Information
about ANR and collaborating centers
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CAMFER
- UC Berkeley's Center for Monitoring and Assessment of Forest
and Environmental Resources
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GISC -
UC Berkeley's Geographic Information Science Center
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Integrated
Hardwood Range Management Program IHRMP
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Invasive
species monitoring resources
Related
agency and institute information
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USDA:
GIS Data for Farmers (Agriculture
related data such as soil, water, air, plant,
animals, land ownership, field boundaries,
demographics, socio economics, climate and conservation
practices will be available on line
for
the use of farmers.)
Related
Professional Organizations
Related Company Information
Publications
GIS
AND REMOTE SENSING DATA
Organized
by Agency or Data Source
ll Organized by Data Type
GIS and Remote
Sensing Data (by agency or data source):
| General
Information about GIS Data Sources |
Data
Sources for GIS, provided by Kenneth E. Foote and Margaret Lynch, The
Geographer's Craft Project, Department
of Geography, University of Texas at Austin.
GIS Dictionary
Geo-Spatial
Datasets - CU Bolder Geography Resources
GIS
Data Depot - Free GIS data
ESRI
Free Resources:
• Geography Network
• ArcData Online
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| US
Federal Government Agency and Department Data Sources |
Department
of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
US Census Bureau
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA)
Department of the Interior
U.
S. Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Geological Survey
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)
Federal Geographic Data Committee
(FGDC)
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| National
Level Projects |
Alexandria
Digital Library Project - Spatial data on the web |
| California
State Agencies |
California Digital Conservation Atlas
California
Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES)
California
Geographical Survey-Downloadable census, TIGER and DEM data for California
and the U.S.
California Department of Forestry
(CDF)
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Fire and Resource Protection Agency
(FRAP)
California
State Lands Commission: Has 71/2-minute quads available for download,
as well as other good info.
California
Spatial Information Library - California Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) web portal.
State
of California, Teale Data Center-The GIS Technology Center maintains
a data library of over 35 types of geography. Library coverages are in
ARC/INFO format and are convertible to other file formats as required .
Online
Geographic Information from the CA State Lands Commission GIS Unit-Wide
range of data offered in ARC/INFO workspaces.
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| Local
Government Agencies |
ABAG
(Association of Bay Area Governments) Regional Data Center-Census,
employment, retail, zip code data and projections.
San
Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)-Provides selected digital
thematic geographic data laters in ArcInfo export format.
San
Francisco Bay Area Regional Database (BARD)-Access to DEMS', DRG's,
DLG's, and DRQ's for Bay Area Region.
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| Regional
Data Sources |
UC Berkeley's
Digital Library Geographic
Data
California
GIS data sources, courtesy of Colin Brooks
GIS
Downloads - regional data
Bay
Area GIS Community
Northern
Sierra Nevada Geographic Information
Russian
River Spatial Data-Downloadable habitat-related shapefiles.
Great
Central Valley GIS data library at CSU Stanislaus
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GIS
AND REMOTE SENSING SOFTWARE
Some
general information:
Comparison
of ESRI products
Comparison
of GIS Software
Evaluating
GIS software
| FREE
GIS Software |
http://freegis.org/index.en.html |
Cyze & Associates
Cyze |
Software
downloads.INcludes some cool 3-D software, and some AV extensions. |
| Generic
Mapping Tool
GMT |
(GMT
is a free, public-domain collection of ~60 UNIX tools that
allow users to manipulate (x,y) and (x,y,z) data sets and produce
Encapsulated PostScript File (EPS) illustrations ranging from
simple x-y plots through contour maps to artificially illuminated
surfaces and 3-D perspective views.)
Check it out! |
| Erdas
Software
Imagine |
Powerful,
but expensive, image processing software. |
| ESRI
Software
ESRI |
ArcView
- Useful downloadable Avenue scripts and extensions:
Xtools -
provided by the Oregon
Department of Forestry.
Xtools
is helpful in converting projections, and it provides a
menu driven alternatives to the INTERSECT command among
many other things;
GIS
Tools - developed by researchers at the USGS Alaska Biological
Sciences Center. They provide two extensions:
Spatial
tools - provides tools that extend the capabilities of
Spatial Analyst, Animal
movement - provides functions specifically designed to
aid in the analysis of animal movement
ArcView
GIS extensions - hundreds of possible scripts and extensions Interdisciplinary
Spatial Information Systems Center, Fresno CA. List
of extensions and ArcGIS
tips.
