ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&RL News ■ March 1999/ 165 What’s available with GIS by Victoria Lynn Packard G eographic Inform ation Systems (GIS) is truly o n e discip lin e th a t displays th e breadth and strength o f th e Internet. Wi com puter and access to the Web, a user has the ability to solve the problem s o f today a n d to ­ morrow. A user can create his or her ow n Uto­ pia. GIS can be u se d by anyone; the environ­ mentalist, city planner, dem ographic specialist, architect, and m any others may benefit from it. In perform ing an Internet search using the term “GIS,” a user discovers a m yriad o f sites. Some sites contain on e o r tw o links an d others have multiple links to a vast am ount of excel­ lent information. The resources listed b elow are som e that I use for G eography an d GIS Internet training classes. I ch o se sites w ith a m ultitude o f links to o th er areas. T hese sites cover such areas as governm ent, education, an d com m erce. In ­ c lu d e d a r e r e s o u r c e s f o r d ic t io n a r ie s , new sgroups, mail lists, and periodicals to show the spectrum of material available in GIS. So enjoy and have fun creating your world! Dictionaries As w ith any o th er discipline, GIS has its ow n term inology, abbreviations, a n d acronym s. Listed b elo w are a few Internet sites that p ro ­ vide easy access to this information. • AGI GIS Dictionary. This is the new est edition o f th e dictionary o f GIS terms. It is lo ­ cated at th e University o f E dinburgh’s D epart­ m en t o f G eography and th e Association for G eographic Inform ation site. It contains 980 GIS a n d GIS-related term s an d 52 diagrams. It th is searchable by four categories: alphabetical, category, acronym s, an d terminology. Access: a h t t p : / / w w w . g e o . e d . a c . u k / a g i d i c t / w elcom e.htm l. • GEONet—NIMA (National Imagery and Mapping Agency). The GEOnet Names Server (GNS) provides access to NIMA’s database of foreign geographic feature nam es. A pproxi­ mately 12,000 o f the database’s 3 3 million fea­ tures are up d ated monthly with nam es an d in­ formation approved by the U.S. Board on G eo­ g rap h ic N am es (US BGN). Access: h tt p :/ / 164.214.2.59/gns/htm l/index.htm l. • Dictionary o f Abbreviations and Acro­ nyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing. Access: h t t p : / / l i b r a r y . b e r k e l e y . e d u / E A R T / abbrev.html. Metadata sites T hese sites are by nature very large a n d e x ­ tremely detailed. They provide access points to GIS sites a ro u n d th e w orld. T hese sites are a mixture o f commercial, governm ent, an d ed u ­ cational areas. • Nice Geography and GIS Sites. This is a collection o f geography-related sites all over the w orld. It is m aintained by U trecht University, The Netherlands. Sites in foreign languages are n oted. It is a very large site (49.2K), b u t is di­ vided into manageable sections that are easy to use and understand. Areas covered include GIS, Remote Sensing, dem ographic and population studies, and governm ent statistical information. Access: http://w w w .frw .ruu.nl/nicegeo.htm l. A bout th e author Victoria Lynn P a c k a rd is the reference/governm entdocum entsim ap librarian a t Texas A & M University in Kingsville, e-mail: lcfvlp00@tamuk.edu INTERNET RESOURCES Create your own world http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidict/ http://library.berkeley.edu/EART/ http://www.frw.ruu.nl/nicegeo.html mailto:lcfvlp00@tamuk.edu 1 6 6 / C & R L N e w s ■ M a r c h 1 9 9 9 • O d d e n s ’s B o o k m a r k s . T h i s W e b s i t e o f m a s s i v e p r o p o r t i