Global Monitoring and Geographic Information systems
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- Asian GIS portal - links, downloads, news etc. with an Asian perspective.
- ASTER - joint US/Japan site for global monitoring. See also ERSDAC
- Earthshots - USGS site for global monitoring.
- ESRI - major supplier of GIS software - site has links to applications, data etc.
- Geo Community - portal for GIs and related data
- Geoversity - educational site for GIS.
- GIS Development - portal for GIS, GPS etc.
- GIS Internet Resources - one US university's guide to the topic.
- GIS Portal - says it all!
- Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network - one example of a global system.
- Global Environment Facility - the UNEPs key site.
- Global Land Ice Measurement from Space - part of climate change research.
- Google Earth - excellent map/image/hybrid system with 3D coverage of some US cities. Best for EU and US.
- KanGIS - Kansas school project
- Life on Earth - huge NASA image site.
- Magic - UK Government GIS program covering all aspects of conservation etc. Awesome site!
- UNEP/DEWA/GRID - UN site with large amounts of global data.
- USGS - Geographic Information Systems - an introduction to the topic from the US government site.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre - key wildlife research centre. See this example of the Great Apes project online maps
- World Wind - NASA's rightly acclaimed, very large, downloadable, interactive globe with numerous add-ons