GIS Links

Internet Resources for Geographic Information Systems

Geography and GIS

• Academic Departments
• Companies
• Conferences and Seminars
• Data
• General and Educational topics
• GIS Glossary
• Google Directory
• Jobs
• Libraries
• Mailing Lists
• National and International Professional Organizations and Associations
• News, Articles, Magazines and Journals
• Software
• Various Links
• Yahoo Directory

Tourism Industry

• Academic Departments in Tourism
• Articles (Application of Geographic Information System in Tourism Industry)
• Conferences and Events
• Google Directory about Travel
• Journals
• Tourism Associations and Organizations
• Tourism Research
• Useful Links
  

General

• Computer
• International Organizations and Agencies
• Search Engines

Geography and GIS

Academic Departments Geography and GIS

• http://geowww.uibk.ac.at/geolinks/advanced.html
• http://www.gradschools.com/listings/menus/geography_menu.html
• http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/GEOG/usadepts.htm http://www.unc.edu/depts/geog/depts/northam-map.html
• http://www.igu-net.org/uk/igubase/geography_departments.html
• GIS
• Geoscience (U.S. & Canada)

Companies

• GIS
• Cartography

Conferences and Seminars

• http://www.ConferenceAlerts.com
• http://nt1.directionsmag.com/events/
• http://www.mapbureau.com/directionsmag/flashindex.html
• http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/gis/gis_events.htm
• http://www.icivilengineer.com/Conferences/
• http://www.asce.org/conferences/

Data

• Google Directory
• Yahoo Directory

General and Educational topics

• Map of the world with information for each country
• Map Quest
• Digital Earth
• Resources for students
• The field of Geography
• Information about careers in Cartography and GIS
• Ask scientists
• Search Books

• http://www.gis.com/
• http://geography.about.com/cs/gisgpstech/
• http://www.earth.nasa.gov/Introduction/sitemap.html

GIS Glossary

• Technical
• General

Google Directory

• Geography
• GIS
• Earth Sciences

Jobs

• www.gisjobs.com www.higherjobs.com
• http://www.directionsmag.com/jobs/latest/ http://userpages.umbc.edu/~scaque1/geog.htm
• http://www.hdm.com/content.php?content=jobs.xml
• http://career.ucsb.edu/students/joblinksbyindustry/geography.html
• Libraries

GIS library

Some university and public libraries

• http://www.colorado.edu/geography/virtdept/resources/startplc/start.htm
• http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~matzke/geojournals.htm
  

GIS-Related Mailing Lists

• http://www.gisnet.com/notebook/gis_list.htm
• http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/community/lists/

National and International Professional Organizations and Associations

Notice: Since some of associations have probably changed their old web addresses, so you
can find their new web addresses by using the search engines listed at the end of this list.

• http://www.geographie.de/english/international/
• http://www.colorado.edu/geography/virtdept/resources/assn/assn.htm
• http://www.colorado.edu/geography/virtdept/resources/assn/internat/internat.htm
• Meteorology
• Hydrology

Most popular

• International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• International Cartographic Association
• International Hydrographic Organization
• International Geographic Information Foundation
• International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• Association of Geographic Information Laboratories for Europe
• Association of American Geographers
• American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
• Cartography and Geographic Information Society
• California Geographic Information Association
• American Geological Institute
• US Geological Survey
• National Geographic Society
• American Geographical Society
• Environmental & Water Resources Institute
• American Water Resources Association
• Geoscience Information Society
• North American Cartographic Information Society
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
• University Consortium for Geographic Information Science
• National Academy of Sciences
• National Science Foundation
• U.S. Census Bureau
• Greenpeace

News, Articles, Magazines and Journals

• GIS News and Articles
• GeoCommunity
• Geoplace
• GPS World
• GIM

(The surveying and mapping fields of Geomatics)

• International Environmental News
• Civil Engineering Magazine Online Explore

List of Geography-related journals

• http://geography.asu.edu/links.html http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~matzke/geojournals.htm
• http://www.geog.ubc.ca/courses/klink/gis.notes/journals.html
• http://www.colorado.edu/geography/virtdept/resources/journal/journals.htm

