's special
about a GIS? Applications of GIS.
USGS National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse -- USGS data project index;
standards; etc.
International GIS and Remote Sensing Services -- Arc/Info tutorial; Digital
Land Systems Research (DLSR); Environmental Resource Information Network (ERIN);
Environmental Systems Resource Institute (ESRI); European Science Foundation
(GIS data program); IDRISI homepage.
GIS Analysis and Modeling -- (illustrated) High diversity wetland sites;
oil spill/ wetland impact simulation; aerial photography; etc.
Minnesota Land Management Information Systems Homepage(MLMIS) -- Includes:
DataNet and DataNet plus mapping.
Scale, Accuracy and Resolution in GIS -- Map and display scale; data accuracy,
density, detail, resolution and uncertainty; raster data resolution; GIS analysis;
separation of data and annotation; etc.
Socio-economic Data and Application Centre (SEDAC) (CIESIN).
Socio-economic Data -- Business related analysis; employment; housing;
population density (DDViewer -- CIESIN).
TIGER -- Coast to coast digital map database (US Census Bureau).
US Demography Homepage (CIESIN) -- Information gateway; applications development
(e.g. integrated population, land use and emissions data; visualization and
analysis of integrated assessment models of climate change); SEDAC data products
and discussion lists; etc.
Modified UTM Grid Projections -- Article on applications for field and
computer generated coordinate systems (McDowell).
Virtual Geomorphology Home Page -- Links to research papers on GIS in
geomorphology.
Core GIS Data Dictionary -- Data sets for GIS projects; Hydrography; TIGER;
DEMs (Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources).
GIS Glossary -- B.C. Environment
GeoData Institute -- GIS terminology in glossary format.
Glossary for The Geographer's Craft
Berkeley Library's Dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms in GIS, cartography
and remote sensing Other links are included.
Image Analysis -- Related Terms
Map Projection -- Comprehensive List of Terms
Index of Remote Sensing -- Glossaries and acronyms (search).
Schedule of Lectures
Attribute-based Operations -- Operations that reduce and increase information;
operations on pairs of values; indirect measurement through lookup tables;
global data layers (e.g. Matthews dataset, Holdridge life zones); etc.
Buffers: Distance Transformations -- Graphics and information about: construction
of buffers; generalized Voronoi diagram; Voronoi zones around points.
Comprehensive Operations: Incremental Operations -- Iterative operations;
viewshed; influencing viewsheds; accumulated cost surfaces.
Errors in Maps -- US data quality standards.
Current GIS Market -- Important issues (e.g. data structure, database
management, functions/operations); GIS World Chart and unaddressed issues;
object oriented programming; etc.
What is a GIS? -- GIS definitions; basic components; dimensions of geographic
information.
Map Overlay -- Integrating information from diverse sources; steps to
carry out overlay; discover relationships from geometry; assumption of uniformity.
Map Overlay: Some Examples -- Numerous GRASS applications.
Measurement Basics -- Graphics and description for: Levels of measurement
(nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio); Other forms of measurement (absolute,
counts, cyclical, multi-dimensional).
Representation and Data Quality -- Primitives for representation: attribute,
space, points located in a coordinate system, lines formed from line segments;
understanding Topology; alternative definitions of data quality.
Information in Social Context -- US Institutional arrangements: GIS in
institutional context, current iniatives, ethics questions.
Surfaces -- Types of surfaces; slope; slope gradient and aspect in a grid;
convergence/divergence; computing properties of a surface.
Transformations Between Measurement Frameworks -- Surface transformations;
taxonomy of transformations.
Transformations Examples -- Dasymetric mapping of population density;
wastelands vs. wetlands; review of operations and transformations; after point
in polygon; after point in polygon overlay; etc.
Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing(Crum/Geographer's Craft) -- Electromagnetic
waves and spectrum; infrared radiation; applications of aerial photography;
digital image processing; satellite imaging; radar scanning; remote sensing
and GIS; etc.
Application Areas(Geographer's Craft) -- Natural resources management;
facilities management; land management; street networks.
Organizing Attribute Data (Foote and Huebner/Geographer's Craft) -- Flat
files and spreadsheets, hierarchical files, relational files.
Cartographic Communication(Foote and Crum/Geographer's Craft) -- Elements
of effective cartographic design.
Coordinate Systems (P.Dana/Geographer's Craft) -- Global systems: latitude,
longitude, height, UTM; Local systems: public land rectangular surveys, metes
and bounds; Miscellaneous systems: postal codes, navigational systems.
