Essential GIS links

ESRI
ESRI is the world leader in GIS software, and their web presence is quite deep and elaborate.  Be sure to check out the support and education areas, as well as the GIS jump station -- a gateway to map-enabled web sites.

This GIS web zine started at a propitious time - just as Microsoft was pre-announcing their desktop mapping product.  The fact that the site provides more relevant business-GIS content than anyone has a right to expect hasn't hurt.
Bill Thoen's GIS Notebook
Bill Thoen is a 15-year veteran of the GIS industry, and has developed a strong reputation as one of the true good guys.  This is just the latest in a series of terrific contributions to the general GIS community over time.  The notebook contains summaries of short trips into the web researching various GIS subjects. 
Starting The Hunt
An exhaustive links site detailing free and nearly free GIS datasets.  Sponsored by the Center For Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) at the University of Arkansas.  This site is like an ace in the hole when it comes time for locating obscure and/or affordable data, although it is not updated all that often.
CIESIN
This web site features easy access to free data, including Census boundaries and demographics, as well as some wonderful Java-GIS samples.  CIESIN is a non-profit organization which provides information to help scientists, decision-makers, and the public better understand their changing world.
GIS Jobs Clearinghouse
The definitive GIS job and resume web site.
Zenith MediaNet Marketing Links
This is an outstanding resource for the market researcher.
Applied GIS
A great ESRI business partner based in the Albany, NY area.  This company is the publisher of PresenTable, the best GIS reporting tool available.  A DSS partner!
Retail Profit Management
A hot ESRI business partner in the Los Angeles area, RPM maintains a fine web presence, including some great Atlas GIS resources, free data, and a cool freeway traffic GIS application.
GeoComm.com
A mature gis data site gets a makeover and a new on-line editor: Glenn Latham.  Its new mission: to be a GIS portal.
Microsoft's Terraserver
Simply put, just about the most compelling GIS related web resource around.  A stunning accomplishment from the evil empire!
Applied Geographic Solutions
This upstart demographic data publisher has a veteran staff producing high quality estimates and projections.  A DSS partner!
Geographic Data Technology
GDT is the 800-pound gorilla in the cartographic data industry.  They have a well-deserved reputation for quality.  A DSS partner!

 

 

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