WOODROW WILSON ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE RUTGERS 1998

GIS (Geographic Information Systems)

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are used to create layers of remotely sensed images, digitized vector drawings and scanned maps. Data in the form of text, charts, graphs and spreadsheets may be attached to the features in the layers. The layers can then be ?stacked? for analysis and query. The power of the computer is used to produce new layers containing new information derived from comparing data in the original layers. Results may be rendered as topographic maps, maps combined with satellite imagery and 3-D digital elevation models (DEM)

Tutorials and Lesson Modules

A Beginner's Guide to GIS (Tutorial), USGS http://info.er.usgs.gov/research/gis/title.html ArcView Tutorials: University of New Hampshire-GLOBE Program http://ekman.sr.unh.edu/globe/Tutorials/ArcView/Arc_int.html California Geographic Information Association (CGIA) http://www.cgia.org/ Getting to Know Desktop GIS http://www.esri.com/base/users/dtgis/front.html The GIS Primer online http://www.innovativegis.com/education/primer/primer.html IDRISI Project at Clark University http://www.idrisi.clarku.edu/01home/01home.htm IDRISI Resource Center, University of Salzburg, Austria http://www.sbg.ac.at/geo/idrisi/englinfo.htm Online tutorial for IDRISI and UNITAR/GRID training modules available as supplements, specific titles that are available include: Vol. 1 - Change and Time Series Analysis Vol. 2 - Applications in Forestry Vol. 3 - Applications in Coastal Zone Research and Management. Vol. 4 - GIS and Decision-Making Vol. 5 - GIS and Mountain Environments.

Resources, Links and Applications

ESRI Jump Station http://www.esri.com/base/common/jumpstation/jump_dom_edu.html Robert E. Fords RS/GIS Links http://www.wcslc.edu/pers_pages/r-ford/ESS205/g300www/g300wwwgisrs.html The Geographic Information Systems FAQ http://www.census.gov/geo/www/faq-index.html Innovative Applications of GIS http://www.innovativegis.com/education/primer/sampleapps.html VENTS Geographic Information System http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/coax/gis_www.html VENTS - Coaxial Segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/coax/coax.html

Nature Mapping/Gap Analysis

Nature Mapping/Gap Analysis http://salmo.cqs.washington.edu:80/~wagap/nm/

National network that links natural resource agencies, academia and land planners with localcommunities primarilythrough schools. The goal is to keep common animals common and to maintain our quality of life. The approach is to train individuals to become aware of their natural resources and to provide the tools to inventory and monitor resources.

National Gap Analysis Program http://www.gap.uidaho.edu/gap/ Aquatic Gap Analysis Program http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/hydro2/Aquagap.htm Catalina Island Gap Analysis http://www.catalinas.net/seer/research/ijmargeo.htm Little Spokane Watershed http://www.lsw.org Nebraska Gap Analysis http://www.calmit.unl.edu/gap/ Washington Gap Analysis Program http://salmo.cqs.washington.edu/~wagap/

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