GIS Resources

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After you have learned my introduction to GIS, here are some resources for you to probe further.

{Software, Books, Journals, Magazine, Tutorials, Jobs, Organization, Community, Data, Web Resources}

Software

• ESRI - the maker of ArcGIS. You can download ArcExplorer to view GIS data for free.
• MapInfo - dekstop GIS software for business
• GRASS - free and open source GIS
• FreeGIS - free GIS software overview
• Manifold system - commercial GIS software for Windows
• Leica Geosystems - related to photogrametry and remote sensing
• Caris - GIS for marine environment
• GE Smalworld

Books ( and references of this tutorial)

• Geographic Information System and Science
• Geographic Information Analysis
• Mastering ArcGIS
• Quantitative Geography
• Getting Started with ArcGIS tutorial

Journals

• Transaction in GIS
• International Journal of Geographic Information Systems
• Geographical analysis

Magazine

• Directions GIS magazine
• Spatial news from Geocommunity

Tutorials

• Nice GIS tutorial from GIS.com
• GIS tutorial from GIS development net
• picturial GIS poster from USGS

GIS related Jobs

• GeoSarch - recruitment service for GIS, GPS and related jobs
• GIS Job Clearinghouse
• GIS job - with payment to post
• GIS a Job - mostly for UK
• GIS careers - GIS job advertisement (free for job seekers)

GIS Community and Organization

• Open Geospatial Consortium make consensus standard for GIS
• UK Association of Geographic Information (AGI)
• GeoCommunity
• Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) - related to geology
• GIS-T - GIS for transportation e group
• GIS history project

GIS Data

• Free GIS data (mostly US map)

Other GIS related Web site

• GIS lounge - resources for GIS, Remote Sensing and GPS
• GIS day - GIS events resources
• GIS development - Geospatial resources
• GIS cafe - mapping and GPS
• MassGIS - geographic and environemntal information for Massachusetts
• GIS user - another ESRI sponsor GIS portal
• GeoPlace - resources for spatial information

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This tutorial is copyrighted.

Preferable reference for this tutorial is

Teknomo, Kardi. Introduction to GIS. http:\\people.revoledu.com\kardi\ tutorial\GIS\