o n s is a v a i l a b l e a t U n i v e r s i t e i t U t r e c h t . I t i s a b r a n c h o f t h e a f o r e m e n t i o n e d W e b s i t e , b u t i n t h i s a r e a t h e r e a r e o v e r 4 , 8 5 0 l in k s a v a i l a b l e . O f t h e s e l in k s t h e r e a r e a p p r o x i ­ m a t e l y 7 0 0 e l e c t r o n i c m a p s o u r c e s , o v e r 1 7 0 m a p c o l l e c t i o n s , e d u c a t i o n a l s o u r c e s , G I S a n d g e o g r a p h i c d e m o s , a n d m o r e . A c c e s s :■ h ttp :/ / k a r t o s e r v e r . f r w . r u u . n l / h t m l / s t a f f / o d d e n s / o d d e n s .h t m . • G I S / C a r t o g r a p h y , S t a r t i n g P o i n t s . T h i s s i t e i s l o c a t e d a t t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f S u r v e y i n g a n d M a p p i n g o f t h e N o r w e g i a n U n i v e r s i t y o f S c i e n c e a n d T e c h n o l o g y ( N T N U ) . S o m e o f t h e i n f o r m a t i o n p r o v i d e d i s o n c u r r e n t l y r u n n i n g s y s t e m s , d e m o s o n G R A S S a n d A r c I n f o , e d u ­ c a t i o n a l p a g e s , l i n k s t o o t h e r w o r l d G I S s i t e s , a n d u p c o m i n g c o n f e r e n c e s . A c c e s s : h ttp :/ / w w w .i k o .u n i t .n o / g i s / g i s e n .h t m l . • E d i n b u r g h G e o g r a p h i c a l I n f o r m a t i o n S y s t e m s ( G I S ) . T h i s s i t e is l o c a t e d a n d m a i n ­ t a i n e d i n t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f G e o g r a p h y a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f E d i n b u r g h . I t p r o v i d e s i n f o r m a ­ t i o n o n a l l a s p e c t s o f G I S , a s w e l l a s p r o v i d i n g a n u m b e r o f u s e f u l l i n k s t o o t h e r s e r v e r s w o r l d ­ w i d e . T h e r e is a lin k t o G I S r e s e a r c h b e i n g d o n e i n t h e U n i t e d K i n g d o m . A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / w w w .g e o .e d .a c .u k / h o m e / g i s h o m e .h t m l . • G I n f o S e r v e r : W W W G I S - R e s o u r c e s . T h i s is a l a r g e , b u t w e l l - d e s i g n e d W e b s i t e t h a t h a s a m a n y s o u r c e s . It p r o v i d e s l i n k s t o G I S - S o f t w a r e ( c o m m e r c i a l a n d f r e e ) , G i n f o S e r v e r f o r jo u r n a l s , b o o k s a n d b i b l i o g r a p h i e s , c o n f e r ­ e n c e i n f o r m a t i o n , a n d o n l i n e p r o c e e d i n g s . T h e r e a r e o n l i n e l i t e r a t u r e d a t a b a s e s , G I S , h y ­ d r o l o g y a n d b i b l i o g r a p h y s t a n d a r d s , D i g i ta l E l­ e v a t i o n M o d e l s ( D E M s ) , m e t a d a t a , a n d E n v i ­ r o n m e n t a l I n f o r m a t i o n S y s t e m s . O t h e r l i n k s a r e G I S t e x t b o o k s , n e w s g r o u p s a n d m a i l i n g lis ts , s e m i n a r s , t u t o r i a l s , a n d o t h e r e d u c a t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n . J o b S i t e s , F A Q s , a n d l i n k s t o o t h e r G I S - S e r v e r s a r e a l s o i n c l u d e d . A c c e s s : h ttp :/ / w w w . g e o . u n i - b o n n . d e / m e m b e r s / h a a c k / g i s i n f o .h t m l . • U C B e r k e l e y G u i d e t o G IS R e s o u r c e s o n t h e I n t e r n e t . T h i s s i t e t h a t c o v e r s m a n y a s p e c t s o f G I S a n d r e l a t e d t o p i c s . A f e w o f t h e s e a r e a s a r e g e n e r a l d i r e c t o r i e s , s p e c i a l a n d r e l a t e d t o p i c s , f e d e r a l , s t a t e , a n d i n t e r n a ­ t i o n a l d a t a s o u r c e s , G I S t u t o r i a l s , b i b l i o g r a ­ p h i e s , p u b l i c a t i o n s , a n d j o b s . T h e s i t e a l s o i n c l u d e s c o u r s e l i s t i n g s f o r t h e u n i v e r s i t y . