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RS - Remote Sensing/Aerial Photography
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[ Aerial Photography - Samples & Sources ]
[ GIS Tools - Resources ]
[ Remote Sensing  - Imagery Samples & Demos ] 
[ Remote Sensing  Sources ] 
[ Research Centers / Organizations / Projects
[ Teaching / Curriculum Resources
[ Terrain Modeling ]

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      Remote Sensing / Aerial Photography - Sources:

      See also Geography - Cartography/Mapping/GPS/Field Methods and Observing the Earth from Space, by Dave Williams, Fresno GLOBE Regional Support Center
       
    • Alexandria Project - imagery digital library
    • ASPRS Geographic Information Systems Division - American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
    • BADGER - Bay Area Digital Geo Resource
    • CCRS - Canada Center for Remote Sensing
    • Center for Image Processing in Education, e.g. NIH Image
    • CEPNET - Information Systems for the Management of Marine and Coastal Resources - Search for Data and Information
    • ClarkLabs - Clark University - IDRISI and other software
    • Climate / Weather / Earth Hotlist - Rice University Public Access
    • Coastal Services Center - NOAA - home
    • CRSSA - Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis - Rutgers University
    • Dynamap/1000 Shapefile Download Center - Dynamap/1000 is a vector based, digital, geographic database in which streets and features are represented as line segments. Each side of a street or feature has associated data such as Census codes and Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) codes. The internal street network database contains nearly every street in the nation. The data is available for all 50 states and Puerto Rico
    • Earth Observing System - NASA
    • EarthExplorer - USGS data gateway
    • EarthSat Corp - home
       
    • ExploreSat - home
    • FEWS - Family Early Warning System  - Satellite Imagery data
    • Guide to Geography - Mining Co site - many resources and links to imagery!
    • GNIS - Geographic Names Information System - USGS
    • FourmiLab (Switzerland) - Earth and Moon Viewer and other online resources RE sky, sun, etc.
    • GSFC - Goddard Space Flight Center /DAAC - home
    • GSHHS - Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Shoreline Database
    • IDRISI Resource Center Salzburg -- (English Summary) and WWW Tutorial
    • ImageNet- Core Software Technology - sources of imagery for Earth observation
    • IONA Server - ESA - European Space Agency - server with access to AVHRR, and other imagery.
    • JPL-NASA - Imaging Radar/SIR-C Home Page - links to Other Internet Sites from JPL / NASA
    • JPL-NASA - Jep Propulsion Lab, Pasadena - Clickable Map of the World - and its Earth Science Image Gallery - also Looking at Earth from Space
    • JSC - Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX - Earth From Space Images - selected via clickable map and by topics and geographical region.
    • JSC (Johnson Space Center) - NASA - Digital Image Collection - home
    • KSC (Kennedy Space Center) - NASA - historical archive of manned missions
    • Lowe's Storm Central -hurricane tracking and storm forecasting Palm Beach, Florida
    • Natural Hazards in Central America: Hurricane Mitch - Interactive MAP SERVER - UNEP/GRID
    • NESDIS - NOAA - satellite and environmental information homepage
    • NGDC/NOAA - WDCA MGG - Exploring the Ocean Basins with Satellite Altimeter Data
    • NIH Image - shareware image processing
    • NIMA - National Imagery and Mapping Agency - home and its GEOnet Names Server - world mapping names
    • NOAA - NESDIS - satellite and environmental information homepage
    • NOAA Photo Library - home
    • NOAA - Satellite Active Archive - Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS) archives and distributes NOAA's environmental data and derived data products
    • Oak Ridge National Lab - DAAC - source for biogeochemical and ecological data
    • Observatorium- education links and its Image Gallery - many resources!
    • Project Alexandria - Web Sites of Digital Spatial Data -
    • SAST - An Environmental Information System for the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri River Basins
    • Satellite Oceanography Lab - Virtually Hawaii site
    • Seafloor Topography - underwater remote sensing research
    • SeaSpace Corporation - imagery and analysis
    • SIR-C  - Radar Images of the Earth
       
    • Stock Photography at Fotos Search - including aerial photos
    • UNEP/GRID data sets
    • USGCRP - Global Change data access sites
    • USGS - National Mapping Center
    • USGS - Node of National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
    • Weather satellite images sources
    • World-Wide-Web Virtual Library: Remote Sensing
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      Remote Sensing: Centers, Organizations & Projects:
       
