References and Links

GIS Links and References

Geographic Information Systems - GIS

ARC Explorer (FREE GIS Data Viewer)

ESRI's site for Schools. http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/k-12.html.

Envirofacts-Data Warehouse and Applications. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/index_java.html

The Rutgers University Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (CRSSA)
CRSSA has past and current examples of  projects showing the applications of GIS technology.

Online Mapping Tools:

FEMA and ESRI. http://www.esri.com/hazards/index.html.

National Geographic Map Machine.  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/

Terra Server. http://terrserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/default.asp. This software allows you to look at digital orthophotos online.

US Census Bureau on line mapping.  http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet.

EPA Maps on Demand. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/mod/index.html

Sites that have GIS data with free downloads.  Many offer interactive mapping that can be done over the web.

National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse is a component of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure. http://nsdi.usgs.gov

US EPS Geospatial Data Clearinghouse.  http://www.epa.gov/nsdi/.

California Geospatial Information Library.  http://www.gis.ca.gov/.

Geographic Information North Carolina.  http://www.cgia.state.nc.us

Massachusetts Geographic Information System. http://www.state.ma.us/mgis/

Texas Natural Resource Information System. http://www.tnris.state.tx.us/digital.htm.

Arkansas Geographic Information System. http://www.gis.state.ar.us/defaultntscp.htm.

New York State GIS Clearinghouse. http://www.ctg.albany.edu/gisny.html.

Iowa GIS Clearinghouse. http://www.gis.state.ia.us/.

Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse. http://www.sscgis.state.or.us/.

Georgia Spatial Data Infrastructure. http://www.gis.state.ga.us/.

State of Kansas Geographic Systems initiative’s Data Access and Support Center. http://gisdasc.kgs.ukans.edu/.

New Jersey Spatial Data Clearinghouse. http://njgeodata.state.nj.us/welcome.asp.

Links on Community Planning

Sprawl Guide. http://www.plannersweb.com/sprawl/home.html

Sprawl Watch Clearing House http://www.sprawl/watch.org/

Sustainable Communities Network http://www.sustainable.org

Center for Liveable Communities http://www.lgc.org/clc/

Smart Growth Network http://www.smartgrowth.org/org/index2.html

American Planning Association: Growing Smart Initiative http://www.planning.org/plnginfo/GROWSMART/html

 

References on Environmental Planning

Dramstad, W.E., J.D. Olson, R.T.T. Forman., Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land-use Planning, 1996,  Island Press, Washington D.C.

Jackson, K.  Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States. 1985, Oxford University Press, N.Y.

Kunstler, J.H.,   The Geography of Nowhere:  The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape.,  1994, Simon and Schuster, New York.

McHarg, I.L.  Design With Nature,  1969. The Natural History Press, Garden City, NY.

Nelessen, Anton Clarence, Visions for a New American Dream: Process, Principles and Ordinance to Plan and Design Small Communities

Poiani, Karen A.,  "Biodiversity Conservation at Multiple Scales:  Functional Sites, Landscapes and Networks". Feb, 2000, Bioscience

Pulliam, H.R.,  "Sources, Sinks and Population Regulation", 1988 American Naturalist, #132: P1246-1256

Steiner,F.R.  The Living Landscape:  An Ecological Approach to Landscape Planning, 2000 McGraw Hill, New York.

References for Academic Applications of GIS

National Science Education Standards http://nap.edu/html/nses/html/index.html

Ball State University http://www.bsu.edu/teachers/burris/iwonder

Stickel, G. "Inquiry and Use of Questions". Handout at WWF Environmental Inst. Princeton, NJ.  June 2001.

 

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