Software

• List of products

Most popular

• ArcView (GIS)
• ArcInfo (GIS)
• ENVI (RS)
• ER MApper (RS)
• PCI (RS)
• ILWIS (RS and GIS)

Various Links

Geography

• http://www.frw.ruu.nl/nicegeo.html
• http://www.cwu.edu/~geograph/links.html
• http://geog.ucsb.edu/more/links.htm

Earth and Environmental Sciences

• http://www.webdirectory.com/
• http://www.georesources.co.uk/
• http://phoenix.liu.edu/%7Edivenere/resources/geolinks.htm

GIS and GPS

• http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/GIS/NEWINDEX.HTM
• http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/gis.html
• http://udel.edu/~mclarke/gis.html
• Cartographic Information (Overview of coordinate systems)
• Geographic Nameserver (Longitude and Latitude of cities)
• GIS and Public Health
• GIS Day
• Earth Day
• World Environment Day
• World Water Day
• List of research topics in GIS and related fields
• Peakware World Relief Maps
• Tallest Mountains
• Largest Lakes
• Longest Rivers
• Flags of All Countries

Geography for Kids

• http://mbgnet.mobot.org/fresh/lakes/
• http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/geography.htm
• http://www.unc.edu/~jmaxim/web_geography_for_kids.htm

Geography Humor

• http://www.geog.ubc.ca/cca/cartoons.html
• http://geography.about.com/library/misc/blhumor.htm
• General
• World Cultures

Yahoo Directory

• Geography
• GIS
• Earth Sciences

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Tourism Industry

Academic Departments in Tourism

• Graduate School Directories
• Schools

Articles (Application of GIS in Tourism Industry)

Business GIS-tourism industry-A study

• http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/business/bus0008.htm

The importance of Multimedia and GIS technologies in the Tourism Industry

• http://www.ercim.org/medconf/papers/bounemra.html

The Role of GIS in Tourism Planning and Rural Economic Development

• http://www.cognizantcommunication.com/filecabinet/Tourism_Analysis/ta43abs.html (fifth article)

Application of GIS in Tourism Land-Use Change

http://www.strom.clemson.edu/publications/coastal/cmt.pdf (Page 11, 12)

GIS in Tourism - A Zimbabwean Perspective

http://www.photogrammetry.ethz.ch/general/persons/jana/daressalaam/papers/dondo.pdf

Conferences and Events

• Upcoming events 
• WTO calendar of international tourism events
• World Travel & Tourism Council events

Google Directory about Travel

• Business
• Recreation

Journals

• Tourism Journals & Publications

Tourism Associations and Organizations

• Google Directory
• Tourism Associations World Wide
• Travel and Tourism Associations

The most popular

• World Tourism Organization
• World Travel & Tourism Council
• International Air Transport Association
• International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism
• International Road Federation
• International Civil Aviation Organization
• American Society of Travel Agents
• Canadian Tourism Commission

Tourism Research

• Tourism Research Resources 
• Tourism Research Links

Useful Links

Yahoo Directory about Travel

Tourism Information Network

Tourism Research Links
World Tourism Day

National Transportation Week

GIS for Tourism Management

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General

Computer

International Organizations and Agencies

• http://www.library.rochester.edu/index.cfm?PAGE=370
• http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/intl.html
• http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/resource/internat/igo.html

Most popular

• United Nations
• UNESCO
• United Nations Environment Programme
• World Health Organization
• World Trade Organization
• World Tourism Organization
• World Bank
• International Committee of the Red Cross
• European Union

Some Search Engines

• Google                                     
• Yahoo                                              
• AOL Search                                     
• AltaVista                                          
• Mamma
• Ask Jeeves                                  
• Search

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Notice: This list has been collected and compiled to facilitate searching about Geography, GIS and Tourism Industry on the internet. I have tried to use valid web resources but anyway I'm not the responsible for the accuracy and value of the information offered by the individual web resources. Masoud Fozunbal