GIS, Digital Mapping and Map Collections

AGIS for Windows
A simple mapping and shareware GIS application. Very user friendly.
http://www.agismap.com/webgis.html

AGIS links to free map geographic name data
http://www.agismap.com/webgis.html

AirData : Access to Air Pollution Data
United States Environmental Protection Agency
The AirData Web site gives you access to air pollution data for the entire United States. AirData produces reports and maps of air pollution data based on criteria specified by viewers. AirData presents annual summaries of air pollution data from two EPA databases:
*AQS (Air Quality System) database provides air monitoring data - ambient concentrations of criteria air pollutants at monitoring sites, primarily in cities and towns.
*NEI (National Emission Inventory) database provides estimates of annual emissions of criteria and hazardous air pollutants from all types of sources.
The NEI database in 2002 replaced two separate EPA databases for emissions of criteria air pollutants (National Emission Trends, or NET) and hazardous air pollutants (National Toxics Inventory, or NTI). In English.
http://www.epa.gov/air/data/index.html

AIRS Graphics on the Web or AGWeb
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Access to maps and charts of air pollution information. Specify criteria, such as pollutant name and amount; AGWeb produces a map and displays it in your Internet browser. The data for AGWeb maps and charts comes from EPA's Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS). There are two main types of data: air quality measurements and pollutant emissions estimates.
http://www.epa.gov/agweb/

Alexandria Digital Library, The
University of California, Santa Barbara
Includes Universe
http://www.alexandria.ucsb.edu/adl.html

American Geographical Society Collection
http://leardo.lib.uwm.edu/cart.html

Aral Sea Interactive Map
Clickable dots lead you to images, maps, & information about the Aral Sea Region. Image credits: GLAVKOSMOS and the Russian Scientific and Research Institute of Space Devices.
http://visearth.ucsd.edu/VisE_Int/aralsea/aral_map.html

Arctic Environmental Atlas
United Nations Environment Programme/GRID-Arendal
An interactive map presenting environmental information on the Arctic region. This map includes everything north of 50° north of the equator. Its themes concentrate on issues of biodiversity and conservation, and include Topography, Land Cover, Permafrost, Population Density, Human Impact & Wilderness. Featured are Protected areas, Ramsar areas, Glaciers Polar ice, Pack ice, Lakes, Rivers, Drainage Basins, and WWF Global 200 ecoregions. Also covered are ecological footprint, land-based pollution, and climate change. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) maintains and updates the Protected area and Ramsar area databases. In English.
http://maps.grida.no/arctic

Association for Geographic Information (AGI)
AGI represents interests which make up the UK geographic information community.
http://www.agi.org.uk/

Atlas of America's Polluted Waters
Total Maximum Daily Load Program
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water
A report from EPA that includes maps showing waters within each state that do not meet state water quality standards. States listed these waters in their most recent submission to EPA, generally, in 1998, as required by section 303(d) of the U.S. Federal Clean Water Act. This provision of the Clean Water Act requires a "total maximum daily load" or TMDL for each listed water. A key feature of the 1998 lists of polluted waters is that, for the first time, all states provided computer-based "geo-referencing" data that allow consistent mapping of these polluted waters. The maps are color coded to indicate the type of pollutant causing the pollution problem. And, bar charts show the types of pollutants impairing stream/river/coastal miles, and lakes/estuary/wetland acres. With downloadable pdf files.
http://www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/atlas/index.html

L'Atlas Catalan
http://www.bnf.fr/web-bnf/expos/ciel/catalan/index.htm

Atlas of Estonia Map
Institute of Baltic Studies
http://atlas.ibs.ee/

Atlas of United States Mortality
Released to the public on April 14, 1997, this atlas is the first to show all leading causes of death by race and sex for small U.S. geographic areas referred to as Health Service Areas (HSA's). The 18 causes of death included in this atlas account for 83 percent of all deaths in the United States during 1988-92. In addition to maps with age-adjusted death rates for each HSA, the atlas includes maps that compare each HSA rate to the national rate, smoothed maps for each cause that show the broad geographic patterns at selected ages, and a chart with regional rates for each cause of death.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/products/pubs/pubd/other/atlas/atlas.htm