      See also Geography - Cartography/Mapping/GPS/Field Methods and Observing the Earth from Space, by Dave Williams, Fresno GLOBE Regional Support Center
    • AAG - Remote Sensing Specialty Group - home
    • Advanced Technological Education Project
    • AGRC - Utah - Automated Geographic Resource Center
    • Alaska SAR Facility - homepage
    • Alexandria Project - home
    • Aral Sea Change Detection Research Center - San Diego State University
    • ASPRS Geographic Information Systems Division - American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
    • Arizona Remote Sensing Center - home
    • ATSR - Along Track Scanning Radiometer
    • BADGER - Bay Area Digital Geo-Resources - San Francisco Bay Area - Maps / Imagery, etc
    • Berkeley Digital Library Project
    • Berkeley (University of California) Map Library and Earth Sciences Resources - home
    • CCRS  - Canadian Center for Remote Sensing
    • Center for Image Processing in Education, e.g. NIH Image
    • Center for Science Education -Space Sciences - UC Berkeley
    • CEOS - Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
    • ClarkLabs - Clark University - IDRISI and other software
    • CoVis Geosciences Web Server
    • CRSSA - Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis - Rutgers University
    • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
    • Earth Observing System - NASA
    • EarthSat Corp. - home
    • EROS Data Center - USGS homepage
    • EROS - International Programs and Projects
    • European Space Agency - server with access to AVHRR, and other imagery.
    • FourmiLab (Switzerland) - Earth and Moon Viewer and other online resources RE sky, sun, etc.
    • Fortner Research Home Page
    • GSFC - Goddard Space Flight Center /DAAC - home
    • ICE -  Information Center for the Environment
    • IDRISI Project  - ClarkLabs - Clark University (Home site)
    • IGOS - Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS) Partnership Process
    • IMCS - Institute for Marine & Coastal Sciences - Rutgers Univ - REMOTE SENSING LAB
    • Intergraph International Online
    • ISCGM - International Steering Committee on Global Mapping
    • JPL-NASA - Imaging Radar/SIR-C Home Page - links to Other Internet Sites from JPL / NASA
    • JPL-NASA - Jep Propulsion Lab, Pasadena - Clickable Map of the World - and its Earth Science Image Gallery - also Looking at Earth from Space
    • JSC - Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX - Earth From Space Images - selected via clickable map and by topics and geographical region.
    • JSC (Johnson Space Center) - NASA - Digital Image Collection - home
    • KSC (Kennedy Space Center) - NASA - historical archive of manned missionsc
    • Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program - home - GEMLab Home Page/Univ of Kansas
    • Mining Co site Guide to Geography - - many resources and links to imagery!
    • MODIS Home page - University of Montana, School of Forestry
    • National Air and Space Museum - Smithsonian Institution
    • NGDC/NOAA - WDCA MGG - Exploring the Ocean Basins with Satellite Altimeter Data
    • NIH Image homepage
    • NIMA - National Imagery and Mapping Agency - home and its GEOnet Names Server - world mapping names, etc
    • NOAA PHOTO LIBRARY - NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA, AND INFORMATION SERVICE
    • NOAA/PMEL VENTS Program, Ocean Acoustic Monitoring
    • NTDG - Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group - University of Montana
    • Oak Ridge National Lab - DAAC - source for biogeochemical and ecological data
    • Observatorium- education links and its Image Gallery - many resources!
    • Remote Sensing Lab - University of Minnesota
    • Satellite Oceanography Lab - Virtually Hawaii site
    • SeaSpace Corporation - imagery and analysis
    • SPOT Image welcome page
    • UCGIS - national home
    • UMESC - Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center - USGS
    • UNEP/GRID - homepage
    • USGCRP - Global Change data access sites
    • USGS Spectroscopy Lab - home page
    • U.S. National Ocean Service Websites - home
    • UUSS - - Intermountain West Earthquake Epicenter maps
    • Virtual Geography Department Project - Remote Sensing Group
    • Virtual Laboratory - Johns Hopkins Engineering Lab
    • World-Wide-Web Virtual Library: Remote Sensing

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    • Teaching of RS/GIS - Curriculum Resources

      See also Geography - Cartography/Mapping/GPS/Field Methods and Observing the Earth from Space, by Dave Williams, Fresno GLOBE Regional Support Center
       
    • AAG - GIS Specialty Group
    • AAG - Remote Sensing Specialty Group - home
    • Aerial Photos and Satellite Images - USGS and Remote Sensing
    • ARC Science Simulations, Inc...many resources including "Earth Images".
    • CCRS - Remote Sensing Tutorial - CCRS (Canada Center for Remote Sensing)- Tutorials and other educational resources
    • Center for Image Processing in Education, e.g. NIH Image
    • Center for Science Education -Space Sciences - UC Berkeley
    • CIESIN - Introduction to use of RS (Remote Sensing) to study Global Change - Overview documents
    • Coordinate System Overview -Peter Dana - University of Texas
    • Core Curriculum in Remote Sensing  - NCGIA
    • Cyber Institute - short course on RS / GIS
    • DICTIONARY OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING - home
    • ESRI - About GIS -- What Is a GIS?
    • ESRI - GIS Education and Training - resources
    • ESRI - Virtual Campus
    • ETE (Exploring the Environment Project at COTF - NASA Classroom of the Future
    • FEWS Youth Page - resources on imagery, etc.
    • Finding Your Way with Map and Compass - USGS Factsheet
    • Fundamentals of Remote Sensing Tutorial and other Learning ResourcesCCRS - Canada Center for Remote Sensing
    • Geodetic Datums Overview - Peter Dana - University of Texas
    • Geography education resources - Matt Rosenberg of The Mining Co - Geography Guide
    • Geography Resources List - Mapping Tools, Atlases, Distance and Coordinate Calculators, Imagery - Mark Francek's Resources
    • Getting to Know GIS - online version of Book/CD-ROM
    • GIS: Context, Concepts, and Definitions  - Geographers Craft Project - University of Colorado - Kenneth Foote
    • GIS: Tool or Science? - article - Demystifying the Persistent Ambiguity of GIS as "Tool" Versus "Science", by Dawn Wright
    • GIS - Geographic Information Systems - from the USGS - what it is and how to use it?
       
