Software
ESRI
http://www.esri.com
GIS services and software including ArcView GIS, ARC/INFO, Spatial Database Engine (SDE), and MapObjects.
ILWIS
http://www.itc.nl/ilwis/default.asp
ILWIS - Remote sensing and GIS software
ERDAS
http://www.erdas.com
Erdas Incorporated - Image processing, GIS, Stereo Analysis
MapInfo
http://www.mapinfo.com
MapInfo Corporation - GIS solutions
Caris
http://www.caris.com/
Caris - offering GIS software, training, and consulting in geomatics and marine information systems.
Micro Images
http://www.microimages.com/
Micro Images - Makers of TNTmips, a GIS package for Windows, Macintosh, and Unix.
ESRI India
http://www.esriindia.com/index/ESRIINDIA.htm
Data/Solution
Speck Systems Limited (SSL)
http://www.specksystems.com/downloads.html
"Speck Systems Limited (SSL) provides the geospatial solutions needed for complex data management and processing requirements of governments and businesses today.
ASTER and Landsat
http://lpdaac.usgs.gov
An archive that includes ASTER and Landsat data (and MODIS--see below). ASTER is available at US$60 per scene, or at no cost, depending on the type of product you order (all "higher-level" products are free and this should work well for most people, especially the Surface Radiance product--see the Custom ASTER Data link). Landsat is about US$600 per scene. Recommend you use the "GloVis tool" (also called the Browse Viewer) for locating the scenes of interest as it is much friendlier than the alternative.
University of Maryland
http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/index.shtml
The Global Land Cover Facility, University of Maryland. Provides no-cost Landsat data (and also other products, including MODIS)
University of Michigan
http://www.bsrsi.msu.edu/trfic/
Tropical Rain Forest Information Center, University of Michigan. Low cost Landsat data, including very recent scenes. Focus is on tropical areas but some others are included. Some radar data are also available. (US$25-50)
INSPIRE: INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in Europe
http://inspire.jrc.it/home.html
It aims at making available relevant, harmonised and quality geographic information to support formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Community policies with a territorial dimension or impact.
Terrainmap
http://terrainmap.com/
Digital Elevation Model technology to generate 3D Digital Terrain Maps using free digital elevation model (DEM) data from the USGS, NIMA, ASTER, Landsat and other sources. Learn to render them using POV-Ray, MicroDem, Terragen, 3DEM, Global Mapper, Arc Explorer, Multispec and other free or low cost applications. Convert data using GEOTIFF, BANDPASS, DEM2TGA7, DEM2POV2, MDEM2DEM, SDTS2DEM, BLACKART.
USGS Global Visualization Viewer
http://glovis.usgs.gov/BrowseBrowser.shtml
Earth Resource Observation Systems(EROS) Data Center - Satellite Layers of The National Map
MODIS Land Global Browse Images
http://landqa2.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/browse/browse.cgi
The MODIS Land Science Team has developed coarse 5km versions of selected products to enable synoptic quality assessment via the internet. The coarse spatial resolution products are projected into a global coordinate system defined with pixel sizes corresponding to 20km in the Hammer-Aitoff projection (except for the Sea Ice products that have 14.15km pixels defined in the Lambert Azimuthal projection). These global browse images are generated with fixed contrast stretching and color look-up tables to enable consistent temporal comparison. This web interface has been developed to support interactive selection of browse products and zooming and panning at 5km resolution. The global browse images available on this web site should not be used for scientific analyses.
Earth Observatory
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Observatory/Datasets/evi.modis.html
Satellite Images on Enhanced Vegetation (Index)
SPOT IMAGES
http://www.spotimage.fr/html/_167_.php
"SPOT IMAGES
UNOSAT
http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/
"UNOSAT is a United Nations initiative to provide the humanitarian community with access to satellite imagery and Geographic Information System (GIS) services"
United Nations Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG)
http://www.ungiwg.org/
"The United Nations Geographical Information Working Group (UNGIWG) is a network of professionals working in the fields of cartography and geographic information science to building the UN Spatial Data Infrastructure needed to achieve sustainable development.
