Geo-related
Links
Edited by Lindsey
Barnes
(last updated April 14, 2004)
GIS Information Free GIS Software Links to Maps and other Geospatial Data Census Information Map Galleries Interactive Maps & Online GIS GIS Applications GPS Information General Disaster Info Resources Tornadoes Earthquakes Hurricanes Droughts/Flash Fires Floods Lightning Blizzards Other Natural Disaster Possibilities Terrorism and Other Unexpected Catastrophe Info Some Trauma Centers Nationwide
Common Function of GIS http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~caagis/tgis/course/functions.html
Definition of GIS http://www.main.nc.us/GIS/what-is-gis.html#What-is-a-GIS-Another
Samuel J. Wormley - Educational Observatory Institute, Inc. http://www.edu-observatory.org/gis/gis.html
Higher Education GIS Resource Links (ESRI) http://www.esri.com/industries/university/helinks.htmlm
Societal GIS, Information infrastructure and policy issues, has project examples, and discussion of vector GIS and RDBMS http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/~pbcote/enr-100/outline.htm
Learning GIS Resources
http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/outreach/gisguidelines.html
GIS software and Utilities http://www.arkeologi.net/gis/software.html
Terraserver Digital Raster Graphics (topo maps) tool http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/outreach/terraserver.html
Download the tool, zoom to your area of interest within your GIS, downloadthe data using the tool within your GIS, and then make the layer permanent.
USGS Geography: Availability of USGS Geospatial Data http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/products/status.html
Using Census Data - Table of Contents http://www.uic.edu/sph/dataskills/skillbytes/census/census.htm
SSURGO Data Use Information ftp://ftp.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/pub/ssurgo/online98/docs/ssurgo_db.pdf
USDA-NRCS Soil Survey Division homepage - soil data http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/index.html
Availability of USGS Geospatial Data & Aerial Photography Products http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/products/status.html
BLM Colorado - Geospatial Data and Metadata for Colorado http://www.co.blm.gov/metadata/cothemes.htm
CDPHE GIS Spatial Data http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hs/gis/spatialdata.asp
Center for International Earth Science Information Network http://www.ciesin.org/download_data.html
Colorado Status Graphics http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/status/rmmc/co/index.html
Colorado's Decision Support Systems http://cdss.state.co.us/ftp/gis.asp
Copy of GIS Coverages USDA Forest Service http://www.roadless.fs.fed.us/documents/feis/data/gis/coverages/index.shtml
DCW Layer Interface for Colorado http://www.maproom.psu.edu/cgi-bin/dcw/dcwcountry.cgi
Elevation Data for Fire Areas http://edc.usgs.gov/nedfire
EOS Data Gateway Welcome from NASA and affiliated centers http://edcimswww.cr.usgs.gov/pub/imswelcome
EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD http://edc.usgs.gov/products/map.html
NBII Clearinghouse Metadata Search http://mercury.ornl.gov/nbii
Regional Data Southwest Data Center http://www.landuse.com/data/datalinks/datalinks.shtml
Seamless Data Distribution System http://seamless.usgs.gov/ and http://edcnts14.cr.usgs.gov/Website/seamless.htm
Free GIS Data - GIS Data Depot http://www.gisdatadepot.com/quadindex/
United States - Free GIS Data - GIS Data Depot http://www.gisdatadepot.com/catalog/US
United States, Colorado, El Paso, Digital Line Graphs (DLG) - 24K - Free GIS Data - GIS Data Depot http://data.geocomm.com/catalog/US/61076/1231/group142-3.html
USDOC-NOAA-NESDIS-National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Home Page http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov
USGS Mapping Information Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) http://geonames.usgs.gov/gnishome.html
USGS National Mapping Geospatial Data Clearinghouse http://mapping.usgs.gov/nsdi
Availability of USGS geospatial data http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/products/status.html
National Parks GIS information http://www.nps.gov/gis/park_gisdata/colorado/co.htm
National Cartography and Geospatial Center http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/ncg/ncg.html
Locate river layers http://www.riverbrowser.com/viewer.htm?Title=Riverbrowser.com
National and State trade info http://ese.export.gov/ITA2002/Intro_new.htm
The Colorado Division of Water Resources has all the state's DRGs available for free download (link to Digital Raster Graphics Files near top of page) http://www.water.state.co.us/pubs/gis.asp
Internet Mapping http://www.geocortex.net/gallery/index.html and http://www.esri.com/software/internetmaps/index.html
Internet map server http://www.sra.dst.tx.us/pub/sra/presentations/nalms/gis_web/tsld007.htm
The Land Survey Information System or LSIS is the official government Web site for the distribution of the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) of the United States. http://www.geocommunicator.gov/lsi/
ESRI’s Geography Network free downloads and purchasable data www.geographynetwork.com
Map Mart free downloads and purchasable data www.mapmart.com
Geodata.gov free downloads and purchasable data www.geodata.gov
United Nations Environment Program free downloads World wide scale data (lower resolution) http://geodata.grid.unep.ch/
Maps and Data http://mapstedi.colorado.edu/maps.html
Global Forest Watch http://www.globalforestwatch.org/english/index.htm
The Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF) develops and distributes remotely sensed satellite data and products http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/index.shtml
Imagery and other data from NASA http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/
National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss.htm
Wyoming Internet Map Server http://www.wims.uwyo.edu/
Utah maps http://maps.utah.gov/mapindex.htm