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / l i b r a r y . b e r k e l e y . e d u : 8 0 / U C B G I S / g i s n e t . h t m l . G o v e r n m e n t a n d c o m m e r c ia l s it e s G I S c o v e r s a w i d e s p e c t r u m o f t h e I n t e r n e t . A s e a r c h e r m a y b e g i n a t a g o v e r n m e n t s i t e a n d , i n f o l l o w i n g a l i n k , w i l l n e x t f i n d h i m o r h e r s e l f a t a c o m m e r c i a l o r e d u c a t i o n a l l o ­ c a t i o n . • G e o g r a p h i c I n f o r m a t i o n S y s t e m s - G I S . T h i s s i t e i s a p a r t o f t h e U S G S W e b s i t e a n d a n o d e o f t h e N a t i o n a l G e o s p a t i a l D a t a C l e a r ­ i n g h o u s e . It c o n t a in s t h e M a n u a l o f F e d e r a l G e o ­ l o g i c a l D a t a P r o d u c t s a n d l in k s t o o t h e r g o v e r n ­ m e n t g e o l o g i c a l / e n v i r o n m e n t a l W e b s i t e s . It p r o v i d e s e x a m p l e s o f p r a c t i c a l a p p l i c a t i o n s o f G I S . A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / w w w .u s g s .g o v / r e s e a r c h / g i s / t i t l e .h t m l . • G IS F r e q u e n t l y A s k e d Q u e s t i o n s a n d G e n e r a l I n f o L i s t I n d e x . H e r e q u e s t i o n s a n d i n f o r m a t i o n a r e c o m p i l e d f r o m n e w s g r o u p s , m a il lis ts , c u π e n t r e s e a r c h , a n d c o m m e r c i a l a n d a c a d e m i c s i t e s . I t a n s w e r s t e c h n o l o g i c a l q u e s ­ t i o n s , p r o v i d e s s o f t w a r e r a t i n g s , a n d c o n t a i n s a n a r c h i v e . A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / w w w .c e n s u s .g o v / g e o / g i s / f a q - in d e x .h t m l . • M o n t a n a S t a t e L i b r a r y G e o g r a p h i c I n ­ f o r m a t i o n S y s t e m . T h e M o n t a n a N a tu r a l R e ­ s o u r c e I n f o r m a t i o n S y s t e m ( N R I S ) G e o g r a p h i c I n f o r m a t i o n S y s t e m ( G I S ) a c t s a s a c l e a r i n g ­ h o u s e f o r G I S d a t a b a s e s a n d p r o v i d e s s e r v i c e s t o s t a t e , f e d e r a l , p r i v a t e , n o n p r o f i t , p u b l i c g r o u p s , a n d i n d iv id u a l s n e e d i n g a c c e s s t o G I S t e c h n o l o g y . A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / n r i s .m t .g o v / g i s / g i s .h t m l . • G e o I n f o S y s t e m s O n l i n e . T h i s s i t e c o n ­ t a i n s i n f o r m a t i o n a n d l i n k s t o m a n y a r e a s o f G I S . S o m e o f t h e s e l i n k s a r e h a r d w a r e a n d s o f t ­ w a r e , e d u c a t i o n a n d r e s e a r c h c e n t e r s , G IS / G P S m a il lis ts a n d n e w s g r o u p s , R e m o t e S e n s i n g , a n d G I S U .S . G o v e r n m e n t A g e n c i e s . A c c e s s : h ttp :/ / w w w .g e o i n f o s y s t e m s .c o m / r e s o u r c e .h t m . • H a r v a r d D e s i g n & M a p p i n g . A v a i la b l e s i n c e 1 9 9 4 , t h i s s i t e h a s o v e r 7 0 0 l i n k s r e l a t e d t o G I S a n d m a p p i n g s i t e s . S o m e o f t h e s e l i n k s a r e U .S . F e d e r a l G o v e r n m e n t a g e n c i e s , G I S c o m p a n i e s , in t e r n a ti o n a l g o v e r n m e n t a g e n c i e s , b o o k s , a n d c o n f e r e n c e s . T h e r e a r e l i n k s t o r e ­ s e a r c h f r o m c o l l e g e s , u n i v e r s i t i e s , a n d i n s t i t u ­ http://www.iko.unit.no/gis/gisen.html