AUSLIG - Australia Survey and Land Information Group
Australian National Mapping Agency
http://www.auslig.gov.au/

Baltic Marine Environment Information System
GIS user interface for network-based Baltic Marine Environment Information System. Bibliographic material on the Baltic Sea has been collected since 1975 within the framework of the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM). Presently, the database covers material since 1970 and is available online in Germany and Finland.
http://www.baltic.vtt.fi/

Baltic Sea Region GIS, Maps and Statistical Database Links to Nordic Countries. GIS, Maps and Statistical Database.
This Baltic Sea Region GIS, map and statistical database is a result of the Baltic Drainage Basin Project (BDBP). The BDBP was a multi-disciplinary research project under the EU 1991-1994 Environment Research Programme. This database was developed as joint effort between the Beijer Institute, Stockholm, Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University and UNEP/GRID-Arendal.
http://www.grida.no/baltic/

Berlin Environmental Information System (UIS)
Digital Environmental Atlas Berlin
Ministry of Urban Development, Environmental Protection and Technology
This interactive site employs data from the following areas as thematic focal points in the UIS: Soil, Water, Air, Climate, Biotopes, Land Use, and Traffic/Noise. Also includes the. In German and English.
http://www.sensut.berlin.de/sensut/umwelt/uisonline/
http://www.sensut.berlin.de/SenSUT/umwelt/uisonline/index_e.html

Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Non-point Sources (BASINS)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water/Office of Science and Technology
BASINS integrates a geographic information system (GIS), national watershed data, and state-of-the-art environmental assessment and modeling tools. BASINS 2.0 software, a published BASINS User's Manual and the CDROMs of the system files with the GIS Data by EPA Regions are available.
http://www.epa.gov/OST/BASINS/

Bodleian Library Map Room
Visit Oxford University's famous library's map collection online.
http://rsl.ox.ac.uk/nnj/

BG-Map
A computer mapping system for botanical gardens and similar institutions. It links plant records stored in the BG-BASE collections management database with an AutoCAD map, creating a powerful Geographic Information System (GIS).
http://www.libertynet.org/bgmap/

Boundary Litigation Group/GeoSystems
Provides maps for the monthly publication International Boundary Monitor, which focuses on a major boundary issue in the world.
http://blg.geosys.com/html/samples.html

California Data Exchange Center
California Department of Water Resources
Access Point to Operational Hydrologic Data for the State of California.
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/

California Emission Inventory Geographic Information System (CEIGIS)
California Air Resources Board, California Environmental Protection Agency
The ARB and local air pollution agencies collect criteria and toxic emission information from air pollution sources. This information is compiled to create the California Emission Inventory. This data is presented at this site. Interactive Emission Maps - The California Emission Inventory Geographic Information System (CEIGIS) allows users to create maps of criteria air pollutant emission sources and show their emissions data.
http://www.arb.ca.gov/emisinv/eib.htm

California pesticide use maps
Californians for Pesticide Reform
Each year in California, hundreds of millions of pounds of pesticides are applied to crops, soil and water, homes, schools, and workplaces. Our California pesticide use maps provide information about the location and amount of pesticides used for agricultural applications in 1995 in all of California's 58 counties.
http://www.igc.org/cpr/

Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research
GeoData Information Sources
Topics: http://www.cgrer.uiowa.edu/servers/servers_geodata.html

Center for Marine Conservation (CMS), The
The Center for Marine Conservation is the largest U.S. nonprofit organization committed solely to protecting ocean environments and conserving the global abundance and diversity of marine life through science-based advocacy, research, and public education, as well as informed citizen participation. CMC and the U.S. EPA's Oceans & Coastal Protection Division jointly offer two-day Volunteer Estuary Monitoring and operate the National Marine Debris Monitoring Program (NMDMP). This program has been designed to scientifically determine whether marine debris is increasing or decreasing along U.S. coastlines and identify the major sources of the debris. With Library and Resources, including a Map Room containing maps of Federally Protected Marine Sanctuary, Areas and Reserves. In English.
http://www.cmc-ocean.org

