GIS Resources

Sources for Free GIS Data

Near Real Time Spatial Data Products for Geographical Information Systems
MapCruzin.com
National Transportation Atlas Database
Federal Communications Commission
NOAA Office of Coast Survey
NationalAtlas.gov
Census Bureau (census geography)
Census Bureau (census attributes)
EPA’s National Geospatial Program
FEMA Mapping and Analysis Center
USDA-NRCS Soil Data Mart
Geospatial One Stop
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
The U.S. Geological Survey National Map
The GIS Data Depot
U.S. Geological Survey National Elevation Dataset
The Geography Network
University of Arkansas Libraries
Center for International Earth Science Information Network
GIS Lounge
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
National Geophysical Data Center
Spatialhydrology.com, Inc.
webGIS
Geospatial Data Gateway
U.S. Geological Survey Seamless Data Distribution System
Mississippi Coordinating Council for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
Mississippi Automated Resource Information System (MARIS)
ESRI World Base Map Data
U.S. National Weather Service
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (Coastal Geology Section)

On-line Geospatial Technologies Journals, Magazines and Newsletters

Applied GIS
Journal of Geographic Information and Decision Analysis
Public Health GIS News and Information
ESRI ArcNews
ESRI ArcUser
Geo:Connexion
Directions Magazine
Earth Observation Magazine
SpatialNews
GeoPlace
Geospatial Solutions
GIS Monitor
GPS World
International Journal of Health Geographics
Point of Beginning
Geo Informatics
GIS Tech News
GPS Magazine
GPS User Magazine

Map Reading and Interpretation

University of Washington Libraries: How to Use and Understand Maps
Reading Topographic Maps
Introduction to Topographic Maps
U.S. Geological Survey: Topographic Map Symbols
U.S. Geological Survey: Geography Products
Oswego City School District: Reading Maps
San Francisco Estuary Institute: Map Interpretation
The Geographer’s Craft
Understanding Maps and Cartography
U.S. Department of the Army: Map Reading and Land Navigation

Global Positioning Systems(GPS)

The Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Resource Library
About GPS (Garmin)
GPS Tutorial (Trimble)
Sam Wormley’s GPS Tutorials
A Practical Guide to GPS-UTM
U.S. Geological Survey’s Rocky Mountain Mapping Center
gpsinformation.net
Global Positioning System Overview (University of Colorado)
GPS Tutorial (Lowrance)

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

GIS Development Tutorials for GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing
Geographic Information Technology Training Alliance
Free GIS Mapping Tutorials (MapCruzin)
GIS Tutorials from the GeoCommunity
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Tutorial (Harvard University)
U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Information Systems Tutorial
ESRI Training and Education Tutorials
GIS Online Tutorial Pages (Fort Collins, CO)
Spatialhydrology.com
Kardi Teknomo’s Page: Introduction to GIS
GIST: geographic information systems tutorials
Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access “GIS Basics”
University of Oregon Libraries
BostonGIS Open Source Tutorials
GIS Dictionary (University of Edinburgh)
Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources
FEMA: GIS Tutorial Series
GIS Tutorials (GISCafe.com)
ESRI Software 9.2 Library Tutorials – ArcGIS Desktop
ESRI Software 9.2 Library Tutorials – ArcGIS Desktop Extensions
Huxley College of the Environment’s Spatial Analysis Lab

Remote Sensing

Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
NASA’s Remote Sensing Tutorial
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing
Learning About Satellites and Remote Sensing (NOAA)
Remote Sensing Principles (Towson University)
NEODC Remote Sensing Tutorial
Remote Sensing Core Curriculum
Fundamentals of Physical Geography: Chapter 2, Maps, Remote Sensing and GIS
Remote Sensing Fundamentals (NOAA)