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Free GIS Software
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GIS Journals and Proceedings
Remote Sensing Journals and Proceedings
General Geography Journals containing GIS papers
GIS Internet Resource Guides
GIS Data Sources:
GIS Data Sources: commercial
Satellite Imagery Sources and Programs
GPS Data, Vendors and Information
Applications Development
Websites for Digital GIS Data

Satellite Imagery
Global Data sets
Open source Resources
GIS based Applications
Remote sensing Centers and Agencies
Tsukuba University sites

GIS Sites in Japan

 

 

GIS Education (Go to Menu)

• GI Science Body of Knowledge http://www.aag.org/bok/AAGKnowledge_Flyer.pdf

• Guide to Geospatial Analysis http://www.spatialanalysisonline.com/

• Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science http://www.csiss.org

• Geosciences Network http://www.geongrid.org/

• Core Curriculum in GI Science http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu:80/education/curricula/giscc

• GIS materials http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/contents.html

• ESRI's virtual campus http://campus.esri.com

• ESRI GIS Bibliographic List  http://campus.esri.com/campus/library/  

• GIS Dictionary-(from ESRI)www.esri.com/library/glossary/glossary.html

• GIS Dictionary http://www.agi.org.uk/POOLED/articles/bf_trainart/view.asp?Q=bf_trainart_156551

Major University GIS Centers (Go to Menu)

• US National Centers for Geographic Information and Analysis

  • University of California at Santa Barbara-http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/

  • State University of New York at Buffalo-http://www.geog.buffalo.edu/ncgia/

  • University of Maine at Orono-http://www.ncgia.maine.edu/

• Dept. of Geography, Ohio State University- http://www.geography.ohio-state.edu//

• Dept. of Geography, University of South Carolina- http://www.cas.sc.edu/geog/

• Dept. of Geography, UT Austin-http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/geography/

• Rutgers Univ, Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis-http://deathstar.rutgers.edu/

• Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, U. of Arkansas-http://www.cast.uark.edu

• Earth Data Analysis Center, U. of New Mexico-http://edac.unm.edu

• University of Edinburgh (UK) -http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/giswww.html

• The Kingston Center for GIS (UK)-http://www.kingston.ac.uk/gis/

Free GIS Software (Go to Menu)

• Assorted open source GIS software-http://opensourcegis.org/ 

• ArcExplorer--GIS Data Viewer-http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer

• Geographic Explorer--GIS Data Format Translator -http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/appexpl.htm

• Intergraph's GeoMedia Viewer- http://www.intergraph.com/gviewer/default.asp

• Viewer from PCI -http://www.pcigeomatics.com/freeware/freeware.html

• Viewer for AutoCAD DWG/DXF files http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?id=6703438&siteID=123112  

• TNTlite--free version of TNTmips GIS package -http://www.microimages.com/tntlite

• Very capable raster oriented -http://www.tatukgis.com/products/viewer/viewer.aspx 

• 3-D Terrain Modelling/Virtual Reality software-http://vterrain.org

• Variety of GIS related software- http://www10.giscafe.com/link/display_categories.php

• Datum/projection converter and viewer -https://shop.tatukgis.com/downloads/DownloadList.aspx

 

Major GIS Software Vendors (Go to Menu)

 

GIS Packages

• Bentley Microstation Geographics -http://www.bentley.com

• CadCorp SIS (Spatial Information System) from UK-http://www.cadcorp.com

• CARIS system from Canada-http://www.caris.com/

• ESRI - Arc/Info, ArcView, Atlas/GIS-http://www.esri.com/

• ERDAS, Inc. -- Imagine  (purchased by Leica) -http://www.erdas.com/

• ER Mapper  (purchased by Leica in 2007)- http://www.ermapper.com/

• ENVI Remote Sensing package (purchased by Kodak in 2000)- http://www.rsinc.com

• Genasys II, Inc-http://www.genasys.com/

• GRASS--originally from US Army-http://grass.itc.it/

• Intergraph Corp-http://www.intergraph.com/

• IDRISI package from Clark University-http://www.idrisi.clarku.edu/

• ILWIS package from the Netherlands -http://www.itc.nl/ilwis

• MapInfo, Inc-http://www.mapinfo.com/

• Maptitude and TransCAD from Caliper Corporation-http://www.caliper.com/

• Maptitude and TransCAD for UK (with extensive data)-http://www.maptitude.co.uk/ 