Center for Subsurface Modeling Support
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency A source for publicly available ground-water and vadose zone modeling software and services. Includes On-line Model Information Database developed in cooperation with the International Ground Water Modeling Center (IGWMC).
http://www.epa.gov/ada/csmos.html

CITAS Data / China In Time And Space (CITAS)
CITAS data sets include vectorized base maps of China, georeferenced socioeconomic data, bibliographic resources and utilities for coding data of administrative units. Current (January 1997) offerings emphasize county-level data and base maps for the period 1982-1990. Depending on the dataset, data are provided in ARC/INFO interchange format, SPSS, or ASCII.
http://citas.csde.washington.edu/

Coalition Clean Baltic (Sweden)
Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB) is a politically independent, non-profit association that unites 27 member organizations from Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. The main goal of CCB is to promote the protection and improvement of the Baltic Sea environment and natural resources. CCB participates as a joint lobby organization for the member organizations towards intergovern-mental Baltic Sea organizations such as the HELCOM (Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission) and the International Baltic Sea Fisheries Commission (IBSFC), the BALTIC 21-process as well as towards the European Union. CCB as an organization has decided to focus on three priority areas:
  1. Reduction of the harmful nutrient load to the Baltic Sea,
  2. Preventions of installations and activities harmful to the Baltic Sea Environment, and
  3. Development of sustainable Baltic Sea Fisheries.
Includes map of Baltic Sea Region Hot Spots. In English.
http://www.ccb.se

Coastline Extractor
United States Geologic Service
The electronic form provided on this site allows you to extract coastline segments bounded by a specified latitude/longitude range and plots the extracted coastline. The selected data returned by the query is an ASCII flat file with two columns containing longitude and latitude in decimal degrees (west negative). Includes World Vector Shoreline. This data is suitable for map scales of 1:250,000 or smaller.
http://crusty.er.usgs.gov//coast/getcoast.html

CommonGIS - Common Access to Geographically Referenced Data
Esprit Project
CommonGIS will unlock large volumes of statistical, geographically referenced data available from providers by providing an easy-to-use tool for accessing and visualizing such data. Via the Internet, users would need only to select data, a map of the area, and hit the button: „Visualize". A thematic map will be automatically generated, which can be further explored using direct, visually apparent manipulation techniques. Two existing Java-based tools, a GIS product and a prototype for the automatic, knowledge-based generation of thematic maps will be further enhanced and integrated. The tool development will go hand in hand with its application, evaluation and validation at different user sites. Common GIS EC Projects: http://taws08.jrc.it/commongis/

Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response
HealthMap
World Health Organisation
Find information on infectious diseases and global health security. Features communicable disease surveillance and response, epidemic alert and response, index of reported disease outbreaks, anti-infective drug resistance and biosafety. HealthMap provides information on how mapping helps public health programmes. With Document Centre in English and French.
http://www.who.int/emc/
http://www.who.int/emc/healthmap/healthmap.html

Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations (CAMEO (r))
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
CAMEO is system of software applications used widely to plan for and respond to chemical emergencies. It is one of the tools developed by EPA's Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to assist front-line chemical emergency planners and responders. They can use CAMEO to access, store, and evaluate information critical for developing emergency plans. CAMEO also can be used with a separate software application called LandView III to display EPA environmental databases and demographic/economic information to support analysis of environmental justice issues. The CAMEO system integrates a chemical database and a method to manage the data, an air dispersion model, and a mapping capability (MARPLOT). Available in Macintosh, Windows, and DOS formats. The software may be downloaded at no cost. The site also contains training materials and links to CAMEO users.
http://www.epa.gov/ceppo/cameo/index.htm

Cyber Geography Research
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA)
University College London (UK)
A list of information resources designed to help measure and map the new virtual geographies of the Internet, the Web and Cyberspace. With the Atlas of Cyberspaces, Geography of Cyberspace Directory and Cyber-Geography Research Bulletin. The series Network Weather Maps provide snaps shot views of network performance and traffic flows in near real-time. Surf Maps help visualise web browsing by providing a visual history by graphing the structure of the Web as you go. Also including a range of maps of the geographic structure of popular graphical 3D virtual worlds. In English, French, Italian, Portugese and Spanish.
http://www.cybergeography.org