East View Cartographic
http://www.cartographic.com/euroglobalmap/
Authoritative Worldwide Maps, Geospatial Data & GIS Services
SALB: Second Level Administrative Boundaries
http://www3.who.int/whosis/gis/salb/salb_home.htm
Global administrative boundaries down to the second sub-national level
Digital Chart of the World (DCW)
http://ortelius.maproom.psu.edu/dcw/
Digital Chart of the World (DCW)
Global map
http://www.iscgm.org/cgi-bin/fswiki/wiki.cgi
"Coverage: global
Gridded Population of the World (GPW) (Inh./km2)
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/plue/gpw/index.html?main.html&2
"Coverage: Global & Continental
World Development Indicators (WDI)
http://www.worldbank.org/data/
"Coverage: Global
GIS Climate change Scenarios
http://www.gisclimatechange.org/
"Coverage: Global
The Global River Discharge Database (RivDIS)
http://www.rivdis.sr.unh.edu/
"Coverage: Global
Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA 2000)
http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/glcc/fao/index.html
"Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA 2000)
Training/Education
GIS.com is a portal intended to educate anyone
http://www.gis.com
GIS.com is a portal intended to educate anyone interested in geographic information and spatial referencing (including 1st time users) on the value that technology brings to their day-to-day activities. GIS.com also provides GIS users with free and cost-based resources to help them in their work.
International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth
http://www.itc.nl
International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)
University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS)
http://www.ucgis.org
University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) - dedicated to advancing understanding of geographic processes and spatial relationships through improved theory, methods, technology, and data.
University of South Carolina GIS Training Program
http://www.cla.sc.edu/gis/training/
University of South Carolina GIS Training Program
University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension
http://www.edc.uri.edu/training/gis/
University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension -- Geographic Information System Training Programs
The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
http://www.ait.ac.th/interimpage/ait_visitor/index.asp?screen=&res=1024x768
The Asian Institute of Technology promotes technological change and sustainable development in the Asian-Pacific region through higher education, research and outreach.
EDUSPACE
http://www.eduspace.esa.int/
The European Earth Observation Web Site for Secondary Schools
Center for International Earth Science Information Network
http://www.ciesin.org/
"CIESIN is a center within the Earth Institute at Columbia University. CIESIN works at the intersection of the social, natural, and information sciences, and specializes in on-line data and information management, spatial data integration and training, and interdisciplinary research related to human interactions in the environment."
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, IIRS
http://iirs-nrsa.org/
"Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) under National Remote Sensing Agency, Department of Space, Govt. of India is a premier Training and Educational Institute set up for developing trained professionals.
GIS for Higher Education
http://www.esri.com/industries/university/education/onlinedb.html
ESRI partners with many organizations including the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS), UNIGIS, The Association of American Geographers (AAG), and the Association of Geographic Information Laboratories of Europe (AGILE) to promote GIS instruction in colleges and universities around the world.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Education
http://gis-education.blogspot.com/
daily GIS news and Remote Sensing Education blog updates
GIS Resources
International Society for Photogrammetry
http://www.isprs.org/
"ISPRS is an international NGO devoted to the cooperation for the advancement of knowledge, research, development and education in the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (PS&RS&SIS), their integration and application, to contribute to the well being of humanity and sustainability of the environment."
GIS Lounge
http://www.gislounge.com/
GIS Lounge - information on where to access data, free GIS applications, and functionality.
Geomatics Industry Association of Canada
http://www.giac.ca
Geomatics Industry Association of Canada - source of geomatics and GIS information in Canada offers links to member firms, information products, and more.
Geo Community
http://www.geocomm.com/
Geo Community - features GIS data downloads, news, software tools, and utilities for geographic information systems, cartographic, and digital mapping applications.
GeoPlace geospatial news, publications, and more.
http://www.geoplace.com/
"GeoPlace geospatial news, publications, and more.
International Cartographic Association (ICA)
http://www.icaci.org/
"ICA is the world authoritative body for cartography, the discipline dealing with the conception, production, dissemination and study of maps.
GIS WWW Resource List
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/giswww.html
"An index of WWW servers relating to GIS.
http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/monitor/lulc_rs.htm
http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/
Many useful remote sensing sites. It consist of information on GIS, RS and software tools, ecological context, topics, and using RS in monitoring programs (in doc, ppt and pdf), NPS GIS Resources,
Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure
http://www.gsi.go.jp/PCGIAP/
"Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure
The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Secretariat
http://www.gsdi.org/
"The GSDI Association is an inclusive organization of organizations, agencies, firms, and individuals from around the world. The purpose of the organization is to promote international cooperation and collaboration in support of local, national and international spatial data infrastructure developments that will allow nations to better address social, economic, and environmental issues of pressing importance.
International Standard Organization
http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.openerpage
ISO. A network of national standards institutes from 148 countries working in partnership with international organizations, governments, industry, business and consumer representatives. A bridge between public and private sectors.
Yahoo Maps
http://maps.yahoo.com/
Yahoo Maps Facilities
Google Maps
http://maps.google.com/
"Provides directions, interactive maps, and satellite/aerial imagery of the United States. Can also search by keyword such as type of business.