• Manifold-http://www.manifold.net

• PCI Geomatics Group Inc. (Canada)-http://www.pci.on.ca/

• Surveying and Mapping package- http://www.softree.com

• Smallworld Systems Inc- (purchased by GE in 2000) http://www.gepower.com/prod_serv/products/gis_software/en/index.htm

• TNTmips GIS package--TNTlite is popular free version -http://www.microimages.com

• WINGIS from Austria-http://www.progis.co.at

 

Specialized Packages

• GIS Software Object package- http://www.avismap.com/

• Bluemarble geographic utility software- http://www.bluemarblegeo.com

• Geomicro--GIS for telecom -http://www.geomicro.com/

• feature extraction from raster images- http://featureanalyst.com/

• Data compression: MrSid, DjVu-http://www.lizardtech.com/

• MAPublisher Software for "final copy" (lite version for free)-http://www.avenza.com

• Field mapping applications -http://www.tadpoletechnology.com/gsd/html/

• GIS software objects for application development- http://www.tatukgis.com/ 

• Surfer Contouring package from Golden Software- http://www.goldensoftware.com

• GIS Data Translator: FME from Safe Software Inc-http://www.safe.com

• TerraSeer Spatial Statistical Software-http://www.terraseer.com

• TerraSoar image cataloging software-http://www.coresw.com

• MapMerger conflation software- http://www.esea.com/

 

 

GIS Journals and Proceedings (Go to Menu)

• International Journal of Geographical Information Sciences *

• Geocarto International 

• GeoInformatica *

• Computer and GeoSciences *

• Computers, Environment and Urban Systems * (HT166 .C6212)

• Environmental Modeling and Software

• Geographical and Environmental Modeling

• Transactions in GIS

• Cartography & Geographic Information Systems

• Surveying and Land Information Systems

• Journal of Geographic Information Sciences 

• Energy IT Magazine

• Geo Info Systems (GeoSpatial Solutions)

• Journal of Geographical Systems *

• Geoplace.com (Geo World, Business Geographer, etc)

• URISA Journal

• ESRI Users Conference Proceedings

Remote Sensing Journals and Proceedings (Go to Menu)

• International Journal of Remote Sensing 

• IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing *

• Remote Sensing of Environment *

• Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 

• ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing *

• Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing ?

• IEEE IGARSS Conference Proceedings *

General Geography Journals containing GIS papers (Go to Menu)

• GeoJournal *

• Applied Geography *

GIS Internet Resource Guides (Go to Menu)

• GIS information from ESRI -http://www.gis.com

• From U of Colorado http://www.colorado.edu/geography/virtdept/resources/contents.htm

• Great listing of mostly-free data sources -http://libinfo.uark.edu/GIS/us.asp

• Guide to Sites from the US Census Bureau-http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gis_gateway.html

• Guide to Canadian Sites- http://www.geoconnections.org

• Overview and guide to Metadata sites (from BLM)http://www.blm.gov/gis/nsdi.html

• University of Edinburgh-good worldwide list -http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/giswww.html

• Geoscience links list from Galaxy- http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Science/Geosciences.html

• Geography links list from Galaxy-http://galaxy.tradewave.com/galaxy/Social-Sciences/Geography.html

GIS Data Sources:  (Go to Menu)

 

US Geological Survey

• USGS Home Page- http://www.usgs.gov/

  • National Geospatial Programs Office- http://www.usgs.gov/ngpo/

    • Federal Geographic Data Committee (spatial data policy coordination)-www.fgdc.gov

    • USGS Geography (National Mapping) Division -http://geography.usgs.gov/

  • Access to Spatial Data  from USGS -http://gisdata.usgs.gov/  

    • The National Map (digital atlas)-http://nationalmap.usgs.gov/

    • Overview of USGS spatial data files-http://edc.usgs.gov/geodata/

    • USGS US Data download by region via ArcIMS- http://seamless.usgs.gov/

    • USGS Imagery (e.g.Landsat) download- http://glovis.usgs.gov/ 

    • USGS "Google Earth clone" for worldwide data viewing/access -http://geode.usgs.gov/

    • USGS Global Land Information System (GLIS)--search & order data -http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/

    • Global Land Cover Facility (Landsat plus other)- http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/

• USGS: Eros Data Center--sites for specific data sets-http://eros.usgs.gov

  • Satellite Imagery

    • Landsat program information- http://landsat.usgs.gov/

  • Elevation data

    • LandSAT and other satellite imagery download-http://glovis.usgs.gov/

    • National Elevation Dataset (NED) -http://ned.usgs.gov/

    • GTOPO30: Worldwide equivalent of NED -http://edc.usgs.gov/products/elevation/gtopo30/gtopo30.html