Data en Ontwikkeling in Geografische Informatie Systemen.
Een groeiende onderneming, met vijf jaar ervaring in het jonge, zich snel ontwikkelende vakgebied. Zonder 'pretenties' van groot-aanbod in GIS-software, -gegevens en (rand)apparatuur werkt Adogis gestaag aan maatwerk voor de klant.
http://www.gis.nl/members/adogis/index.html

DDCarto
SEDAC's Demographic Data Cartogram Service
This site provides digital coverages of U.S. Census demographics to GIS users.
http://plue.sedac.ciesin.org/plue/ddcarto/

Digital Chart of the World Map Server
Pennsylvania State University Libraries
http://www.maproom.psu.edu/dcw/

Digital Tectonic Activity Map
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
The Digital Tectonic Activity Map (DTAM) is a new visualization tool for both researcher and educator alike to better understand tectonic activity of our planet for the past 1 million years. DTAM is a Geographical Information System (GIS) that displays a realistic synoptic view of present global tectonism by filling in the cartographic gap between conventional geological maps and plate reconstruction maps. The DTAM was created using current global datasets of seismicity, volcanism, and plate motions that were integrated with topography and bathymetry measurements derived from satellite gravity data. Macroscopic structural features were integrated via field studies from various researchers, space geodesy, and space-borne imagery (e.g. astronaut photography, Landsat). This integrative technique provides a new and unique visualization tool that presents an actual representational view of global tectonics rather than the traditional schematic illustrations (i.e. plate maps) of the past. In English.
http://core2.gsfc.nasa.gov/dtam/

Digital Terrain and Topography Hotlist
CIRES - University of Colorado (USA)
http://cires.colorado.edu/people/peckham.scott/RT_links.html

The Earth & the Heavens: The Art of the Mapmaker
The British Library
This major British Library exhibition traced the West's response to the oldest intellectual challenge facing the human mind: what is the shape and the extent of the earth and of the cosmos which contains it? Includes several historical maps of the world.
http://portico.bl.uk/exhibitions/maps/overview.html

Earth Observatory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), The U.S.
Earth Observatory provides a freely-accessible publication on the Internet where the public can obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet. The focus is on Earth's climate and environmental change. Materials published on the Earth Observatory are freely available for re-publication or re-use, except where copyright is indicated. The site includes images and data on Biosphere, Chlorophyll, Cloud Fraction, 1km (sq.) Fires, 4km (sq.) Fires, Land Cover Classification, Outgoing Heat Radiation, Vegetation, Ozone, Rainfall, Sea Surface Temperature, Incoming Solar Radiation, and Surface Temperature. An 'Experiments' section allows students to operate in a virtual Laboratory, where they can learn how and why the Earth changes through the use of interactive computer models and the art and science of space-based remote sensing. Experiments include oil spill, earthquake, and hurricane activities, and the effects of siting an oil refinery in a coastal harbor.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

Earth Sciences and Map Library
University of California, Berkeley
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/

Edinburgh University's List of GIS Resources
A monster list of geographic information system resources on the World Wide Web.
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/giswww.html

Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
A leading geographic information systems research institute and commerical software developer. ESRI publishes ArcView GIS, ArcInfo, MapObjects etc. Freeware GIS reader ArcExplorer plus data layers of US and world geographic information are downloadable from this site. Grants for nonprofit non-governmental, educational and government organizations are also available. Information on GIS training.
http://www.esri.com/

EROS Data Center
The Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center (EDC) is a data management, systems development, and research field center for the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Mapping Division.
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/

Essential.org Geographic Information Systems
http://www.essential.org/gis/

der ETH-Bibliothek
Spezialsammlung für moderne topographische und thematische Landkarten
http://www.ethbib.ethz.ch/ks/karten.html

Exposition Virtuelle - Le Ciel et la Terre
http://www.bnf.fr/web-bnf/expos/ciel/index.htm

