GIS/GPS Resources

 

Data & Map Sources

 

http://www.esri.com/data/download/index.html

 

http://arcdata.esri.com/data/tiger2000/tiger_download.cfm

 

http://nhd.usgs.gov/data.html

 

http://msdisweb.missouri.edu/datasearch/ThemeList.jsp

 

www.cares.missouri.edu & http://maproom.missouri.edu/download.html

 

 

Other resources

 

http://geospatialextension.org - National Geospatial Technology Extension Network
 

http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/outreach/index.html - USGS Educational Resources

 

 

Zip tool to open most compressed file formats.  Some of them windows utility cannot unzip.

 

www.winzip.com – unpacking zip files

 

 

GIS Viewer from ESRI and other free resources.

 

ArcExplorer - Free GIS Data Viewer.

 

ArcVoyager - Free GIS learning tool & other tools for teaching GIS

 

 

 

Managing GPS Data

 

Easy GPS - www.easygps.com

 

Expert GPS - www.expertgps.com

 

GPS Utility - http://www.gpsu.co.uk/

 

USAPhotoMaps - http://jdmcox.com/ software (shareware)

 

Minnesota DNR's Extension for working between ArcView 3.x and Garmin GPS receivers -

        http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mis/gis/tools/arcview/extensions/DNRGarmin/DNRGarmin.html

 

 

Other map sites.  Using GPS/GIS technology.

 

Terraserver - http://terraserver.microsoft.com/

 

Topozone – http://www.topozone.com – can locate Lat & Lon by placing target on map.  Click on the map to recenter the map and place the target.  Change the coordinate format to DD.ddd

 

Mapquest - http://www.mapquest.com/