GIS WWW Resource List http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/giswww.html
US Census Bureau - Maps and Cartographic Products Main Page - starting point for LOADS of mapping info. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/maps
Using Census Data - Table of Contents ftp://ftp.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/pub/ssurgo/online98/docs/ssurgo_db.pdf
US Census Map Gallery (map images) http://www.census.gov/geo/www/mapGallery
ESRI Map Gallery - many different themes http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/index.html
US Census Map Gallery (map images) http://www.census.gov/geo/www/mapGallery
American Fact Finder: The data dissemination tool for accessing and mapping Census 2000 and other census data. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet
TIGER Interactive Mapping Services - Maps based on 1998 TIGER/Line® files, and 1990 Decennial Census data http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse-tbl
Colorado County Governments http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/countygovs.html and http://www.geosurvey.state.co.us/pubs/geohazards/docs/sp12.htm#swelling
Utah Conservation Data Center Interactive Map http://atlas.utah.gov/wildlife/viewer.htm
MaPSTeDI is a collaborative effort between the University of Colorado Museum, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and Denver Botanic Gardens to convert their separate collections into one distributed biodiversity database and research toolkit for the southern and central Rockies and adjacent plains. Linked with GIS mapping tools and available via the Internet, this database will allow researchers and the public to easily track changes in biodiversity in this area over the last century. http://geomuse.colorado.edu/mapstedi/client/index.jsp
USDOC-NOAA-NESDIS-National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Home Page http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov
Energy atlas, interactive mapping. View, zoom into and print interactive maps of solar, wind, geothermal and biomass resources in the Western US using an Interactive map tool; View, download and print the contents of the Renewable Energy Atlas of the West; Learn more about renewable energy http://www.energyatlas.org/default.asp
Spatial Modeling of Climatic Parameter Fluctuation Mapping Temperature Variation in the Bermejo Basin from 1901 to 2000 http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/environment/overview/mi03095pf.htm
Remote Sensing and (GIS) applications in the Erosion studies at the Romero River Watershed http://www.gisdevelopment.net/aars/acrs/1998/ts1/ts1006pf.htm
GIS applications in air pollution modeling http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/environment/air/mi03220pf.htm
Identifying and Tracking Pesticide Use in Agriculture http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0702/pesticide.html
Environmental protection in Germany and the specific role of spatial planning - An introduction http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/environment/overview/envo0001pf.htm
Interactive Application of GIS during the Vision Wildfire at Point Reyes National Seashore http://www.nps.gov/gis/apps/pore/gisndx.htm
Development of a GIS based application for selection of villages for sodic land reclamation http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/natural_hazards/landslides/mi03175pf.htm
Samuel J. Wormley - Educational Observatory Institute, Inc. http://www.edu-observatory.org/gps/gps.html
GPS: http://www.gpsu.co.uk/ and http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/
GPS accuracy info: http://www.igage.com/gps_accuracy.htm
Minnesota Dept of Natural Resources free Tool that allows download from Garmin to ArcView GIS. This extension was built to provide users the ability to directly transfer data between ArcView 3.x GIS and Garmin GPS handheld receivers. Using this extension a user can use point features (graphics or shapefile) and upload them to the GPS as WayPoints. Line and Polygon Graphics or shapes can be uploaded to the GPS as TrackLogs or Routes. Conversely, WayPoints, TrackLogs, and Routes collected using the GPS can be transferred directly to ArcView and saved as Graphics or Shapefiles. http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/outreach/gps.html and http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mis/gis/tools/arcview/extensions/DNRGarmin/DNRGarmin.html
Hazard Links:
General Disaster Info Resources
Federal Warning Systems http://www.federalwarningsystems.com/contact/
(DEWA) Division on Early Warning and Assessment. UN plan for early warnings. http://www.grid.unep.ch/activities/earlywarning/
Complete listing of National Weather Service (NWS) Services and Functions. http://www.seawfo.noaa.gov/images/bigguide.txt
Weather Radio Alert Info: NWS warnings and how to use the radio for info. http://support.tandy.com/support_meters/doc65/65777.pdf
Disaster Relief: Tornadoes, Floods, Blizzards, Earthquakes. Help and info. http://www.disasterrelief.org/
American Red Cross Resource for Disasters: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/
World Weather: http://www.worldweather.com/
Survival Kits: http://www.equipped.com/survlkit.htm
More Survival Kits http://www.survival-kits.info/survival_kits.htm
To Find Local Red Cross Chapter and Other Info: http://www.redcross.org/
Resources for Floods and Droughts: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/whydro00.htm
Disaster Prep: http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/arnet74.html
Very Simplified and Informative Natural Disaster Pages: http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/index.html
Homeowner's Guide to Geologic Hazards http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/www/geohaz/geohaz3.htm
Everything you want to know about tornadoes. Frequently asked Q’s about tornadoes answered. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/askjack/wfaqtorn.htm
More tornado Q&A. http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/tornado/
