NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Offers satellite radar images of archaeological sites in Asia and the Near East,
including views of Giza, the Great Wall of China, Angkor, and the city of Florence.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/radar/sircxsar/
CIESIN
SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) offers basemaps and population
data for China and Mexico, downloadable via FTP.
http://sedac.ciesin.org
U.S. National Parks Service
Gazetteer related to National Parks and other geospatial data.
ftp://ftp.its.nps.gov/pub/
Intermountain GIS Support Center
Digital orthophotos and scanned images of Petroglyphs National Monument and Pecos National Historic Park. DEM of Salinas Missions.
http://nps.unm.edu/doq.htm
U.S. Geographic Names Server
Downloadable database of over 2 million physical and cultural geographic features.
http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/
Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)
Offers interactive online mapping and some free data.
http://www.esri.com
"Thailand on a Disk"
Ordering information for Thailand datasets and free downloadable political boundaries layer. In PC Arc/Info format, compatible with ArcView. Scale: 1:250,000.
http://www.tei.or.th/eic/
US GeoData
Free USGS maps to download.
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/doc/edchome/ndcdb/ndcdb.html
Cartographic Data Archives
Free digital maps; currently focuses on U.S. maps. Invites anyone to add their data to the website.
http://spectrum.xerox.com/pub/map/www/index/html
Guide to Online & Mostly Free U.S. Geospatial & Attribute Data
As the name says.
http://cast.uark.edu/local/hunt/index.html#BASE
GIS for Development in South Africa
A centralized site for the coordination of South African spatial data.
http://196.25.65.2/gis/main.htm
MapMaker Free Basemaps
Free basemaps of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and counties of the U.K.
http://www.ibmpcug.co.uk/~MapMaker/
ESRI Digital Chart of the World
Download up to one entire country from the ESRI Digital Chart of the World (1:1,000,000 scale) through the Pennsylvania State University Library.
http://www.maproom.psu.edu/dcw
Global Landcover GIS Maps
Free downloadable maps, currently covering North and South America and Africa.
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/landdaac/glce/glcc_na.html
Worldwide Airports
Database of airport locations.
http://www.atinet.org/~Steve/cs150/airports
Register of the National Estate
Searchable database of heritage sites in Australia; gives location mapping information when available.
http://www.erin.gov.au/portfolio/ahc/medb/rne_search.html
SatCITTA
Satellite images of main Italian cities and street maps at 1:10,000.
http://www.esri.com/base/data/catalog/esri/esrt_des.html
Bartholomew HarperCollins Cartographic EuroMaps
GIS maps of Great Britain at 1:250,000; London at 1:5,000
http://www.esri.com/base/data/catalog/bart/bart_des.html
"Thailand on a Disk"
Thailand datasets at 1:250,000 in PC Arc/Info format, compatible with ArcView.
http://www.tei.or.th/eic/
ACASIAN
Extensive set of GIS data for Asia and the former Soviet Union. Includes the Great wall of China at 1:1m and much more.
http://www.asian.gu.edu/au
MapInfo ProViewer
v.6.0
(allows users to view and exchange MapInfo maps)
http://www.mapinfo.com
MapMaker trial demo
(for Windows)
http://www.ibmpcug.co.uk/~MapMaker/
OSU
Map-for-the-PC
(raster GIS)
http://thoth.sbs.ohio-state.edu/osumap/
Drawmap
(for Linux or Unix)
http:/www.ttc-cmc.net/~fme/drawmap.html
GRASS
(raster GIS)
http://www.baylor.edu/grass/index2.htm
Native American Maps
Interactive thematic maps related to Native Americans in the U.S. and Canada.
http://indy4.fdl.cc.mn.us/~isk/maps/mapmenu.html
Subterranean
Rome/Roma Sotterranea
Interactive map of subterranean cultural sites in Rome. (Italian only.)
http://www.underome.com
Balkans Regional Atlas
Interactive maps of the Balkan region.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/balkan/regter.html
Baltic Sea Drainage Basin
Maps include Baltic country boundaries (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) and major cities.
http://www.grida.no/baltic/htmls/maps.htm
Canada NAIS
Interactive online GIS of Canada.
http://ellesmere.ccin.emrca/naismap/naismap.html
Edinburgh
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/research/massam.html
Jim Aylward's List
The Mother of All GIS Lists, in my opinion. More than 500 links.
http://www.hdm.com/gis3.htm
ESRI Cultural GIS Resources
A specialized list, as the name indicates.
GIS Internet Resources List
Great list, organized by category.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/UCBGIS/gisdirss.html
Nice Geography Sites
Index of links related to GIS, geography and remote sensing, organized by category.
http://www.frw.ruu.nl:80/nicegeo.html
GIS WWW Resource List
Extensive index of GIS Web resources, in alphabetical order.
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/giswww.html
GEOWeb Project
A project to improve geographic data accessibility.
http://wings.buffalo.edu/geoweb/
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