http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/gishome.html http://www.geo.uni-bonn.de/members/haack/ http://library.berkeley.edu:80/ http://www.usgs.gov/research/ http://www.census.gov/ http://nris.mt.gov/gis/ http://www.geoinfosystems.com/resource.htm C & R L N e w s ■ M a r c h 1 9 9 9 / 1 6 7 t i o n s i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . T h e y a l s o p r o v i d e a “S i t e o f t h e M o n t h . ” A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / w w w . h d m .c o m / g i s 3 .h t m . • H a r p e r C o l l i n s C a r t o g r a p h i c H o m e P a g e . T h i s is t h e s i t e o f t h e H a r p e r C o l l i n s , B a r t h o l o m e w , a n d T i m e s p u b l i s h e r s . I t h a s t h r e e m a i n d iv i s i o n s : m a p a n d a t la s p u b l i s h i n g , c o n t r a c t m a p s p e c i a l i s t s , a n d g e o g r a p h i c d a t a p r o v i d e r s . T h e r e a r e m a n y l i n k s t o c a r t o g r a ­ p h y , g e o g r a p h y , a n d G I S s i t e s . A c c e s s : h ttp :/ / w w w .h a r p e r c o l l i n s .c o .u k / m a p s / . • D e s k t o p G IS : L a t e s t V e r s i o n s A d d W e b I n t e g r a t i o n , D e v e l o p m e n t T o o l s . T h i s is a r e ­ v i e w s i t e f o r G I S s o f t w a r e . A c c e s s : h ttp :/ / w w w .f c w .c o m / p u b s / g b b / 1 9 9 8 / 0 3 0 2 / G B B - g is - 3 - 2 - 1 9 9 8 .h t m l . S p e c ia lt y s it e s T h e s i t e s l i s t e d h e r e a r e l i m i t e d t o a s p e c i f i c a s ­ p e c t o f G I S a n d h a v e l in k s t o o t h e r s i t e s i n t h e s e s a m e a r e a s . • E S R I G I S S o l u t i o n s f o r E v e r y o n e . E S R I i s a c o m m e r c i a l w o r l d l e a d e r i n G I S s o f t w a r e a n d t e c h n o l o g y . I t o f f e r s a l a r g e v a r i e t y o f r e l a t e d r e s o u r c e s . T h i s s i t e f e a t u r e s f r e e G I S s o f t w a r e , A r c I n f o 7 . 2 . 1 , d e m o s , c o n f e r e n c e i n f o r m a t i o n , t r a i n i n g , a n d a m a p g a l l e r y . A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / w w w .e s r i .c o m / b a s e / g i s / i n d e x .h t m l . • J a p a n G I S /M a p p i n g S c i e n c e s R e s o u r c e G u i d e . T h i s is t h e s e c o n d e d i t i o n o f t h e J a p a n G IS / M a p p in g S c i e n c e s R e s o u r c e G u i d e . I t is n o t a c o m m e r c i a l s i t e . I t i s d e s i g n e d a s a c o m p r e ­ h e n s i v e s o u r c e f o r J a p a n e s e G I S a n d m a p p i n g i n f o r m a t i o n w i t h l i n k s t o o t h e r s o u r c e s . T h e s i t e i s i n E n g l i s h . 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A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / w w w .b a y l o r .e d u / ~ g r a s s / . In t r o d u c in g G R A S S -X M I V e r s i o n 1 . 3 o f G R A S S - X M I w i l l s u p p o r t m a n y m o r e G R A S S p r o g r a m s t h a n t h e p r e v i o u s v e r ­ s i o n . G l o m a P - Z is a s t a t e o f t h e a r t, f u l l - f e a t u r e d f ie l d m a p p i n g a n d d a ta m a n a g e m e n t s y s te m d e ­ s i g n e d t o r u n o n a s t a n d a r d l a p t o p c o m p u t e r . G l o m a P - Z l e t s y o u d is p la y , e d it, a n d m a n i p u l a t e d ig i t a l m a p s a n d i m a g e s . T h e s e i n c l u d e v e c t o r G I S d a t a i n t h e U S G S D L G , A u t o C a d D X F a n d A r c V i e w f o r m a t s , a n d i m a g e s s u c h a s A V H R R ( A d v a n c e d V e r y H i g h R e s o l u t i o n R a d i o m e t e r ) , L a n d s a t M S S a n d T M , S P O T , a n d a v a r i e t y o f a i φ h o t o s . A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / w w w .g p z .c o m / . 