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Local GIS Programs
Major GIS Jumpstation and Linkages Sites
Environmental Systems Research Institute and related sites
GIS Centers, Associations, Coordinating Groups, Governmental and Misc. Sites
Remote Sensing Centers and Resources
Earth Science Centers
On-line Information Systems
Mapping
GIS and Remote Sensing Software and Service Vendors and Suppliers
GIS Publications
GIS Employment

Local GIS Programs

If you haven't visited us already, click here to go to the home page for the DFWELE GIS Program.

You might also want to visit one of our sister GIS agencies, namely ...

MassGIS home page and spatial data layer description

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Major GIS Jumpstation or Linkages Sites

• ESRI's Jumpstation - A big list of GIS sites, nicely organized with a search facility.
• GeoInfo System's List of GIS and Related Resources
• U. of Edinburgh and Assoc. for Geographic Information Index of WWW Servers Their list, unlike mine, is fully annotated! ... and huge.
• GIS Internet Resources List at UC Berkeley Library and a GIS Bibliography
• US Army's Internet GIS Resources Site

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Environmental Systems Research Institute and related sites

ESRI is the primary GIS software vendor used by DFWELE/GIS and other EOEA agency GIS programs as well as MassGIS.

The primary software products we use are ArcGIS and ArcView 3.2.

ESRI - Redlands, CA.
Look here for product information, press releases, GIS white papers, extensions, and scripts.

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GIS Centers, Associations, Coordinating Groups, Governmental and Miscel. Sites

This is a somewhat eclectic list. It is still being compiled. It is therefore incomplete, even in terms of listing "major" centers. Checkout the jump station references above for more complete lists.

• National Centers for GIS
  • National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA)
    • NCGIA Education Materials and Activities
    • NCGIA Publications
    • University of California at Santa Barbara
    • University of Maine
    • State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo
      
      
• U.S. University GIS Centers
  • Geographic Information and Analysis Laboratory at SUNY Buffalo
  • Ohio State University - Center for Mapping
  • University of South Carolina GIS Program
    
    
• International University GIS Centers
  
  • University of Edinburgh's GIS home page
    
    
• GIS Organizations
  
  • American Association of Geographers (AAG) GIS Speciality Group
  • Open GIS Consortium
    
    
• State Government GIS Programs (presently New England oriented)
  
  • Connecticut GIS and the GIS Data Repository at the Univ. of Conn. Library (MAGIC).
  • Maine Office of GIS
  • Massachusetts GIS (MassGIS)
  • New Hampshire State GIS (GRANIT)
  • Rhode Island GIS (RIGIS)
  • Vermont GIS
    
    
• Federal GIS Programs
  
  • Bureau of Land Management Geospatial Home Page
  • EPA - Links to the BASINS program, Geospatial Data Clearinghouse, and the Envirofacts Warehouse
  • US Census Bureau Tiger Mapping Service
  • USGS - GIS Home Page
  • USGS Biological Resources Division Geospatial Technology Home Page
  • US Fish and Wildlife Service: Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Data
  • USGS National Geospatial Data Clearing House
  • US Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
    • Clearinghouse Working Group
    • Earth Cover Working Group
      
      
• Other GIS Pages
  
  • The GIS FAQ From the page: "This is the index of frequently asked questions (FAQ) about Geographic Information Systems (GIS) along with answers to these questions. The FAQ is a resource of the comp.infosystems.gis newsgroup which is connected to the GIS-L mailing list."
  • Bill Thoen's notebook with links to lists, servers, etc.
  • Conservation GIS Consortium
    • Conservation GIS Starter Kit

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Remote Sensing Centers and Resources

• EROS Data Center
• Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, Rutgers University
• Environmental Remote Sensing Center, UW-Madison
• Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM)
• The Virtual WWW Remote Sensing Library
• University of Minnesota Remote Sensing Lab

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Earth Science Centers

• MIT Earth Resources Laboratory

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On-line Information Systems

• Harvard Geospatial Library
• Great Lakes Regional Environmental Information System

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GIS and Remote Sensing Software, Data, Service Vendors and Suppliers

Note, appearance on this list does not necessarily indicate endorsement by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

• Applied Geographics, Inc., Boston, MA.
• Caliper Corporation, Newton, MA
• Delorme Mapping, Freeport, ME.
• Leica Systems
• Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, California (see also above)
• Genasys, Ft. Collins, CO (US)
• GIS Data Depot, The - Selfstyled "superstore" for GIS data on the web.  Free downloads. Write to CD for charge.
• GRASS- Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, CERL, US Army Corp. Engineers, Champaign, IL
• Harvard Design & Mapping, Cambridge, MA.
• The IDRISI Project, Clark Univ., Worcester, MA
• Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL
• Manifold, Carson City, NV
• MapInfo, Troy, NY
• PCI/TYDAC, Richmond Hill, Ontario
• Technology Planning and Management Corporation, Durham, NC

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GIS Publications

• Geo Info Systems
• GIS World

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GIS Employment

• GeoSearch, an employment agency
• GeoWeb Job News

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