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Map of Minnesota (above) displays counties, rivers, and ecological subprovinces. Data from MN Dept. of Natural Resources.

 


 

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Geol 2161: GIS and Remote Sensing

GIS and Remote Sensing Resources

There is an abundance of GIS and remote sensing resources and data on the web. The state of Minnesota, and particularly the Department of Natural Resources (MnDNR), has been especially proactive and provides a wide variety of geospatial data for free via the world wide web. Click on the followign links for information about GIS and remote sensing software, sources for geospatial data, government agencies that routinely use GIS, and GIS courses at other schools around the country. Please report broken links or other sites that might be of interest to me as soon as possible.

Google Earth
NASA WorldWind

Minnesota and surrounding region GIS resources

MnDNR Data Deli
Minnesota Geographic Data Clearinghouse
MnDOT Transportation Data and Analysis
Minnesota State Legislature Geographic Information Services
MetroGIS DataFinder (Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro Area)
Wisconsin GIS Services
Wisconsin Land Information Clearinghouse (WiscLINC)
Wisconsin DNR GIS Services
Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office
UM-TC Libraries geospatial resources index
North Dakota Geographic Information Systems
Iowa Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
Iowa DNR GIS Library
Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN)

Other sources for geospatial data and imagery

geodata.gov
USGS Seamless Data Distribution System
GIS Data Depot
Global Land Cover Facility Earth Science Data Interface
NASA MrSID Landsat imagery
MODIS Land Surface Reflectance
Landsat.org
GTOPO30 elevation data (global coverage)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER data
U.S. Census Bureau data via ESRI Geography Network

GIS and Remote Sensing software

Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)
Leica Geosystems (ERDAS Imagine)
ENVI

GIS and Remote Sensing Information

USGS Landsat Project
NASA MODIS Web
QuickBird via DigitalGlobe

Government agencies

U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service GIS
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
USGS Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

GIS and Remote Sensing Research and Education

Geographic Information Center, UC Berkeley
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA)
University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS)
Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center
Michigan State Univ. Remote Sensing & GIS Research and Outreach Services
Oak Ridge National Laboratory GIScience and Technology

 

 

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