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Connecting Schools & Community with GIS
GIS Resources for K12 Education
Resources for Using GIS to Study Your Community

ESRI Schools & Libraries Program
Online Mapping
GIS Data Sets
Static Images/Interactive Networks

Connecting Schools & Community with GIS
GIS Resources for K12 Education
 ESRI's K12 Education site
KanGIS: K12 GIS Community
USGS Rocky Mountain Mapping Center, Education Page
North Carolina State GIS in Education Home Page
Downloadable GIS lessons
Resources for Using GIS to Study Your Community
The Orton Family Foundation's Community Mapping Program
ESRI's Community Atlas project
Geographic data portal - from local to global scale
Federal, state, and local government data portal
URI Environmental Data Center: Rhode Island data, imagery, and state GIS activities
Massachusetts GIS: Massachusetts data and imagery
NH GRANIT: New Hampshire's statewide geographic information system
New York State GIS Clearinghouse
Vermont Center for Geographic Information
Maine Office of GIS
New Jersey DEM's GIS Web Page
Delaware Spatial Data Clearinghouse


ESRI Schools & Libraries Program
Online Mapping
www.esri.com/k-12
ESRI's Internet Mapping Demos 1
ESRI's Internet Mapping Demos 2
Geography Network
ArcExplorer Web Edition
GLOBE Program's Visualizations Page
National Geographic's Map Machine
US Census Bureau's new American Factfinder
TIGER map server
US EPA's "Surf Your Watershed" map server
USGS's National Atlas
GIS Data Sets
Geography Network
Geography Network's Census 2000
ESRI's GIS Jump Station
GIS Data Depot
NASA Global Change Master Directory
US Census Bureau's American Factfinder
US EPA's BASINS
USGS's National Atlas
USGS's Global GIS site
Static Images/Interactive Networks

EPA
Environmental Atlas
Portal to Sites

Library of Congress/Historical Maps
Map Collections 1544-1999
Perry-Castaneda Map Library
David Rumsey Map Collection

NASA
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
Digital Earth
Visualization of Remote Sensing Data
Scientific Visualization Studio
Earth Science Image Gallery
NASA Photo Gallery
SIR-C Mission Home Page
JPL Earth Sciences Home Page

NOAA
Interactive Weather Information Network
Satellite's Eye Art Gallery
Space Physics Interactive Data Resource
(including Nighttime Lights of the World)
Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry (oceanographic)
Operational Significant Event Imagery Server
National Ocean Service
Geostationary Satellite Server

USDA
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Main Page
NASS Crop Maps
1997 Agriculture Census
Natural Resources Conservation Service Main Page
NRCS Technical Resources
Forest Service, Forest Land Maps
Forest Service, Data and Information Systems

USGS
CINDI Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information
CINDI, Hurricane Mitch Mapper and Data Warehouse
USGS National Mapping Division's Main Page
USGS Biological Resources Division's Main Page
North American Breeding Bird Survey
Bird Species Map Page
USGS Geologic Division's Main Page
National Earthquake Information Center Home Page
Geologic Division's Recent Earthquake Home Page
Near Real Time Earthquake List
USGS Water Resources Division's Main Page
National Water Conditions Home Page