Even More tornado Q&A http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/
What warning sirens are intended for. And how to know about tornadoes otherwise. http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/weather/2827613.htm
Tornado Tips: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/safety/wtordur.htm
Warning Response and Risk Behavior: Tornado of 08 April 1998 http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/qr/qr116/qr116.htm
Red Cross Tornado Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readytornado.html
NCDC Storm Events-Texas http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/reports/txtornadoes/texastornadoes.html
NCDC Texas Tornadoes http://www.texnews.com/1998/2001/texas/dis0108.html
Earthquake Watches and Earthquake Warnings http://www.grandunification.com/hypertext/Earthquake_Watches_Warning.html
USGS Earthquake Site http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/epic/epic_global.htm
Possible predictor article (connection between electrical behavior of the Earth and earthquakes) http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20030324/earthquake.html#
Quake Alarm: Early earthquake warning system info. http://www.amerrescue.org/qal.htm
Earthquake News http://www.earthquakenews.com/
Earthquake Home Prep Guide: http://www.eqe.com/publications/homeprep/
Red Cross Earthquake Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readyearth.html
Hurricane News http://www.worldhurricanes.com/
Hurricane Tips and Prep Info. http://www.keysso.net/pio/tropical/tropical.htm
National Hurricane Center: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Red Cross Hurricane Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readyhurricane.html
Hurricane “TO DO” List: http://www.burger.com/hrcnprep.htm
NWS Hurricane Awareness: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hurricane/index.shtml
Weather.com Hurricane Info: http://www.weather.com/safeside/tropical/
Hurricane in a Boat: http://www.caribbeancompass.com/hurri200fin.htm
Hurricane Safety Guide: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/safety/whurricane.htm
Drought Prep Info http://nris.state.mt.us/drought2001/Info/recomdroughtprep.html
Fire Safety Prep: http://www.health.family.org/childcare/a0000125.html
Forest Fire Safety http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/natres/06304.html
Red Cross Heat Wave Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readyheat.html
Severe Drought Effects Fire Safety: http://fire.feric.ca/conference/GarySafetySummit/2002SevereDroughtSafetyA.htm
Red Cross Fire Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readywildfire.html
Red Cross Drought Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/drought.html
Hayman Fire Incident and Recovery Information http://wildfires.nwcg.gov/colorado/hayman/index.shtml
Drought.ColoState.edu http://drought.colostate.edu
NOAA News Online http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/s924.htm
NOAA Paleoclimatology Program – Drought http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/drought.html
NOAA's Drought Information Center http://www.drought.noaa.gov
Research and Development information at the USDA Forest Service http://www.fs.fed.us/research
U.S. Fire Administration http://www.usfa.fema.gov/dhtml/media/02press.cfm
United States Climate page Displays various climatological information http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/USclimate
Moore Foundation http://www.moore.org/about_core.asp
Flood Prep Info http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/flood/
An Evaluation of the Boulder Creek Local Flood Warning System http://www.udfcd.org/pdf/Final%20Copy_1.pdf
Red Cross Flood Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readyflood.html
Flood Hazard Research Centre:
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate/severeweather/small/avgt5095.gif
http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~storms
http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~storms
http://www.fhrc.mdx.ac.uk/contentt.html
Lightning detector info http://www.photonics.com/spectra/tech/XQ/ASP/techid.722/QX/read.htm
Lightning Prep, Q&A: http://www.emergency-outlet.com/natural-disaster/weather/lightning.htm
Disaster Center Lightning Page: http://www.disastercenter.com/lightng.htm
National Lightning Safety Institute Home Page: http://www.lightningsafety.com/contents.html
Red Cross Severe Thunderstorms Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readythunder.html
Red Cross Winter Storm Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readywinter.html
More Blizzard Info: http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/disaster/snow.html
Other Natural Disaster Possibilities
Red Cross Volcano Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readyvolcano.html
Red Cross Tsunami Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/tsunami.html
Red Cross Mudslide Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/landslide.html
Info on Mass Movement http://earthsci.org/geopro/massmov/massmov.html
Digital Shasta--Applying GIS Technology to Volcano Hazards http://www.gis.com/resources/sotw/index.cfm?fuseaction=search and http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/~pbcote/enr-100/outline.htm
Terrorism and Other Unexpected Catastrophe Info
Red Cross Terrorism Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/unexpected.html
Red Cross Chemical Emergency Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readychemical.html
Some Trauma Centers Nationwide (Not a complete listing)
UCCS Trauma Center: http://web.uccs.edu/cutrauma/
Arbour Health Trauma Center. (Mass.) http://www.traumacenter.org/
University of Maryland Trauma Center: http://www.umm.edu/shocktrauma/
University of Miami Trauma Center: http://trauma.med.miami.edu/
UCSF Trauma Center: http://www.eastbaytrauma.org/
Vanderbuilt Trauma Center: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/surgery/trauma/
University of Missouri Trauma Center: http://www.hsc.missouri.edu/~hospital/trauma.shtml