Geospatial Technologies for Education Seminar
Internet Resources

 

A Few Federal Resources

National Geospatial One-Stop
- links to a wide range of geospatial data and information -

The National Map
- interactive maps, including aerial & satellite images and topographic maps -

National Atlas
- interactive map, pre-rendered maps, data -

 

Closer to Home

RIGIS Online Data Catalog
- Rhode Island Geographic Information System -
- Clearinghouse for data contributed by RIGIS members. -

Rhode Island Critical Resources Atlas
- simple PDF maps of RI towns & watersheds -

Rhode Island Digital Atlas
- links to wide variety of online, interactive maps -
- access via web viewers, Google Earth, various ESRI GIS software -
- coming Fall 2007 -

Rhode Island's Changing Landscape
- land-cover data derived from satellite images, offers historical perspective -
- coming Summer 2007 -

Rhode Island's Geodata Gateway
- coming Fall 2007? -
- synthesizes geospatial data & information providers useful to RI applications -

 

Looking for More?

Brown University Geographic Information Science & Services
- a great index of interesting map & data resources of varying temporal & geographic scopes -

 

ArcIMS Connection Information for ESRI Products

Take advantage of directly using the interactive online maps hosted at the University of Rhode Island's Environmental Data Center. Within ESRI software, connect to the following ArcIMS server url: http://mapper.edc.uri.edu. You should be presented with a list of map services. Remember, if you're not absolutely certain of the particulars of the map service you are connecting to, they should not be used for more than general reference.