websites frequented by
geographers
Why would students want to surf geography websites?
University of Washington
Consortium for Geographic Information and Analysis (UWCGIA)
An organization for everyone at the UW who uses GIS, remote sensing, and
related technolgies. This and links to local GIS users attempt to further
collaboration with each other, and to share what we are doing with those
outside the UW.
http://wa-node.gis.washington.edu/uwcgia/
Gunter Krumme's home
page Contains a web of interrelated information on geography: general
resources, courses in geography, work that geographers do, educational
resources, sites where geographers find work, and homesite for The Association
of Washington Geographers.
http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/
links to educational programs
in geography
Geography Departments
Worldwide
http://geowww.uibk.ac.at/geolinks/
Geography
Resources: Academic Departments Worldwide
Organized alphabetically by country, alternative links also provided.
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/virtdept/resources/depts/depts.htm
North
American Geography Departments (UNC-CH Geog Dept.)
http://www.unc.edu/depts/geog/depts/northam-map.html
Virtual
Geography Department Project
"Linking the discipline worldwide using the Internet and Worldwide
Web."
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/virtdept/contents.html
other links by topic
general
AAG
(Association of American Geographers)
http://www.aag.org/
About.com - sites for geography-related links
Best
of the Net Awards Geography,1998
http://geography.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa100598.htm
Best
of the Net Awards Geography, 1999
http://geography.about.com/education/geography/library/misc/blbon99.htm?rnk=r&terms=Best+of+the+Net+1999
Careers
in Geography
http://geography.miningco.com/education/geography/msub41.htm?pid=2820&cob=home
Definitive Collection
of Net Links (About.com - miscellaneous list)
http://geography.miningco.com/mlibrary.htm
Professional
Geography and Geographic Education
http://geography.about.com/education/geography/msubmenu4.htm
Country Studies
Library of Congress, Federal Research Div, Area Handbook Series
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
General
Geography Sites
Very extensive list of geography-related sites around the world. Includes
separate list of sites devoted to GIS and remote sensing, as well as geography
and GIS news groups. Compiled at Univ Utrecht, GLOBIS
http://www.frw.ruu.nl/nicegeo.html
Geographic
Alliance Network
List of state web sites, some of which are moribund.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/alliancelinks.html
Geography
Resource Center
Eclectic, useful and interesting geography-related links - journals, associations,
maps, data, departments, jobs, educational resources, software vendors
and miscellaneous links! Compiled at Univ of Texas, Austin.
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/virtdept/resources/contents.htm
GISLinx.com
Site was compiled to provide GIS users with a quick and easy resource
for GIS needs.
http://www.gislinx.com/
Internet Resources
Miscellaneous resources in geography, compiled at Texas A&M Univ.
http://geog.tamu.edu/other/internet.htm
Northwest
Policy Center
The Northwest Policy Center is "dedicated to improving public strategies
which foster the vitality of Northwest communities, the economic well-being
of the region's people, and the health of the natural environment."
http://depts.washington.edu/npcbox/
Professional
Geography and Geographic Education
http://geography.about.com/education/geography/msubmenu4.htm
UN CyberSchoolBus
Resource Source
United Nations "resource source" for information that ranges
from global trends, and databases down to pictures of national flags.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/menureso.htm
Virtual
Geography Department Project
"Linking the discipline worldwide using the Internet and Worldwide
Web."
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/virtdept/contents.html
business, economic, urban,
location analysis, etc.
Business and Marketing
Geography Resources
Information and resources on GIS and commercial real estate compiled by
Grant Thrall.
http://wa-node.gis.washington.edu/uwcgia/
Geography
Resources for Business and GIS
Compiled by Grant Thrall for the American Real Estate Soc and the Am Real
Estate and Urban Economics Association.
http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/thrall/ares/geography/
GeoInfo Systems magazine
http://www.geoinfosystems.com/
GeoPlace magazines
Access to several online geography-related magazines is provided here.
Most are business-related.
http://www.geoplace.com/
Links by Mundy
Focused on economic, market and valuation analysis, relating to complex
real estate issues.
http://www.mundyassoc.com/links.htm
environmental
Environmental News
Links to current news stories with environmental focus and implications.
http://www.eco-pros.com/environm.htm
GIS-related resources
Center for Advanced
Land Management Information Technologies - CALMIT
Lists organizations with interdisciplinary interests and expertise
in land management technologies, particularly in relation to GIS and remote
sensing. Focus is on mid-West region, with links to many other areas and
organizations.
http://ulysses.unl.edu/calmit/gisrs.html
Netzines - GIS
Online Magazines
About.com's briefly annotated list.
http://gis.about.com/education/gis/msub7.htm
Getting Started with
GIS - Resources and Links
Part of an introductory course to GIS
http://www.prenhall.com/clarke/sites.html
GIS WWW Resource List
- U of Edinburgh and Assoc for Geographic Info
A gigantic "index of World-Wide Web (WWW) servers which are likely
to be of interest to the GIS community." Contains links to vendors,
as well as governmental, non-prof, academic and other kinds of organizations,
particularly non-US-based.
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/giswww.html
http://www.spatial-effects.com/SE-hotlist1.html#D
miscellaneous maps and map-related
sites
Publications of the U.S. Geological
Survey
http://usgs-georef.cos.com./
Topographic
Maps on CD-ROM - Geography - 06-21-99 - http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa062199.htm
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