Links

Looking for quality geographic information system resources? Look no further - the resources listed on this page have been useful to the students on our distance learning programme. We have links to all the major providers of GIS software and data as well as cool mapping sites!

GIS Vendors

As part of our courses we use a range of commercial GIS software packages including ArcGIS and MapInfo. The main players in the GIS market are:
  • ESRI
  • MapInfo
  • Intergraph
  • Idrisi
  • Cadcorp

    • Sites with Data and Cool Maps!

    As part of the MSc in GIS and in our short courses you will use data from not only the UK but also international data sets. Check out a sample of links from which we use a variety of data sources. There are also a lot of cool maps on these sites!
  • NASA
  • Global Land Cover Facility
  • The CGIAR Consortium for Spatial Information
  • Geobase Canada
  • US Census Data
  • US Geological Survey
  • Census Data from the UK Office of National Statistics:
  • GIGateway
  • The Federal Geographic Data Committee clearing house for data
  • The Alexandria Digital Library
  • Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center
  • United Nations Environment Programme/ Global Resource Database
  • Landscan Worldwide Population Database
  • Digitial Chart of the World
  • Global elevation and similar things
  • Elevation Derivative Database
  • Global landcover
  • Global forest assessment
  • Global night lights
  • Fires and burnt areas
  • Global 200 ecosystems from WWF
  • World Database on Protected areas and parks
  • Lots of data from WRI

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