MSN Virtual Earth
http://local.live.com/
"The best way to find what you're searching for. Virtual Earth has slick new features for online mapping and local search.
MSN MapPoint
http://www.mappoint.msn.com
This site was created using Microsoft MapPoint technology. MapPoint technology is used in our desktop products and the MapPoint Web Service.
Microsoft Research India Multilingual Interactive Digital Map
http://research.microsoft.com/news/msrnews/press_01-06-2006_India.aspx
Microsoft Research India Multilingual Interactive Digital Map
World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2010
http://www.fao.org/es/ess/census/wca2010.asp
New Version of ESRI GIS Portal Toolkit
http://www.esri.com/news/releases/06_1qtr/portal_toolkit.html
GISmonitor
http://www.gismonitor.com/
Ultimate Map/GIS Directory
European Soil Portal
http://eusoils.jrc.it/
Soil Portal contributes to a thematic spatial data infrastructure for soils in Europe. It presents data and information regarding soils at European level. It serves also as a vehicle to promote the activities of the European Soil Bureau Network...
The Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EMDS) system
http://www.institute.redlands.edu/emds/index.htm
The Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EMDS) system is an application framework for knowledge-based decision support of ecological assessments at any geographic scale.
Conservation Geoportal
http://www.conservationmaps.org/Portal/ptk
A shared resource of of the Conservation commons
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
http://www.aag.org/
The Association of American Geographers (AAG) is a scientific and educational society founded in 1904. Its 9,000+ members share interests in the theory, methods, and practice of geography and geographic education.
Digital Element
http://www.digi-element.com/index.htm
ESRI training and Education
http://training.esri.com/gateway/index.cfm
ESRI Creates One-Stop Training and Education Web Site
UNEP: Atlas of Our Changing Environent
http://na.unep.net/digital_atlas2/google.php
Zoom through UNEP's Atlas of Our Changing Environment
Centre for International Earth Science Informtation Network
http://ciesin.columbia.edu/data/climate/
Global Geographical Distribution of Vulnerability to Climate Change
Open Geospatial Consortium
http://www.opengeospatial.org/
The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.? (OGC) is a non-profit, international, voluntary consensus standards organization that is leading the development of standards for geospatial and location based services.
UNEP - World Conservation Monitoring Centre
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/
A world where biodiversity counts
Agro-Maps
http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/lwdms.stm
Agro-Maps, a global spatial database of subnational agricultural land-use statistics
World Agriculture and Climate Change
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aer703/aer703.pdf
World Agriculture and Climate Change: Economic Adaptations
Agricultural Monitoring
http://www.esa.int/esapub/br/br128/br128_2.pdf
Agricultural Monitoring
Climate Change and Agricultural Vulnerability
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/JB-Report.pdf
Climate Change and Agricultural Vulnerability
GIS Applications and Database Development
http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy/HC270799/LM/SUSLUP/FAO/AG_GIS.PDF
GIS Applications and Database Development Within FAO?s Land and Water Development Division
GIS resources over the internet
http://unr.edu/homepage/daved/gislinks.html
GIS resources over the internet
Digital Earth Browser
http://geoinfo1.sfc.keio.ac.jp/MyMap/MyMap/DEBrowser/index.jsp
Digital Earth Browser
WorldMapper
http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/
"Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.
Regional
India Image Programme
http://districts.nic.in
Districts of India Portal
GIS Development
http://www.gisdevelopment.net
GIS Development
Bangladesh
http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/spring00articles/bangladesh.html
"Bangladesh Establishes a GIS-Based Agricultural and Land Resources Information System
Bhutan: Geography, Maps and Information
http://geography.miningco.com/library/maps/blbhutan.htm
"Kingdom of Bhutan The official government and travel site rolled into one; a ... Wide
National Remote Sensing Agency
http://www.nrsa.gov.in
Data Resevior for Planet Earth
Afghanistan: Geography, Maps and Information
http://geography.miningco.com/library/maps/blafghanistan.htm
Afghanistan: Geography, Maps and Information ...
GISDataDepot.com -- THE leading provider of On-Line GIS Data.
http://data.geocomm.com/catalog/AF/
The Premium online resource for GIS and GeoSpatial Data - Afghanistan
Burma or Myanmar: Geography, Maps and Information
http://geography.about.com/library/maps/blmyanmar.htm
Burma or Myanmar: Geography, Maps and Information
HKH-Friends
http://www.hkh-friend.net/
HIndu Kush-HImalayan -- Flow regimes from International Experimental and Network Data
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.or.th/APRC26-FinalReport.htm
"Report of the Twenty-sixth FAO Regional
International Conference On Sustainable Development Of Water Res
http://www.gci.ch/GreenCrossPrograms/waterres/doc2001/delhideclaration.html
International Conference On Sustainable Development Of Water Resources
South Asian Floods
http://www.southasianfloods.org/
Regional Cooperation for Flood Information Exchange in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region.