Gapminder (Sweden)
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
Gapminder is a non-profit venture for development and provision of free software that visualise human development. This is done in collaboration with universities, UN organisations, public agencies and non-governmental organisations. It is affiliated with the Karolinska Institutet, the medical university in Stockholm. Being a producer of global public goods Gapminder benefit from free and creative inputs from pilot-testers and other end-users in many institutions and organisations. The site includes All downloads are free. In English.
http://www.gapminder.org/

GeoVect GIS Map Conversion Services
GeoVect specializes in the conversion of paper or raster maps into vector data for your GIS, CAD or scientific analysis application.
http://www.geovect.com/index.html

Global Change Data and Information System (GCDIS), The
US Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO), The
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University, The
The US Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO) provides access to data and information on global environmental change research, adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies, and global change related educational resources on behalf of the US Global Change Research Program and its participating U.S. Federal Agencies and Organizations. The Global Change Data and Information System (GCDIS) is the set of individual agency data and information systems that support global change research supplemented by a minimal amount of crosscutting new infrastructure, and made interoperable by the use of standards, common approaches, technology sharing, and data policy coordination. Through the GCDIS, users are able to learn about the existence and location of relevant data and information resources, have key holdings available in useful forms, and be assured of their quality and continued availability.
http://www.gcrio.org/gcdis.html
http://www.gcrio.org/

Global Land Information System
United States Geologic Survey
Click on one of the listed categories to view a list of the data sets supported in GLIS:
-- Climate
-- Digital Line Graphs
-- Elevation
-- Geology
-- Hydrology
-- Land Cover
-- Maps
-- Photography (Aerial)
-- Satellite Imagery
-- Soils
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/webglis

Geographic Information System (GIS)
World Resources Institute (WRI)
WRI has been quite active in using GIS in examining aspects of the environment, and it has several new, map-based analyses to its credit, including: Interactive Forest Maps from Forest Frontiers Initiative Reefs at Risk Coastlines at Risk Mapping and Geographic Analysis of Human Welfare and Poverty - Review and Assessment (posted on UNEP/GRID-Arendal website) CARPE CD Rom Africa and Asia Population Data (Posted on UNEP-GRID Souix Falls website).
http://www.igc.org/wri/wri/wri/sdis/datamps.html

Geographic Information Systems FAQ!
Answers to frequently asked questions about GIS.
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/geo/www/faq-index.html

Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
The Geospatial Data Clearinghouse is a collection of over 100 spatial data servers, that have digital geographic data primarily for use in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), image processing systems, and other modelling software. These data collections can be searched through a single interface based on their descriptions, or "metadata."
http://130.11.52.178/FGDCgateway.html

GIS Data Depot
GeoCommunity.com
Free downloads and custom CD creation from the GIS Data Depot's terabyte online inventory of geospatial data. Commercial news concerning GIS.
http://www.gisdatadepot.com/

GISlinx
Covering the GIS industry, including software, hardware, and sources for base map data.
http://www.gislinx.com/

Global land environments since the last interglacial [ice age]
http://www.esd.ornl.gov/projects/qen/nerc.html

Geo Info Systems Online
The Resource Links that follow provide users with direct access to more than 88 GIS-related sites.
http://www.geoinfosystems.com/resource.htm

Green Map System, The
A globally connected, locally adaptable framework for community sustainability. Green Maps utilize Green Map Icons to chart the sites of environmental significance in urban places around the world. Each is created locally in a unique way, and our Mapmakers are of all ages and backgrounds. In English and Spanish.
http://www.greenmap.org/

Harvard [University] Map Collection
The Collection is home to the Boston Map Society. The society was formed in 1994 to bring together people with an interest in collecting, studying, using, and preserving maps.
http://icg.harvard.edu/~maps/

InfoRain
Bioregional Information System for the North American Rainforest Coast
Covers Interrain Pacific: Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon & California. Interrain Pacific has an extensive searchable database of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data layers ranging from infrastructural data such as road networks or utility lines to landscape change detection such as modification of historic wetlands ArcExplorer.
http://www.inforain.org/gis.htm

