Geographic Information Systems:
Metadata
The Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS)
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What is SDTS? (http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/sdts/whatsdts.html)
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SDTS Home page (http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/sdts/index.html)
National Spatial Data Infrastructure
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Introduction by FGDC.(http://www.fgdc.gov/nsdi/)
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Promoting The National Spatial Data Infrastructure Through
Partnerships: by Mapping Science Committee,
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL.(http://bob.nap.edu/readingroom/books/partnership/index.html)
On-line GIS trips:
Virtual Field Trip - Rocky Mtn Natl Park by
USGS Rock Mountain Mapping Center.
On-line ArcView Tutorials:
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http://ponderosa.uamont.edu/Weih/introduction_to_arcview_tutorial.htm
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http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/gishyd97/class/intro/intro.htm
Data Modeling:
- The Reality Modelling
Approach to Entity-Relationship Analysis by N.D.Roberts.
http://www.cms.dmu.ac.uk/~ndr/toolkit.htm
Remote Sensing and GPS:
NASA Earth-Sun System Website:
http://science.hq.nasa.gov/earth-sun/
Corvallis Microtechnology, Inc. (1996).
Introduction to the Global Positioning System for GIS and TRAVERSE. URL:
http://www.cmtinc.com/gpsbook/index.htm
Trimble,
Inc. (2006). GPS Tutorial. URL:
http://www.trimble.com/gps/index.shtml
Cartography:
Organizations:
The Association of American Geographer, Cartography Specialty
Group (http://www.csun.edu/~hfgeg003/csg/)
International Cartographic Association (http://www.icaci.org/)
Government Publications & Maps Division, San Diego State
University Library
(http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/gov/maps.shtml)
Projection and Coordinate systems:
NCGIA Core Curriculum in Geographic Information Science.
Unit 013 - Coordinate Systems Overview:
by Peter H. Dana, Department of Geography, University of Texas
at Austin, USA.
http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/education/curricula/giscc/units/u013/u013_f.html
Spatial Reasoning:
(under construction)
