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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/

General Purpose Basemaps

Baltic Universities Project
Offered downloadable GIS files in MapGrafix and MapII/Map Factory format (for Macintosh). Site is now closed, but project leaders for various Baltic countries can still be contacted by email.
http://www.hydroconsult.se/UGIS/BUGIS.html

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


Searchable Databases

GEONet Names Server (GNS)
Gazetteer includes UTM coordinates and latitude and longitude of world features to four decimal points.
http://164.214.2.59/gns/html/index.html
or go through their main page: http://www.nima.mil

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

 


Data for Sale or Licensing

T-Kartor Sweden AB
GIS maps of Sweden. All villages of 50+ inhabitants are shown.
http://www.esri.com/base/data/catalog/tkar/tkar_des.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


Free GIS Software



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


Online GIS

Archeologis
Prototype GIS covering ancient sites along the Via Aurelia and Via Domizia.
http://www.aec2000.it/archeologis

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

Other GIS Indexes

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/

Articles Online

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