    • Worldwide DEM from ASTER satellite- http://lpdaac.usgs.gov/aster/dem_map.asp

    • Worldwide DEM from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission- http://srtm.usgs.gov/

    • LIDAR elevation data info & sources -http://lidar.cr.usgs.gov/ 

  • USGS Land Cover Characterization Program -http://landcover.usgs.gov/

  • National Hydrography Dataset -http://nhd.usgs.gov/

  • National Water Information System -http://water.usgs.gov/nwis/

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 

• National Geodetic Survey -http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/

• National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Data Centers- http://www.nndc.noaa.gov/

  • NOAA-National Environmental, Satellite,Data and Information Service -http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/  

  • NOAA-National Geophysical Data Cente-r http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/

  • NOAA-National Oceanographic Data Center- http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/

  • NOAA-National Climatic Data Center -http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/

US Bureau of the Census

• US Bureau of the Census -http://www.census.gov

  • Census Data Access (2000 and 1990 data download at Data Sets link) -http://factfinder.census.gov

  • Census Tiger Files Home Page -http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/

  • Downloadable Boundary Files from Census Bureau -http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob

Sites with Census Data

• Historical census spatial and attribute data-http://www.nhgis.org/

• US Census Data from Missouri State Data Center -http://www.oseda.missouri.edu/data_archive.shtml 

Digital Chart of the World

• http://www.maproom.psu.edu/dcw/  

Canadian GIS data

• GIS data -http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca  

• Geoscience data -http://gdr.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php 

• Canada Centre for Remote Sensing -http://ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php

GIS Data Sources: commercial (Go to Menu)

 

Spatial Data

• Commercial vendor, but includes much free, downloadable dat-. http://www.gisdatadepot.com

• ESRI's data store--includes free downloads (e.g TIGER in shape file format.) -http://www.esri.com/data

  • free data from ESRI -http://www.geographynetwork.com/

• Free data from Directions Magazine-

• http://www.directionsmag.com/files/index.php/browse/13:34 

• Eclectic set of World/US free data -http://www.collinssoftware.com/freegis_by_region.htm 

• Teleatlas--street data worldwide (purchased by TomTom in 2007) -http://www.teleatlas.com/

• European and other world data -http://www.gfk-geomarketing.com/

• USGS topo maps and others- http://www.topozone.com/

• The major digital navigation chart provider -http://www.maptech.com/

• vehicle navigation data (purchased by Nokia in 2007)-http://www.navtech.com/

• Provider of geospatial data & GIS production services and solutions -http://www.geospatial.com/

• American Digital Cartography--digital data worldwide -http://www.adci.com/

• Environmental Data (climate,water, etc.) -http://www.earthinfo.com/

• Environmental Data (climate,water, etc.) -http://www.hydrosphere.com/

• Weather data -http://www.meteorlogix.com 

 

Satellite Imagery Sources and Programs (Go to Menu)

 

Commercial Satellite owners

• Formed when Orbimage (Orbview satellites) acquired Space Imaging (Ikonos satellite) -http://www.geoeye.com 

• Earthwatch Satellites (Earlybird, Quickbird)-http://www.digitalglobe.com

• French Satellite- http://www.spot.com

Commercial Imagery and Services Suppliers

• Supposedly, one of the largest on-line databases, period- http://www.terraserver.com

• On-line supplier of earth imagery -http://www.globexplorer.com/

• MDA-Macdonald, Dettwiler & Associates-http://gs.mdacorporation.com/

  • MDA US Govt. Services (previously EarthSat)-http://www.mdafederal.com

• Satellite Imaging Corporation in Houston -http://www.satimagingcorp.com 

• Formerly, Vargis Inc, now part of InfoTech -http://www.infotech-enterprises.com/UTG.asp

 

US Government Satellite Programs

• Landsat program information- http://landsat.usgs.gov/

  • LandSAT and other satellite imagery download-http://glovis.usgs.gov/

  • Free LandSAT access -http://www.directionsmag.com/files/index.php/view/617 

• Global Land Cover Facility (Landsat plus other) -http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/

• NASA SIR-C/X-SAR Radar Imaging Program -http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/sircxsar 

• NOAA NESDIS-National Environmental, Satellite, Data and Information Service- http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/

• Overview of worldwide satellites for all purposes -http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html

Other Country's Programs

• Canada's RADARSAT -http://ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/radar/spaceborne/radarsat1/index_e.php 