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T o d o w n l o a d i n d i v i d u a l f i l e s : h t t p : / / w w w . c e n s u s .g o v / g e o / t i g e r . • D L G V 3 2 D L G -O V i e w i n g S o f t w a r e d l g v 3 2 a n d d e m 3 d S o f t w a r e L i n k s . T h i s s i t e c o n t a i n s l i n k s t o s o f t w a r e f o r v i e w i n g U .S . G e o l o g i c a l S u r v e y d ig it a l m a p p r o d u c t s . T h e s e p r o g r a m s a r e d e r i v e d f r o m U S G S d a t a a n d r e ­ s e a r c h s o f t w a r e . T h e p u b l i c v e r s i o n s o f t h i s s ite a r e f o r v i e w i n g U S G S d i g i t a l d a t a . T h e y h a v e n o e d i t i n g o r a n a l y s i s f u n c t i o n s . A ll s o f t w a r e a n d d a t a i n t h i s s i t e a r e p u b l i c d o m a i n . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / m c m c w e b . e r . u s g s . g o v / v i e w e r s / d l g _ v i e w .h t m l . S e a r c h a b le s it e s L i s t e d h e r e a r e s o m e G I S s i t e s t h a t a r e s e a r c h ­ a b l e b y c r i t e r i a . T h e y p r o v i d e i n f o r m a t i o n r e ­ g a r d i n g s c h o l a r l y r e s e a r c h , l a n d s u r f a c e s , a n d o t h e r d e m o g r a p h i c d a ta i m p o r t a n t t o G I S u s e r s . • I n f o m i n e S c h o l a r l y I n t e r n e t R e s o u r c e C o l l e c t i o n s . T h i s is a m a p a n d G IS s e a r c h s c r e e n m a i n t a i n e d b y t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a . K e y w o r d , s u b j e c t , t i t l e , a n d c o n t e n t s c a n b e u s e d t o s e a r c h t h i s s i t e . T h e s i t e c o v e r s b o t h a c a d e m i c a n d c o m m e r c i a l W e b p a g e s . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / l i b - w w w . u c r . e d u / s e a r c h / u c r _ m a p s s e a r c h .h t m l . • E a r t h S c i e n c e D a t a o n t h e G l o b a l L a n d I n f o r m a t i o n S y s t e m ( G L I S ) . G L I S is a n i n t e r ­ a c t i v e c o m p u t e r s y s t e m d e v e l o p e d b y t h e U .S . G e o l o g i c a l S u r v e y ( U S G S ) f o r s c i e n t i s t s a b o u t t h e e a r t h ’s l a n d s u r f a c e s . G L I S c o n t a i n s a b s tr a c t , d e s c r i p t i o n , a n d s e a r c h i n f o r m a t i o n f o r e a c h d a t a s e t . S o m e o f t h e s e d ig it a l d a ta s e t s a r e c a r ­ t o g r a p h i c , c l i m a t e , e l e v a t i o n , g e o l o g i c , h y d r o ­ l o g i c , l a n d u s e / l a n d c o v e r , s a t e l l i t e a n d a e r i a l , s o i l s , a n d p h o t o g r a p h s . A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / e d c w w w .c r .u s g s .g o v / w e b g l i s . • C I E S I N - S E D A C ’ s : G I S F o r m a t C o n ­ v e r s i o n S e r v i c e . T h i s s i t e p r o v i d e s d i g i t a l c o v e r a g e o f U .S . c e n s u s d e m o g r a p h i c s t o G I S u s e r s . A t l a s G I S , A R C / I N F O , a n d M a p I n f o f o r m a t s a r e s u p p o r t e d . D D C a r t o a n d D D V i e w e r a r e t w o v e r y l a r g e l i n k s w i t h i n t h i s s i t e . T h e r e a r e m a n y o t h e r i n t e r a c t i v e s i t e s w i t h d o w n l o a d a b l e d a t a . T h e d a t a i s p r o v i d e d f r e e l y f o r r e s e a r c h a n d i n s t r u c ­ t i o n a l u s e o n l y . G I S f i l e s a r e s t o r e d i n A t l a s G I S e x p o r t f o r m a t . C o n v e r t i n g t o A r c / I n f o o r M a p l n f o f o r m a t i s d o n e o v e r n i g h t . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / p l u e . s e d a c . c i e s i n . o r g / p l u e / . • G I S L i n x c a t e g o r i z e d l i s t o f G IS s i t e s . T h i s is a l a r g e , m u l t i - l a y e r e d s i t e d i v i d e d i n t o 3 0 s e c t i o n s . S o m e o f t h e a r e a s a r e s o f t w a r e , p u b l i c a t i o n s , j o b s , G I S i n d i c e s , u s e r g r o u p s , n e w s g r o u p s , G I S e v e n t s , e d u c a t i o n / r e s e a r c h , a n d a d v e r t i s i n g i n f o r m a t i o n . T h e r e a r e a l s o d i v i s i o n s o f c o m m e r c i a l a n d g o v e r n m e n t s i t e s i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d C a n a d a . T h i s s i t e w i l l a l l o w y o u t o s u b m i t a U R L t o y o u r o w n W e b s i t e . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / w w w . g i s l i n x . c o m . R e m o t e s e n s in g s it e s I n m a n y o f t h e p r e v io u s G I S s i t e s t h e r e a r e l in k s t o R e m o t e S e n s i n g . T h e f o l l o w i n g s i t e s a r e s p e ­ c i f i c a l l y f o r R e m o t e S e n s i n g . • R e m o t e S e n s i n g L a b o r a t o r y ( R S L ) . T h i s is a p r i m a r y a c c e s s p o i n t f o r s e v e r a l R S L - b a s e d I n t e r n e t p r o j e c t s . I t p r o v i d e s l i n k s t o t h e “G I S J o b s C l e a r i n g h o u s e , ” t h e m a i l i n g l i s t a r c h i v e s o f “E S R I - L a n d I M A G R S - L ,” a n d o t h e r m a il lis ts . A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / w w w .g i s .u m n .e d u / . • R e m o t e S e n s i n g a n d G IS – U .S . B u r e a u o f R e c l a m a t i o n - D e n v e r , C o l o r a d o . T h e R e c ­ l a m a t i o n R e m o t e S e n s i n g a n d G e o g r a p h i c I n ­ f o r m a t i o n G r o u p w a s o r g a n i z e d i n 1 9 7 5 . 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A d d i t i o n a l W e b l i n k s a r e t h e U p p e r C o l o r a d o R e g i o n a l O f f i c e , G r e a t P l a i n s R e ­ g i o n a l O f f i c e , M i d - P a c i f i c R e g i o n a l O f f i c e , P a ­ c i f i c N o r t h w e s t R e g i o n a l O f f i c e , a n d t h e W o r l d D a t a C e n t e r . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / w w w . r s g i s . d o .u s b r .g o v / . J o b s M a n y I n t e r n e t e m p l o y m e n t s i t e s p r o v i d e l i m ­ i t e d i n f o r m a t i o n o n G I S jo b s . H e r e a r e f i v e s i t e s t h a t a r e s p e c i f i c a l l y f o r G I S j o b s t h a t c a n b e s e a r c h e d b y g e o g r a p h i c l o c a t i o n o r t y p e s o f G I S j o b s a l l o v e r t h e w o r l d . T h e y p r o v i d e i n f o r m a ­ t i o n o n j o b p o s t i n g s , h e l p w i t h r e s u m e s , a n d i n t e r v i e w t e c h n i q u e s . http://www.census.gov/apsd/pp98/pp.html http://www http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/viewers/ http://lib-www.ucr.edu/search/ucr_ http://www.cr.usgs.gov/webglis http://plue.sedac.ciesin.org/plue/ http://www http://www.gis.umn.edu/ http://www.rsgis C & R L N e w s ■ M a r c h 1 9 9 9 / 1 6 9 • G IS J o b s C l e a r i n g h o u s e ( G J C ) . T h e G J C w a s s t a r t e d t o h e l p c o n s o l i d a t e G I S / I P / G P S p o s i t i o n a n n o u n c e m e n t s i n o n e e a s y - t o - u s e p l a c e . I t w a s o p e n e d i n l a t e M a y 1 9 9 4 . J o b p o s t i n g s a r e h e l d f o r t h r e e m o n t h s a n d a n u m ­ b e r o f t h e m a r e v e n d o r - b a s e d p o s t i n g s . T h e r e a r e l in k s t o m a n y o t h e r s i t e s i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d E u r o p e . T h e s e l i n k s c o v e r s u c h a r e a s a s r e ­ s u m e w r i t i n g , i n t e r v i e w t e c h n i q u e s , a n d F A Q s . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / w w w . g i s . u m n . e d u / r s g i s i n f o / j o b s . h t m l . • G e o W e b I n t e r a c t i v e . T h i s c o m m e r c i a l s i t e i s a n i n t e r a c t i v e j o b W e b s i t e f o r I n f o r m a ­ t i o n T e c h n o l o g y a n d G e o S c i e n c e / E n g i n e e r i n g . I t h a s j o b p o s t i n g s , r e s u m e s , a n d v a r i o u s j o b i n ­ f o r m a t i o n . A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / w w w .g g r w e b .c o m / jo b . h t m l . • C y b e r - S i e r r a N a t u r a l R e s o u r c e s J o b S e a r c h . T h i s s i t e c o n t a i n s m u l t i p l e l i n k s t o o t h e r j o b s o u r c e s . S o m e o f t h e s e l i n k s a r e i n t h e p r i v a t e s e c t o r , g o v e r n m e n t j o b s , a n d i n t e r ­ n a t i o n a l . A c c e s s : h t t p :/ / w w w .c y b e r - s ie r r a .c o m / n r jo b s / g i s .h t m l . • G e o j o b S o u r c e . T h i s s i t e c o n t a i n s j o b lis t­ i n g s i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y . I t is s e a r c h a b l e b y r e g i o n , p o s t i n g d a t e , a n d j o b t i t l e . E l e c t r o n i c a n d p r i n t v e r s i o n s o f t h e j o b l i s t i n g a r e a v a i l a b l e b y s u b ­ s c r i p t i o n . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / w w w . g e o j o b s o u r c e . c o m / r e g i o n i n d e x . h t m . • S t a t e o f W e s t G e o r g i a G o v e r n m e n t J o b s . T h i s s i t e c o n t a i n s l i n k s t o t h e G I S J o b C l e a r ­ i n g h o u s e , O n l i n e C a r e e r C e n t e r , E S R I , a n d E R D A S . T h e r e a r e a l s o l i n k s t o r e l a t e d s u b j e c t s o u r c e s s u c h a s r e s u m e p r e p a r a t i o n a n d i n t e r ­ v i e w t e c h n i q u e s . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / m s l i s m p a . t a m u .e d u / s t a f f / g i s 3 . h t m l . G IS n e w s g r o u p s — p e r i o d ic a l s — m a il lis t s N e w s g r o u p s , p e r i o d i c a l s , a n d m a il lis ts a r e w e l l k n o w n o n t h ę I n t e r n e t . L is t e d b e l o w a r e s o m e l a r g e a n d e a s i l y a c c e s s i b l e jo b s it e s s p e c if i c a l ly f o r G I S . • G i n f o S e r v e r . T h i s i s a m e t a d a t a l i s t o f n e w s g r o u p s a n d m a i l i n g l i s t s f o r G I S f r o m t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f B o n n . I t c o v e r s i n d i v i d u a l d i s c u s s i o n g r o u p s , n e w s g r o u p s , a n d p r o f e s ­ s i o n a l b u s i n e s s s i t e s . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / w w w . g e o . u n i - b o n n . d e / m e m b e r s / h a a c k / g i s - n e w s g r o u p . h t m l . • O n l i n e R e s o u r c e s f o r E a r t h S c i e n t i s t s - O R E S . T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f S o u t h C a r o l i n a h a s c o m p i l e d a l i s t o f g e o g r a p h y a n d G I S jo u r n a l s a n d n e w s l e t t e r s . S o m e o f t h e s e a r e G e o i n f o S y s ­ t e m s M a g a z in e , E le c t r o n i c A t la s N e w s le t t e r , a n d A A G G IS S p e c i a l G r o u p N e w s le t t e r . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / w w w . c s n . n e t / ~ b t h o e n / o r e s / g i s / jo u m a l s . h t m l . • T h e C e n t e r o f M a p p i n g a t t h e O h i o S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y . T h i s s i t e p r o v i d e s l i n k s t o i n d u s t r y , R e m o t e S e n s i n g G l o b a l P o s i t i o n ­ i n g S y s t e m s , m o b i l e m a p p i n g , a n d p e r i o d i ­ c a l s . S o m e o f t h e s e p e r i o d i c a l s a r e G e o i n f o S y s t e m s ‚ G I S W o r ld , a n d G P S W o r ld . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / w w w . c f m . o h i o - s t a t e . e d u / l i n k s / i n d u s t r y . h t m l . • I n t e r n a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e f o r A e r o s p a c e S u r v e i l l a n c e a n d E a r t h S c i e n c e —I T C . T h i s i s a l a r g e s i t e t h a t c o n t a i n s m a n y U . S . a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l jo u r n a l s .. I t c o v e r s G I S , R e m o t e S e n s i n g , P h o t o g r a m m e t r i c E n g i n e e r i n g , e a r t h s c i e n c e , a n d m a n y o t h e r a r e a s . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / w w w . i t c . n l / ~ b a k k e r / j o u r n a l s . h t m l . • G IS D i s c u s s i o n G r o u p s & L i s t s . T h i s is a n a l p h a b e t i c l i s t o f G I S m a i l l i s t s . I t i s a l a r g e s i t e t h a t i n c l u d e s s u b s c r i p t i o n i n f o r m a t i o n a n d W e b m a s t e r n a m e s a n d t h e i r U R L s . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / h o m e . e a r t h l i n k . n e t ~ r p m i n f o n e t / g i s l i s t .h t m l . M a p g a l le r i e s T h e r e a r e m a n y a t l a s e s b e i n g m o u n t e d o n I n t e r n e t s e r v e r s n o w . H e r e a r e s o m e a t l a s e s a v a i l a b l e f o r t h e l a r g e r A m e r i c a n c i t i e s . T h e y p r o v i d e s t a t i s t i c a l a n d c e n s u s d a t a . A f e w e v e n p r o v i d e l i n k s t o s t a t e s i t e s w i t h m o r e d e t a i l e d d e m o g r a p h i c i n f o r m a t i o n . • G I S : M a p G a l l e r y . D e p t , o f T r a n s p o r ­ t a t i o n —B u r e a u o f T r a n s p o r t a t i o n S t a t i s ­ t i c s . T h i s s i t e c o n t a i n s f o u r d i v i s i o n s o f m a p s : N a t i o n a l t r a n s p o r t a t i o n a n a l y s i s r e ­ g i o n s , t r a n s p o r t a t i o n s t a t i s t i c s a n n u a l r e p o r t , i n t e r s t a t e c o m m o d i t y s h i p m e n t s , a n d t h e A m e r i c a n T r a v e l S u r v e y . T h e r e a r e l i n k s t o c o n f e r e n c e s , d i s c u s s i o n g r o u p s , g e o - s p a t i a l d a t a , a n d s t a t e s i t e s . A c c e s s : h t t p : / / w w w . b t s . g o v / g i s / m a p s / . ■ Read more about GIS A n e x p a n d e d v e r s i o n o f t h i s a r t i c l e is a v a i l ­ a b l e o n t h e W e b a t h t t p :/ / w w w .a l a .o r g / c & r ln e w 2 . h t m l . S e v e r a l o t h e r a r t i c l e s in o u r I n t e r n e t R e s o u r c e s s e r i e s a l s o h a v e e x ­ p a n d e d v e r s i o n s p o s t e d t h e r e . http://www.gis.umn.edu/rsgisinfo/ http://www.ggrweb.com/ http://www.cyber-sierra.com/ http://www.geojobsource http://mslismpa http://www.geo.uni-bonn.de/members/haack/gis- http://www.csn.net/~bthoen/ores/gis/ http://www.cfm.ohio-state.edu/links/ http://www.itc.nl/~bakker/journals.html http://home.earthlink.net~rpminfonet/ http://www.bts.gov/gis/maps/ http://www.ala.org/ 1 7 0 / C & R L N e w s ■ M a r c h 1 9 9 9 I N T E R N A T I O N A L ANNOUNCING THE NEW E N C Y C L O P E D I A O F T H E E d ito rs-in -C h ief ( a s s i s t e d b y 5 0 s e c t i o n e d i t o r s a n d a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l a d v i s o r y b o a r d ) Social & Neil J. 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