People and Resource Dynamics in Mountain
http://www.pardyp.org/
This site is maintained by PARDYP, a regional watershed management project funded by SDC and IDRC.
Climate Change
http://www.envfor.nic.in/cc/index.htm
The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India has launched a website on climate change. This website can be viewed at http://www.envfor.nic.in/cc/index.htm and also accessed through the UNFCCC homepage (http://unfccc.int).
China Dimensions
http://sedac.ciesin.org/china/
Welcome to the China Dimensions World Wide Web (WWW) Home Page. This site offers access to a unique data collection that has been designed to facilitate a wide range of natural science and socioeconomic research and educational activities. It enables both researchers and the general public to obtain accurate and timely information on the world's most populous country.
Afghanistan Information Management Service
http://www.aims.org.af/
Afghanistan Information Management Service (AIMS)
National Information Centre
http://indiaimage.nic.in/
A Gateway to Government of India Info over the web
Geo Community
http://data.geocomm.com/catalog/CH/datalist.html
"China - Nationwide Data, China GIS (1:1M scale) Data
Dr T.Matthew Ciolek
http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVLPages/TibPages/tib-maps.html#world
Tibetan Studies - Maps & Images of Tibet
The Tibet Map Institute
http://www.tibetmap.com/
"The aim is to give a picture of Tibet before the establishment of the Chinese Administration(1950).
University of Virginia
http://iris.lib.virginia.edu/tibet/collections/cultgeo/tibet/tibetmap.html
"The Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library is an international community using Web-based technologies to integrate diverse knowledge about Tibet and the Himalayas for free access from around the world.
National Fundamental Geographic Information System
http://nfgis.nsdi.gov.cn/nfgis/english/default.htm
The 1:4M-scale Topographic Database of the National Fundamental Geographic Information System of China(1:4M DB) is derived from the 1:1M-scale Topographic Database of the National Fundamental Geographic Information System of China. The contents of the 1:4M DB are: main rivers (level 5 and above), main roads, railways,cities (county and above), boundaries (county boundary and above) and so on. The data are divided into 6 layers.
University of Michigan
http://chinadatacenter.org/newcdc/
The online China statistical database has been updated with 2003 China Statistical Yearbook and all 31 copies of 2003 provincial statistical yearbooks....
CHGIS - Harvard Yenching Institute
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Echgis/
Geological Survey of Pakistan
http://www.gsp.com.pk/
GeoCommunity
http://data.geocomm.com/catalog/PK/datalist.html
Pakistan - Nationwide Data
Geoconsult Pakistan
http://www.geoconsultpak.com
"Geoconsult is a GIS developer based in Pakistan specializing in Internet(Web)
Pakistan Population GIS Information System
http://popgis.proplanpk.com/
"Pakistan Socio Economic Database
Geo Strategies Limited
http://www.geo-strategies.com/digitaldata/availability/asiamin/pakistan.htm
"Geo Strategies has created vector data sets and terrain models for Pakistan. In common with data for other countries in Asia Minor, these data sets can be used for planning, GIS, intervisibility studies, and for hydrological run-off calculations. In conjunction with data for adjoining countries - which can be supplied as a seamless, fully edge-matched dataset - they are also ideal for trans-national projects including tourism, transport, logistics planning, hydrological modeling, AVL and strategic studies.
GIS Development
http://www.gisdevelopment.net/education/inst/pakistan.htm
The University of Texas at Austin
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/pakistan.html
"Pakistan Maps
Geo Community
http://data.geocomm.com/catalog/BG/datalist.html
"Bangladesh - Nationwide Data
The University of Texas in Austin
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/bangladesh.html
Bangladesh Maps
Matthieu Paley
http://www.paleyphoto.com/home.html
"My name is Matthieu Paley, I am a French
US Geological Survey
http://edcw2ks21.cr.usgs.gov/Afghan/index.php
The Goal of the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) is to strengthen the abilities of foreign countries and regional organizations to manage risk of food insecurity through the provision of timely and analytical early warning and vulnerability information.
Earthquake in Pakistan
http://www.earthquake.net.pk/
Population and Housing census of Bhutan 2005
http://www.bhutancensus.gov.bt/map/index.htm
African Geo Information Researcher Network (AGIRN)
http://www.agirn.org/index.php
One of the primary intentions of AGIRN is to share knowledge on geoinformation in Africa with as wide an audience as possible.