• India's Systems (IRS, INSAT) -http://www.isro.org/programmes.htm 

• European Space Agency- http://www.esrin.esa.it/

GPS Data, Vendors and Information (Go to Menu)

• Excellent Discussion of GPS -http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/gps/gps_f.html

• Trade magazine for GPS -http://www.gpsworld.com

• One of many GPS-related information sites -http://www.gpsfaq.com/

• Catalog & Info for GPS Supplies -http://www.navtechgps.com

• US Coast Guard navigation site (e.g. DGPS Beacon Sites) -http://www.navcen.uscg.gov

• TX DOT DGPS Post Processsing Data (click ftp information link) -http://www.dot.state.tx.us/services/information_systems/global_positioning_system.htm

• Garmin--Recreational GPS Vendor -http://www.garmin.com

• Magellan--recreational & commercial GPS Vendor (owned by Thales) -http://www.magellangps.com

• Leica-- commercial GPS vendor -http://www.leica-geosystems.com/usa

• Trimble--commercial  GPS vendor -http://www.trimble.com

  

Applications Development  (Go to Menu)

Sources for ArcView or Arc/Info Scripts, Extensions, Programs, etc.:

• The Unofficial Arc/Info & ArcView Symbol Page,A growing repository of symbols, icons, links to other symbolset resources, and font editors

• Metadata Collector, An ArcView extension from the NOAA Coastal Services Center.

• Metadata Tools for Geospatial Data, Good summaries of most of the known metadata tools for documenting geospatial data.

• Metadata Tools Survey, Lists the available metadata tools as of April, 1998; and the necessary operating systems, software requirements, compliance with FGDC standards, and links to download them where applicable.

• Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) State Forests GIS Data, Download the free ArcView Extensions made by the ODF: XTools (feet/acres default), Xtoolsmh (meters/hectares default), and Projector_ol.

• Stuff for ArcView Users, This site has Avenue scripts, extensions, and tips.

• SWEGIS, This site has Avenue scripts. SWEGIS makes an Analysis extension for ArcView - download a demo for free. There is an on-line comparison between this Analysis extension, XTools, and the new geoprocessing tools in ArcView 3.1 beta 2.

• TIGER Reader Extension and other miscellaneous scripts for ArcView, Free extensions for Windows and UNIX that convert TIGER/Line files into shapefiles and adds them as themes to a view.

Sources for HTML, Web Design Help:
 

• HTML 3.2 and Netscape 4.0, A reference to the HTML 3.2 specification

• HTML Goodies, HTML Tutorials, also help with JavaScript, Java, CSS, CGI, DHTML

• The HTML Writer's Guild

• Web Review, Web-related articles, good info on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, perl, etc.

• Newbie-U: New User University, Online tutorials about internet related topics.

• A Beginner's Guide to URLs, What are URLs?

• RD Site Builder, Easy to understand HTML, CSS, and XML tutorials.

Websites for Digital GIS Data  (Go to Menu)   International data ADDS - Africa Data Dissemination Service Antarctic Digital Data Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) Central Africal Regional Program for the Environment Digital Chart of the World Server Data Depot's Country List GeoBase: Canadian site for sources of free GIS data GeoGratis: Canada's National Digital Atlas Geoscience Australia Gridded Population of the World GoGeo GIS Database (UK) Russian Federation Digital Data Southern Africa Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI)   Satellite Imagery (Go to Menu)   Mostly free access to satellite and aerial imagery Arizona Regional Image Archive (AVHRR, AVIRIS, MSS, TM, SPOT for six southwestern states including California) Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure Earth Explorer (Landsat, AVHRR and aerial photos) Earth Observing System Data Gateway (Atmosphere, land, ocean, solar and cryosphere imagery) Geoscience Australia (Free Landsat 7, MODIS & AVHRR data) Global Land Cover Facility (ASTER, Landsat, MODIS, AVHRR) Global Visualization Viewer (Free ASTER, MODIS and Landsat Imagery) Landsat.org (Huge collection of Landsat imagery; not all free) NASA Image Server (Landsat 4,5,7) Terraserver (Quickie air photo images from Microsoft) University of Nevada Landsat TM Archive (State of Nevada) USGS EROS Data Center (Many sensors with links to data access) Land cover The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Land Cover Data Directory Global Land Cover 2000 Global Land Cover Facility GAP analysis program (land cover data by U.S. State) USGS Geographic Data Download (older LULC data) National Land Cover Dataset from USGS (seamless and the most current for the US) NLCD Class Definitions in html or EXCEL .dbf format Global Data sets (Go to Menu)