Information Center for the Environment, The (ICE)
University of California, Davis
A cooperative effort of environmental scientists and collaborators at over thirty private, state, federal, and international organizations interested in environmental protection. ICE provides the following services: Geographic information system (GIS), database, and modeling development and support; Development of easy-to-use public access to a wide variety of environmental information through our Web server. The ICE Web server hosts data, maps, models, reports, and other related products. With an extensive on-line environmental bibliography. The programmers at ICE have created the official species database systems for all U.S. National Parks and California State Parks. Our programmers also developed:
http://ice.ucdavis.edu/

Internet Resources for Geographers of the Department of Geography at the University of Texas at Austin.
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/virtdept/resources/contents.htm

Institute Geographique National
Cartes et photographies aériennes
http://www.ign.fr/

Iowa Department of Natural Resources Geographic Information System (NRGIS) Library
http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/nrgis/gishome.htm

Japan GIS/Mapping Sciences Resource Guide
The Guide it is the first comprehensive reference source for Japanese GIS and mapping. It attempts to bring together under one cover as much information as reasonably possible on the title and topic, without commercial endorsements of products, vendors, or contractors. The Guide is designed to serve as an introduction to the intriguing, extensive, and varied world of Japanese GIS, remote sensing, geospatial data products, maps, activities and information sources.
http://www.cast.uark.edu/jpgis/

Java Interactive Atlas
http://www.ggr.ulaval.ca/ATLAS_J/JavaE.html

LAMPADA
Discipline of Medical Informatics of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro - UERJ FTP site for downloading 1996 version 6.04a of EPI-INFO and EPIMAP.
http://www.lampada.uerj.br/ingles/english.html

MapAction (UK)
MapAction is a UK-based international charity that specialises in the mapping of disaster areas and supplying geographical information for humanitarian relief operations, using geographical information system (GIS) technology. They produce instant, real-time maps of a disaster - such as an earthquake or flooding - and then provide the information to other NGOs and government agencies in the field, to relieve the burden on emergency workers in the crucial first hours and days of a humanitarian crisis. In addition to rapid onset disasters, MapAction, formerly known as AidforAid, also provides geographical mapping services for humanitarian and development programmes, such as health and food relief.
http://www.mapaction.org/

MapCruzin
Clary Meuser Research Network (USA)
Information site developed by Clary-Meuser Research Network, a Santa Cruz, California-based family-owned firm dedicated to Public Right-to-Know, Environmental Justice, GIS and Internet mapping applications. Co-founder Michael Meuser pioneered Internet mapping of the U.S. Toxics Release Inventory on the Environmental Defense site scorecard.org and Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Eco-Maps webpages. New Data Resources includes Cancer Registry Data, Charts, Maps; BLM Downloadable Lands Data; Library of Congress Historical Maps; U.S. Toxics Release Inventory; and U.S. Census Data. With downloadable freeware and extenstive links. In English.
http://www.MapCruzin.com

Map Libraries and Map Archives - worldwide
der ETH-Bibliothek
http://www.maps.ethz.ch/coll-int3.html

Map Libraries on the World Wide Web
John C. Borchert Map Library
http://www-map.lib.umn.edu/map_libraries.html

Map Maker Pro(tm) - The Map Processor for Windows
Map Maker Pro version 2.3 released. Now downloadable from this site with 21 days free demo. The new release of Map Maker Pro contains many enhancements including a symbol editor, enhanced contours, an on-screen layer manager, and more. In January 1999 Map Maker Local - NLUD Edition became one of just three programs to be certified by the UK Government as suitable for the National Land Use Database - Phase 1 which is designed to record the "brown field" housing sites in England.
http://www.ibmpcug.co.uk/~MapMaker/

Maps On Demand
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
This application generates maps that display environmental information for the entire United States. Maps On Demand accesses data available through the Envirofacts Warehouse.
http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/mod/index.html

National Atlas of Canada
http://atlas.gc.ca/

NAISMap2: Interactive Mapping Tool
An interactive mapping tool for the geographic study of Canadian issues. With NAISMap2, you are able to examine any of a number of Issues containing a series of Map layers, selected and created by the geographical researchers and cartographers at NAIS.
http://atlas.gc.ca/schoolnet/issuemap/

National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
An independent research consortium whose primary mandate is to conduct basic research in geographic information science and its related technology. There are three sites in the consortium: University of California Santa Barbara, the State University of New York at Buffalo, and the University of Maine.
http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/