    • GPS - Global Positioning System Overview - Peter Dana - University of Texas
    • GPS Overview - (tutorials, resources) listed by National 4-H GIS GPS Technology Programs - USDA
    • History of Remote Sensing - USGS - EarthShots
    • History of Remote Sensing and Space Travel - NASA Exploratorium
    • IDRISI Tutorial on the web - University of Salzburg
    • Image Analysis - Workshop - NIH Image - Smith College
    • KidSource Online - teaching resources
    • Learning from Satellites - "Space Available"- module & images from Gulf of Main Aquarium
    • Map Projections Overview - Peter Dana
    • NASA-related sources of all types
    • NASA - Spacelink - educational resources
    • NASA Thesaurus - home
    • National Geography Standards - National Geographic Society
    • NCGE - National Council for Geographic Education - home
    • Notes for GIS and The Geographer's Craft - GCG Utexas
    • Observatorium- education links and its Image Gallery - many resources
    • Outline Maps Online - to copy and use in class
    • Overview of GIS - from Public Works Online Edition
    • POSTIX VISUALIZATION PAGES - Univ Maryland for Earth Science Education
    • Radar Remote Sensing Education - NASA/JPL
    • Radar Tutorial - Virtually Hawaii website
    • Remote Sensing Core Curriculum (NCGIA) - National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis)
    • Remote Sensing Tutorial - Responsible NASA official:  John Bolton, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 420, Greenbelt, MD 20771 Mail to CARSTAD@staac-mail.gsfc.nasa.gov - GSFC - Goddard Space Flight Center - EOS - Earth Observing System
    • Rift Valley Fever - COTF / ETE  - NASA/Classroom of the Future
    • Southern California Integrated GPS Network Educational Module - many resources particulary on earthquakes - SCIGNEM -es
    • Spatial Analysis Lab - Smith College - NIH Image & Tutorials - NIH Image homepage
    • Space Available - Remote Sensing Tools / Modules (NIH Image)
    • Spacelink - NASA Educational Materials library
    • Spectral Imager - Virtually Hawaii website
    • TerraWeb for Kids - teaching resources from USGS
    • UCGIS - national home
    • USGS - Educational Resources for Geography, Cartography, Mapping and related disciplines
    • USGS - Digital Backyard - intro to aerial photography, e.g. DOQs
    • USGS - TerraWeb for Kids - teaching resources
    • Virtual Campus (site for online training in GIS) ESRI
    • Virtual Geography Department Project (frames version) - University of Colorado
    • Virtual Geography Department Project - Remote Sensing Group
    • Visible and Infrared remote sensing Tutorial - Virtually Hawaii website
    • What is GPS? - Trimble
    • World-Wide-Web Virtual Library: Remote Sensing
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      Terrain Modeling / Synthetics Environments

    • 1:250,000-scale Land Use Land Coverages for Utah
    • Automated terrain and feature extraction; feature aided tracking.
    • Dave Miller's WebSpace Design Helps - digital elevation / Quicktime VR, etc
    • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
    • Digital Terrain Modeling - introductory textual module
    • Feature-Aided Terrain Modeling - ACMD
    • Fire Control Tracking (PFCT) Analyses, Feature-Aided Track Maintenance
    • Global Digital Elevation Model (DEM) - "GTOPO30" - UNEP/GRID
    • GSHHS - A Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Shoreline Database
    • Images of US Seafloor Topography  - US coast
    • LULC - Land Use/Land Cover Guide - USGS-EROS
    • Landscape visualization Services - main menu
    • Landscape visualization - tutorials
    • NGDC/NOAA - WDCA MGG - Exploring the Ocean Basins with Satellite Altimeter Data
    • NIST - ACMD - Terrain modeling gallery
    • Syllabus - digital terrain modelling
    • USGCRP - Global Change data access sites
    • Web resources for terrain modeling
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      Last Revised: December 16, 2005