• GLCF Global Land Cover Facility (Landsat TM/ETM, SPOT, QuickBird, IKONOS, MODIS, ・
  http://www.landcover.org/index.shtml

• SRTM 90m Digital Elevation Data http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/SELECTION/inputCoord.asp

• Global 1Km DEM (GEOTOPO 30)- http://edc.usgs.gov/products/elevation/gtopo30/gtopo30.html

• Global 1Km Vegetation Dataset from NOAA AVHRR- http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/1KM/

• Global Forest Resource Assessment- http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/glcc/

• UNEP GRID (Worldwide social, economic and environment data in GIS format)-
  http://na.unep.net/datasets/datalist.php
   

Open source Resources (Go to Menu)

 

• Marine Irish Digital Atlas -http://mida.ucc.ie/

• MapServer - Server Map Open Source - http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/

• object-relational database -http://postgis.refractions.net/

• GEOS - Geometry Engine, Open Source -http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/

• SVG, scalable vector graphics --> http://www.carto.net/

• GIS resource portal -http://www.gisdevelopment.net/

•  Open Source street maps (all the world) - http://www.openstreetmap.org/

•  List of Open Source GIS software - http://opensourcegis.org/

• Grass GIS software main website -http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grassh/index.php

• QGIS Open Source Geographic Information System -http://www.qgis.org/

• U.S Geographical Survey website -http://www.usgs.gov/

GIS based Applications (Go to Menu)

 

• Land Allocation Decision Support System -http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/LADSS/

• CIAT-GeoNetwork Node (International Center for Tropical Agriculture -http://geonetwork.ciat.cgiar.org

•  IRRI-GeoNetwork Node (International Rice Research Institute)-http://geonetwork.irri.org

• Spatial Decision Support System for Land Use Planning -http://nrdms.nic.in/gis_based_cinservation.asp

• Spatial Modeling Environment - http://www.uvm.edu/giee/SME3/index.html

• Better Assessment Science Integrating Point & Nonpoint Sources (US Environment Agency)-
  http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/basins/

• Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) methods with Geographic Information Technologies and

Systems (GIT&S)- http://www.iapad.org/

 

Remote sensing Centers and Agencies (Go to Menu)

 

NOAA National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

• NOAA SAA, image database

USGS United States Geological Survey

• EDC, EROS Data Center

• Landsat Data Continuity Mission

• AVHRR 10-day composite

• USGS Global Change Research Program

• Modern Average Global Sea-Surface Temperature

• UNEP/GRID, Sioux Falls

• USGS Node of National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse

• USGS Marine and Coastal Geology Program

• Africa Data Dissemination Service (ADDS) & Greater Horn of Africa

• GTOPO30 Global 30 Arc Second Elevation Data Set

JAXA National Space Development Agency

• Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

• ALOS home page

• EORC FTP site

• Meteo and EO satellite page, NASDA

SPOT

• SPOT, Toulouse France

• SPOT, USA

• SPOT, Australia

• New SPOT SIRIUS Image Catalogue

• SPOT4 Home Page (CNES)

Others

• Space Imaging EOSAT

• Space Imaging Europe

• RADARSAT

• Radarsat archive coverage files

• CCRS

• WorldSat, Producer and Publisher of Fine Satellite Images of the Earth

• EarthWatch Inc.
  Early Bird & Quick Bird
  QuickBird specs, Ball Aerospace

• ORBIMAGE, Orbital Imaging Corporation
  Space Imaging
  IKONOS 1, one-meter resolution imaging satellite

• EROS Satellites

• Alaska SAR Facility
  Science Technology & Education Program (STEP) of the Alaska SAR Facility in the Geophysical Institute

• GeoData Software Systems Inc.

• Global GeoScience, GIS and Remote Sensing Consultants

 

Tsukuba University sites (Go to Menu)

-         Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences

-         Doctoral Program in Geoenvironmental Sciences (Japanese)

-         Division of Human Geography (Japanese)

-         Division of Regional Geography (Japanese)

-         University of Tsukuba Homepage

-         Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences

-         International Student Centre

-         University Library

 

GIS Sites in Japan (Go to Menu)

 

-         City of Tsukuba

-         Geographical Survey Institute

-         Centre for Spatial Information Science (CSIS-Tokyo)

-         Statistics Bureau of Japan

-         GIS Association in Japan

-         ESRI Japan (Japanese)

-         PASCO Corporation