Office of Response and Restoration/ Query Manager U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / National Ocean Service
Tools and information for emergency responders and planners, and others working to understand and mitigate the effects of oil and hazardous materials in U.S. waters and coastslines. Includes Query Manager, a database program, developed by NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration, that can be used to access sediment chemistry (surface and subsurface), sediment toxicity, and tissue chemistry data from the relational database for individual watersheds. The selected data can be immediately displayed on maps using MARPLOT and/or the output tables from the queries can be saved in a variety of formats for use with other mapping software (e.g., ArcView) or other applications (e.g., spreadsheets, statistics packages, word processors).
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/watershed/watershedtools.html

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, The
Of Maps on Other Web Sites
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/map_sites/map_sites.html

PollutionWatch (Canada)
Environmental Defense Canada
Canadian Environmental Law Association
Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy
PollutionWatch delivers accurate information on toxic chemicals released by manufacturing facilities and the associated health risks. It can rank and compare the pollution situation in communities across Canada. With information about the health effects and regulations concerning toxic chemicals, Pollution Maps, Tools for Users, and Teaching Module. In English and French.
http://www.pollutionwatch.org/home.jsp

'Seismo' Lists and Maps of Recent Earthquakes
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Earthquake Information from the Seismotectonics and Geophysics Group
http://www.seismo.usbr.gov/seismo/eqdata.html

Silicon Valley/South Bay ArcView Users Group
ERSI sponsored site where new desktop GIS ArcView scripts (programs and patches) frequently make their first appearance.
http://www.sirius.com/~grasteit/

Space Shuttle Earth Observations Photography
The NASA Photography database of over 250,000 images taken by the Space Shuttle. Search by: Clickable Map, Cities, Earth Landscapes, Earth-Human Interactions, Distinctive Features, Hurricanes & Weather, Earth's Water Habitats, Geographic Regions, or Technical Search Page.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/

UK Inventory of Information Society Projects
This is your one stop shop for recording details of your IS ideas, projects and strategies, and for browsing or searching for details of others' IS projects, in UK, in Europe and globally.
http://www.information-society.org.uk/nipsi.nsf

United States Geological Survey GIS Page.
http://www.usgs.gov/research/gis/title.html

USGS Geographic Names Information System
United States and Territories
http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html

U.S. EPA Environmental Atlas
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
This site offers an online map collection, links to other important collections, and information to help you understand maps and other environmental information.
http://www.epa.gov/ceisweb1/ceishome/atlas/index.htm

Vehicle & Engine Emission Modeling Software
Office of Transportation and Air Quality,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
MOBILE Highway Vehicle Emission Factor Models (MOBILE6, MOBILE5, PART5, NONROAD...) and Mobile Source Observation Database (MSOD) updated to January 2000.
http://www.epa.gov/OMSWWW/models.htm

West Virginia Environmental Protection - Online Mapping and Databases
Mapping, GIS & GPS.
http://www.dep.state.wv.us/mapping.html

World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)
The WCMC provides information services on conservation and sustainable use of the world's living resources, and helps others to develop information systems of their own. WCMC programmes concentrate on species, forests, protected areas, marine and freshwaters; plus habitats affected by climate change such as polar regions. WCMC also addresses the relationship between trade and the environment and the wider aspects of biodiversity assessment. WCMC maintains a large and varied collection of databases concerning nature conservation, developed in collaboration with a range of partners. Conservation databases include: http://www.wcmc.org.uk/
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/cis/

World Health Chart 2001
WHO, Karolinska Institute, Lund University (Sweden)
The World Health Chart is developed in collaboration between WHO and Swedish institutions. The aim is to visualize world health development and thereby enable better use of international health data for learning, advocacy and hypothesis generation. A first beta-version called WHC 2001 Public Beta 0.1 is free to download for testing. Please comment to whc@ki.se. In English.
http://www.whc.ki.se/files/basicinfo.php

WWW Virtual Library - Environment
An award-winning, searchable index of over 1,000 environmental resources arranged alphabetically and by category.
http://www.earthsystems.org/indexx.html