GIS and Remote Sensing Internet Resources

Updated November, 2018 (under revision)

The purpose of this page is to provide a few Internet links for the JICA Foreign Trainees. As I mentioned during the Lecture, please use these links at your own risk. I am not responsible for how you access or use the information on these sites and I cannot help or answer questions about these sites. Many of these sites offer additional links for your use. Please do not consider this is an exhaustive list, there are thousands of more sites which are not listed. This is just a starting place to help you find some information. The Internet is a useful resource to help you learn more about GIS and Remote Sensing. Enjoy! - reese
 
 
 
GIS and Remote Sensing Software
ESRI
http://www.esri.com
ESRI Software
http://www.esri.com/products
ESRI Scripts and Code Sharing
http://codesharing.arcgis.com/
ESRI Support (For newer versions of the software)
http://support.esri.com
ESRI Data Resources (The Living Atlas)
http://www.esri.com/data/index.html


MapInfo
http://www.mapinfo.com/
Caliper (transportation modeling and simulation software)
http://www.caliper.com/
Intergraph - Geospatially Powered Solutions
http://www.intergraph.com/sgi/
ITC ILWIS 3.0 - now OpenSource by 52North
http://www.itc.nl/ilwis/default.asp
52 North ILWIS OpenSource
http://52north.org/communities/ilwis
Manifold
http://www.manifold.net/
GRASS GIS
http://grass.osgeo.org/index.php
QGIS Opensource
http://www.qgis.org
Hexagon Geospatial (formerly ERDAS/Intergraph)
http://www.hexagongeospatial.com
Leica Geosystems (now Hexagon)
https://leica-geosystems.com/en-US/
TNT (MIPS) Microimages
http://www.microimages.com
GlobalMapper (now part of BlueMarbleGeo)
http://www.globalmapper.com
TerrSet (former Idrisi) by Clarke Labs
http://www.clarklabs.org
PCI Geomatics
http://www.pcigeomatics.com
ENVI Research Systems & ITT Visual Information Solutions / Exelisvis - Now owned by Harris Geospatial
http://www.harrisgeospatial.com
Inpho (Trimble)
https://geospatial.trimble.com/products-and-solutions/inpho


CAD Software
Autodesk AutoCAD
http://www.autodesk.com
Bentley Microstation
http://www.bentley.com
LIS Cad
http://www.liscad.com
IMSI TurboCAD
http://www.turbocad.com
softelec VP HybridCAD
http://www.softelec.com/enu/products/raster-to-vector/vphybridcad.htm
google SketchUp (now Trimble)
http://www.sketchup.com


Raster to Vector Conversion Software
R2V (Able Software)
http://www.ablesw.com/r2v/r2v.html
WinTopo Pro
http://wintopo.com/wintopo-pro.htm


Satellite and other Data Providers
Digitalglobe (Quickbird & GeoEye [Space Imaging (Ikonos and others) & Orbimage] merged with Digitalglobe
http://www.digitalglobe.com
Airbus Defence and Space [SPOT Image France (formerly Astrium Geo / EADS)]
http://www.spotimage.fr  and  http://www.geo-airbusds.com/
RADARSAT Canada (now MDA)
http://gs.mdacorporation.com
Planet (formerly Blackbridge (formerly RapidEye))
https://www.planet.com/
EROS Data Center (USGS)
http://eros.usgs.gov
Global Mapping Initiative
http://www.iscgm.org
Japan ALOS Satellite Data
http://en.alos-pasco.com
FAO Land and Water Dev. Division
http://www.fao.org/nr/aboutnr/nrl/en/
CGIAR SRTM 90m Global DEM (free)
http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org
SRTM forth-coming 30m Global DEM (free)
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/
Aster G-Dem 30m Global DEM (free)
http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/gdem.asp


International Mapping Agencies
Geographic Survey Institute of Japan
http://www.gsi.go.jp/ENGLISH/index.html
Geological Survey of Japan
http://www.gsj.jp/HomePage.html
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
http://www.usgs.gov
Ordnance Survey (Great Britain)
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
l'Institut Geographique National
http://www.ign.fr
Bundesamt fur Kartographie und Geodasie
https://www.bkg.bund.de/EN/Home/home.html
National Mapping (Australia)
http://www.ga.gov.au


International Organizations
JICA
http://www.jica.go.jp/english/index.html
United Nations
http://www.un.org
UN-GGIM - The United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management
http://ggim.un.org
United Nations Development Program
http://www.undp.org
CGIAR Consortium for Spatial Information (CGIAR-CSI)
http://www.cgiar-csi.org


Portal Sites
GeoCommunity
http://www.geocomm.com
GIS User
http://www.gisuser.com
GIS Stack Exchange
http://gis.stackexchange.com
Professional Surveyor
http://www.profsurv.com
TenLinks
http://www.tenlinks.com
The American Surveyor
http://www.theamericansurveyor.com
Directions Mag
http://www.directionsmag.com
GISdevelopment.net (now Geospatial Media & Communications)
http://www.geospatialmedia.net
Planet OS Geo
http://planet.osgeo.org


Professional Organizations
ASPRS
http://www.asprs.org
CAGIS (formerly ACSM)
http://www.cartogis.org
AGU
http://www.agu.org
Intl. Federation of Surveyors
http://www.fig.net
Intl. Association of Geodesy
http://www.iag-aig.org
Intl. Cartographic Association
http://www.icaci.org
Intl. Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
http://www.isprs.org


Standards Organizations
OpenGeoSpatial Consortium
http://www.opengeospatial.org
ISO TC211 Geographic Information / Geomatics
https://committee.iso.org/home/tc211


Other Resources
GIS Tutorial (USGS)
http://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/globalgis/tutorials/index.html
Remote Sensing Tutorial
http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov
GIS Data Formats 1
http://data.geocomm.com/helpdesk/formats.html
GIS Data Formats 2 (from wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIS_file_formats
GIS.com
http://www.gis.com


Free GIS Resources
OSGeo (opensource GeoSpatial Software)
http://www.osgeo.org
freegis.org  (not being updated these days)
http://www.freegis.org
postgis
http://postgis.refractions.net  and  http://postgis.net/
mapserver
http://mapserver.org
Nabble OSGeo.org GIS mail list archives
http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com


Freeware, Shareware & Software Updates 
CNET download.com
http://www.download.com


Internet Searching
Google
http://www.google.com


New and Used Books
AddAll.com
http://www.addall.com/