Environmental Studies 255:Remote Sensing and GIS
St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN 55057
The intent
of this course is to introduce students to the fundamental concepts of remote
sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and will attempt to place
these technologies in the context of information systems, cartography,and a
variety of other supporting disciplines. We will explore both the potential
and the limitations of remote sensing and GIS. We will learn the basics of ArcView
9.1-- a powerful and popular desktop GIS package -- but the focus is on concepts.
On-line version of syllabus.
GIS Fundamentals: A
First Text on Geographic Information Systems, 2nd edition
St. Olaf College GIS Home
The St.
Olaf College GIS web site contains a variety of data layers including coverages
for St. Olaf and immediately adjacent properties.
Saint Olaf GIS User Group Moodle Site
Links to Minnesota and Regional GIS/Remote Sensing Information and Software
Carleton College GIS.
Iowa GIS Coverages.
Landsat Imagery for Minnesota via MN DNR FORNET
and Imageview program.
Minnesota DNR Data Deli.
Minnesota GeoGateway
Search Tool.
Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium.
Minnesota Original GLO Land Survey Plats
Minnesota Land Management Information Center (LMIC).
Minnesota LandView.
Minnesota Map Projections and Parameters .
Minnesota Raster
Clipping Project.
GIS at the University of Minnesota.
North Dakota GIS.
Regional Earth Sciences Application Center (RESAC)
for the Upper Midwest.
South Dakota GIS1
and GIS2.
Wisconsin WiscLinc Data
Site or Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office.
Wisconsin Government Land Office Notes and Data
University of Minnesota Soil, Water,
and Climate.
Links to National and International Sources of Information
AI-Geostats.
Alternate Dictionary
of Remote Sensing.
Cornell University's Digital Earth.
David Ramsey Historical Map Collection.
Degree Confluence Project.
Land Processes Distributed
Active Archive Center (MODIS and ASTER).
MODIS Distribution Center.
NASA Earth Observatory.
NASA Earth from Space.
National Elevation Dataset.
The Geographer's
Craft. Much basic info. on using GIS, etc.
GISLinx.
Geography Network (may need
to use MS Explorer for this to work).
Landsat.org.
Introduction
toMetadata.
NOAA WWW Gateway.
Online Map Creation..
Radarsat Inc. site.
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
Terraserver Map Server.
UMD 1 KM Global Land Cover.
United
Nations Cartographic Section.
United States National Grid.
U.S. Census Bureau
Tiger Mapping Service.
USGS Global Visualization Server.
USGS Landsat Project.
USGS Seamless Data Distribution System.
University of Maryland Land Cover
Facility.
Links to GIS and Remote Sensing Software (Free and Not Free)