Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Maps Resources

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Maps Resources

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Subject Guide

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A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a system for the management, analysis, and display of geographic information. GIS involves many elements including hardware, software, and data which allows the user to create customized, detail maps on a variety of topics. Listed below are GIS interactive mapping sites at the local, national, and international levels and other useful Web sites with relevant documents and additional resources.

Iowa top

Geological Survey [1]
GeoTREE [2] (GeoInformatics Training, Research, Education, & Extension Center)
Iowa Environmental Mesonet [3]
Iowa Geographic Information Council [4]
Iowa Geographic Map Server [5]
Iowa Geospatial Data Clearinghouse [6]
Iowa Rivers Information System [7] (IRIS)
Maps and Geographic Files [8] (State Library of Iowa)
Natural Resources Geographic Information Systems Library [9] (NRGIS)
Office of Transportation Data [10]
STORM Project [11] (Remote Sensing Data)

United States top

Geodata.gov: U.S. Maps & Data [12]
Geographic Information Systems Laboratory [13] (MIT: by State)
GIS Gateway [14] (U.S. Census Bureau)
GIS and Public Health [15] (National Center for Health Statistics)
National Atlas of the United States of America [16]
National Map Viewer [17]
Google Maps [18]
MSR Maps [19] (Microsoft Research Maps)
NRCS Web Soil Survey [20]
TopoZone [21] (Maps a la carte, Inc.)
U.S. Census Bureau: Geography [22]
U.S. Gazetteer [23]

International top

Bing Maps [24] (includes MultiMaps)
Global Health Atlas [25] (World Health Organization)
Globalis [26] (United Nations)
MapMachine [27] (National Geographic)
My Topo MapServer [28]
National Atlas of Canada [29]
NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center [30] (NGDC)
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection [31]
United Nations: Online Atlas [32]
USGS Global Visualization Viewer [33]

Documents top

Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing [34]
GIS Dictionary [35] (AGI)
GIS Dictionary [36] (ESRI)
Importing Spatial Data [37]

Tutorials top

Getting Started with a GIS [38] (RGS)
Geographic Information Systems [39] (Poster - USGS)
GIS Tutorial [40] (GIS Development Pvt. Ltd.)
GIS Tutorials [41] (NOAA)

Other Web Resources top

GIS Internet Resources [42] (Topographic Engineering Center)
Odden's Bookmarks [43]

Related Library Documents top

Library GIS Policy [44]
Campus Referral Document [45] (GIS - Geographic Information Systems)
How to Get Started Using GIS Software [46] (Quick Help)

Last Updated: Sept. 29, 2010 Last Revised: May 2009 Ellen Neuhaus

Angela Cox

Links:
[1] http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/
[2] http://www.geotree.uni.edu/
[3] http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/GIS/
[4] http://www.iowagic.org/
[5] http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/
[6] http://maps.gis.iastate.edu/clearinghouse/
[7] http://maps.gis.iastate.edu/iris/
[8] http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/specialized-services/datacenter/browse/geography.html
[9] http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/nrgislibx/
[10] http://www.iowadotmaps.com/
[11] http://www.uni.edu/storm/
[12] http://gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos
[13] http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/data/datalinks/statedataweb.html
[14] http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gis_gateway.html
[15] http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/gis.htm
[16] http://www.nationalatlas.gov/
[17] http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm
[18] http://maps.google.com/
[19] http://msrmaps.com/default.aspx
[20] http://soils.usda.gov/
[21] http://www.topozone.com/
[22] http://www.census.gov/geo/www/index.html
[23] http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
[24] http://www.bing.com/maps/
[25] http://www.who.int/globalatlas/
[26] http://globalis.gvu.unu.edu/
[27] http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/maps/map-machine.html#s=r&c=43.74999999999998,%20-99.71000000000001&z=4
[28] http://mapserver.mytopo.com/homepage/index.cfm
[29] http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/sitemap/index.html
[30] http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/maps/interactivemaps.html
[31] http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
[32] http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm
[33] http://glovis.usgs.gov/
[34] http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/abbrev.html
[35] http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidict/welcome.html
[36] http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=knowledgebase.gisDictionary.gateway
[37] http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/apdatgis/60672/HTML/default/a002292100.htm
[38] http://www.gis.rgs.org/
[39] http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/gis_poster/
[40] http://www.gisdevelopment.net/tutorials/
[41] http://www.csc.noaa.gov/products/sccoasts/html/gistut.htm
[42] http://www.agc.army.mil/gis/
[43] http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.php
[44] http://www.library.uni.edu/sites/default/files/policies/GISpubpol.pdf
[45] http://www.library.uni.edu/sites/default/files/instruction/referral3.pdf
[46] http://www.library.uni.edu/sites/default/files/instruction/quickhelp.pdf