Error, Accuracy and Precision(Geographer's Craft) -- (A few graphics);
types of errors; sources of inaccuracy and imprecision; problems of propagation
and cascading; beware of false precision and false accuracy; dangers of undocumented
data; principles of managing error.
Geodetic Datums (P.Dana/Geographer's Craft) -- Introduction to geodetic
datums; Figure of the earth: geometric models, reference ellipsoids, global
coordinate systems, earth surfaces; Geodetic datums.
Definition of GIS (Geographer's Craft) -- Plus, alternative definitions
and related terms.
GIS Ethics(Geographer's Craft) -- Conflicting responsibilities; access
to public information vs. privacy; demands on public agencies; international
data; knowing is destroying.
The GIS View of the World(Geographer's Craft) -- Graphics for: GIS/and
integrating technology, layers of information collated for a single location,
map algebra/ selecting and transforming GIS data by layer.
Global Positioning Systems (P.Dana/Geographer's Craft) -- US Department
of Defense Satellite Navigation System; US GPS positioning services; GPS satellite
signals; GPS data; position and time from GPS; GPS error sources; etc.
Legal Issues Relating to GIS(Geographer's Craft) -- The evolving workplace:
the open trend, from product-constrained to multiple-projects, the bottom
line, who benefits from developments, the Vancouver story, the process, conclusion.
Exam and Study Questions(Legal issues/Geographer's Craft)
Managing Error (Foote and Huebner)(Geographer's Craft) -- Problems of
error, accuracy and precision; setting standards for procedures and products
(establishing criteria, training and testing); documenting, measuring and
testing; calibrating a data set to ascertain how error influences solutions;
etc.
Map Projection Overview (P.Dana/Geographer's Craft) -- Illustrated and
described selected map projections: Cylindrical (Behrmann Equal Area, Mercator);
Pseudocylindrical (Mollweide, Sinusoidal); Conic (Albers Equal Area, Stereographic);
Azimuthal (Orthographic, Stereographic); etc.
Raster View of the World (Foote and Huebner/Geographer's Craft) -- Both
illustrated and described.
Example of Topological Relationships (Foote and Huebner/Geographer's Craft)
-- Nodes, arcs, polygons, contiguity.
Vector View of the World (Foote and Huebner/Geographer's Craft) -- Plus,
graphical comparisons between raster and vector systems.
Vector Data Maintenance and Analysis(Geographer's Craft) -- Introduction;
coordinate editing; adding/deleting features; moving and reshaping feature;
line coordinate thinning; attribute editing; vector data analysis (graphic!);
overlay operations; neighborhood operations; connectivity functions.
The Evolving GIS Workplace (L.Daniel/Geographer's Craft)
Identifying GIS for What its Worth (L.Daniel/Geographer's Craft)
Looking and Thinking Beyond the Department (L.Daniel/Geographer's Craft)
Well Connected Geographics (L.Daniel/Geographer's Craft)
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing -- Index and Information.
GIS/Remote Sensing Publications Online
Index of Remote Sensing -- Glossaries and acronyms (search).
GIS and Remote Sensing Sites
Landsat and TM -- Program summary; Landsat program documents; information
on Landsat data; access to Landsat data (including Canada).
Remote sensing -- GIS and other related fields; organizations; satellite
data; sites; etc.
Remote Sensing Online Resources(Delaney) Educational resources for remote
sensing and photogrammetry
Samples of Remotely Sensed Images -- CFS Advanced Forest Technology Program.
Signal and Image Analysis: Images -- Illustrated and Described: image
and signal processing applied to medicine analysis; scientific and medical
topics
Image Analysis Related TermsCartographic
and GIS Resources on the Internet (U of Waterloo)Geographic
Information Processing Web Sites -- Remote Sensing; GIS; ARC/Info; Climatology;
US Federal Sites; Earth Science and Biodiversity; university sites (USU Geography
Dept.).GIS/Remote
Sensing Publications OnlineWeb
GIS Sites -- Directories and listings; "how to" resources; web GIS sites.Web
Sites for GIS ResourcesGeoCommunity
-- Search engines tuned to geospatial data, news articles, software, etc.Geomatics
Listings of GIS/RS firms in Canada, jobs, etc.Univ.
of Edinburgh's GIS WWW REsource List (a good list to review)Japan
GIS/Mapping Sciences Resource Guide A very extensive list of GIS/GPS/RS/CAD
software and utilitiesFreeGIS:
Free GIS Software and Free Geo-Data Web
GIS and online spatial informationResearch
Projects and Theory of Errors (Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry,
Zurich)
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