ArcInfo:
ArcScripts -
Useful downloadable AMLs and other scripts
ArcExplorer (free
viewer for local and Internet ESRI data) |
| IDRISI
IDRISI |
From
Clark University, low-cost raster GIS and Remote Sensing software
package. |
| Manifold
Manifold |
Manifold
has software for 3D data analysis, mapping, and database. |
| MapInfo
MapInfo |
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| MicroCAM
MicroCAM |
Map
projection program |
| MicroDEM
MicroDEM |
Free
and downloadable Digital Elevation Model visualization and
analysis tool. This package is really cool, and is better than
ArcView for mosaicing DEMs, doing hillshades, changing color
schemes and building great fly-throughs. I highly recommend
it. |
| MicroMSI
MicroMSI
Information
MicroMSI
Download site |
MicroMSI
is a multi-spectral imagery analysis program that is optimized
for commonly available microcomputer hardware (Windows). I
have not tried this on my computer, but have seen a demo, and
the AAG microcomputer specialty group is sponsoring it. |
| MultiSpec
MultiSpec
Information |
"MultiSpec
is being developed at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN,
by David Landgrebe and Larry Biehl from the School of Electrical
and Computer Engineering and LARS. It results from an on-going
multiyear research effort which is intended to define robust
and fundamentally based technology for analyzing multispectral
and hyperspectral image data, and to transfer this technology
to the user community in as rapid a manner as possible. The
results of the research are implemented into MultiSpec and
made available to the user community via the download pages.
MultiSpec© with its documentation© is distributed
without charge."
- I got this downloaded and have played with it. It is very useful for
preliminary classifications, and display. |
| Pacific
Meridian Software
Fragstats |
Powerful
software for computing landscape metrics from spatial data |
| PCI
Geomatics
Geomatica |
Geomatica™ FreeView
is the new viewing environment for working with a variety of
data, including imagery, vectors, and graphical bitmaps. FreeView
allows the viewing, enhancing, and examination of remotely
sensed imagery such as LANDSAT, SPOT, RADARSAT, ERS-1, NOAA
AVHRR, and aerial photography. Use FreeView to overlay GIS
data and view the associated attribute data.
I
have not checked this out, but it sure looks cool! |
TRAINING
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Source
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Training
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Cost
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Schedule
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| ESRI's
Virtual Campus |
Various
courses, from Introduction to ArcView to specific GIS tasks
(i.e. GIS for watershed analysis). |
Cost
varies. Some segments are free, some are $19.95 and some are
$79.95.
You complete these on your personal computer, which must have web access
and ArcView (other specifications are listed).
There
is also a 40% discount for those involved in education. |
You
can take these courses anytime you want. ESRI's
Virtual Campus |
| ESRI
Training |
Many
courses, offered at ESRI training sites around the country.
Courses are offered in Redlands and Sacramento. Courses are
usually several days in duration. They are more thorough and
expensive than their virtual counterparts |
Costs
range from $500 to around $2,000. |
Schedule
is set by ESRI, and listed on the web page. ESRI
Training |
| UC
Berkeley's GIS Center's
GIS
education program |
GISC
offers:
GIS
short courses, Academic courses, and Will
soon offer extension courses in pursuit of a professional
GIS certificate
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Short
courses: Regular price (6 hours): $90. |
Short
course schedule for 2000 |
| UC
Berkeley Extension |
UCB
Extension offers 2 classes at present: Introduction to GIS and GIS
Tools and Solutions: Can They work for my organization.
Extension
will begin a "Program in GIS" beginning in Summer 2000. |
Courses
range from $300 - $500. |
UC
Berkeley Extension Catalog |
| UC
Riverside |
UCR
Extension offers a Certificate, short and long courses, seminars,
workshops, online GIS courses and the intensive GIS Summer
School where participants can earn the entire Certificate in
2 months. The GIS Orientation is free. |
Cost
is $3500-$4500 for the Certificate. Individual courses, $295-$495. |
www.ucrextension.net/gis |
| Community
College classes |
Your
Local Community College might have GIS courses available. |
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| My on-line
exercise using ArcView, listing some of the more useful
and basic ArcView commands. |
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| On-line
training opportunities |
GIS,
remote sensing and GPS training |
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