Topozone Update
It looks like TopoZone now incorporates clickable feature names (probably pulling from the Geographic Names Information System). So, if you are browsing through the topographic maps, you can click on schools, hospitals, mountain peaks, and other features, and the name will appear at the top. Perhaps they are still populating it, as the coverage doesn't seem to be complete (it was fine in Virginia where I looked, but was spotty in Colorado). Still, a very nice enhancement.
WebGIS.com
www.webgis.com is an excellent free source for USGS digital line graphs (vector rivers, transportation, boundaries, and other layers), land use, and DEM data. It is particularly valuable as a back-up data source when the web-based services such as the seamless.usgs.gov server is down. One particularly nice feature is that you have a choice on either latitude-longitude or UTM output for most layers.
Geospatialcareers.net
The following site was just placed online:http://www.geospatialcareers.net. This wonderful site is for students and others interested in learning aboutcareers in geospatial technologies. It features career information andprofiles of people who use geospatial technologies. Since people withskills in geospatial technologies are needed in a wide variety of fields, this site was developed to encourage and assist those interested inexploring career options. It is sponsored by the NH Space GrantConsortium in partnership with NH GRANIT and the University of NewHampshire Cooperative Extension. They've done a wonderful job with thisand it will be an excellent addition to career presentations, GIS-basedworkshops, and more.You might even recognize someone you know on the site...me.
Google Earth Enhancement
Google has upgraded its mapping tools and satellite imagery; see article on http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2068608&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds03122)
New Sources for USGS Topographic Quadrangle Indexes
Topographic quadrangle indexes, still useful for digital spatial data such as DRGs, DOQs, DLGs, and DEMs and other layers still in7.5-minute format).
Geomart: http://www.geomart.com/
Map Express now has PDF versions of the indexes online (1:24K only). You can even download copies of the pdf's onto your computer: http://mapexp.com/ - Click on "Free State Indexes" on the left, then click the pdf link.
My favorite USGS indexes are still on http://www.maplink.com. The USGS also has its quad indexes on http://store.usgs.gov
Forbes Article on GIS
I found out from the fine folks at ESRI Canada that a recent article inForbes highlights the increase in Internet-based map tools and also provides some great examples about how GIS is used: whether you're lookingfor dog-friendly hotels or tracking the avian flu virus, map softwares is hot technology: http://www.forbes.com/global/2006/0605/062.html
The US Census Bureau has released two special data products for the Gulf Coast area affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. These socioeconomic and demographic products may be of interest if you teach there OR if youwant to use the data inside a GIS to analyze population change. Why didsome counties see an emigration and other an immigration? Quite fascinating to look at the patterns. First product are population estimates for the hurricane-affected areasalong the Gulf Coast as of 1/1/06. These estimates provide populationfigures before and after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the region lastfall. Estimates cover the (117) counties designated by FEMA as eligiblefor public assistance.http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/emergencies/impacted_gulf_estimates.html The second product are demographic, socioeconomic, and housing characteristicsfor those 117 counties as collected by the Census Bureau's American Community Survey: http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Profiles/gulf_coast/index.htm
It looks like TopoZone now incorporates clickable feature names (probably pulling from the Geographic Names Information System). So, if you are browsing through the topographic maps, you can click on schools, hospitals, mountain peaks, and other features, and the name will appear at the top. Perhaps they are still populating it, as the coverage doesn't seem to be complete (it was fine in Virginia where I looked, but was spotty in Colorado). Still, a very nice enhancement.
WebGIS.com
www.webgis.com is an excellent free source for USGS digital line graphs (vector rivers, transportation, boundaries, and other layers), land use, and DEM data. It is particularly valuable as a back-up data source when the web-based services such as the seamless.usgs.gov server is down. One particularly nice feature is that you have a choice on either latitude-longitude or UTM output for most layers.
Geospatialcareers.net
The following site was just placed online:http://www.geospatialcareers.net. This wonderful site is for students and others interested in learning aboutcareers in geospatial technologies. It features career information andprofiles of people who use geospatial technologies. Since people withskills in geospatial technologies are needed in a wide variety of fields, this site was developed to encourage and assist those interested inexploring career options. It is sponsored by the NH Space GrantConsortium in partnership with NH GRANIT and the University of NewHampshire Cooperative Extension. They've done a wonderful job with thisand it will be an excellent addition to career presentations, GIS-basedworkshops, and more.You might even recognize someone you know on the site...me.
Google Earth Enhancement
Google has upgraded its mapping tools and satellite imagery; see article on http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2068608&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds03122)
New Sources for USGS Topographic Quadrangle Indexes
Topographic quadrangle indexes, still useful for digital spatial data such as DRGs, DOQs, DLGs, and DEMs and other layers still in7.5-minute format).
Geomart: http://www.geomart.com/
Map Express now has PDF versions of the indexes online (1:24K only). You can even download copies of the pdf's onto your computer: http://mapexp.com/ - Click on "Free State Indexes" on the left, then click the pdf link.
My favorite USGS indexes are still on http://www.maplink.com. The USGS also has its quad indexes on http://store.usgs.gov
Forbes Article on GIS
I found out from the fine folks at ESRI Canada that a recent article inForbes highlights the increase in Internet-based map tools and also provides some great examples about how GIS is used: whether you're lookingfor dog-friendly hotels or tracking the avian flu virus, map softwares is hot technology: http://www.forbes.com/global/2006/0605/062.html
The US Census Bureau has released two special data products for the Gulf Coast area affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. These socioeconomic and demographic products may be of interest if you teach there OR if youwant to use the data inside a GIS to analyze population change. Why didsome counties see an emigration and other an immigration? Quite fascinating to look at the patterns. First product are population estimates for the hurricane-affected areasalong the Gulf Coast as of 1/1/06. These estimates provide populationfigures before and after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the region lastfall. Estimates cover the (117) counties designated by FEMA as eligiblefor public assistance.http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/emergencies/impacted_gulf_estimates.html The second product are demographic, socioeconomic, and housing characteristicsfor those 117 counties as collected by the Census Bureau's American Community Survey: http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Profiles/gulf_coast/index.htm
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