General GIS Information and References:

 

You can access the University of Guelph Library directly from here; the library site has links to other libraries in the Guelph area. The Guelph library website has a GIS webpage, with information about data and software available to university users.

For general questions about GIS, or to review the meaning of a technical term, you can browse through the list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about GIS and remote sensing, or check any one of available GIS glossaries and other resources/reference sites on the Internet.

Several sites maintain Bibliographies of GIS references, although they vary in scope and are not always up to date. Students at Guelph have created a GIS Bibliography.

 

GIS/Mapping Agencies, Associations and Companies:

 

Federal government mapping agencies in Canada and the United States provide a wealth of cartographic information on the Internet. Other government sites (i.e., provincial or European) are also available.

Scholarly Associations, such as the Association of American Geographers, National Commission of Geographic Information and Analysis, or GIS World, also maintain sites with much useful information.

More and more Private Companies, such as ESRI, and MapInfo, are using the Internet - some of these sites even have software tutorials and/or job ads.

 

NewsGroups and Listservs for On-Line Help:

 

NewsGroups are interactive email-based forums for the discussion of a particular topic. Since many experts actively read these groups, they are a great way to get advice and information on just about everything. There is a very lively NewsGroup dedicated to GIS, as well as one for Idrisi users. There is also information on Listserv's.

 

 

Locating digital maps on the Internet:

 

Some sites include digital maps that can be downloaded from the Internet, and used for various applications. Because of copyright restrictions and file format considerations, it is often difficult to locate exactly what you want - but have fun browsing!

 

 

Post-Graduation Opportunities:

 

Many Internet sites maintain lists of job opportunities in GIS and remote sensing, many of which can be searched by location or keyword.

If you are thinking of graduate school, you may want to check out the home pages for Canadian and American Universities , as well as Other Graduate Programs .

A great way to introduce yourself to the GIS community is to attend a GIS conference - why not present the research you have completed for a GIS course?

 

Starting Points for Further Exploration:

 

This sites identified above are only a few of the hundreds of sites offering information about GIS. Several good Starting Points for exploring other sites, are included here. Or you may want to try a keyword search using one of several Search Engines available.

 

Please regard this Homepage as a "Work in Progress". I would appreciate learning of any new sites you have discovered, and would like added to those above. Also, any suggestions about the set-up of this page are most welcome. In the meantime - have fun surfing!