GIS-Knoppix is a bootable Linux CD with pre-installed GIS software

This document describes an RDF vocabulary for representing WGS84 (world geodesic survey) lat/long/alt positioning.

The latest surveying and GPS technology create a complete GIS of a sunken battleship from the attack on Pearl Harbor

A history of the relation of geology during the first 110 years of the U.S. Geological Survey to the development of public-land, Federal-science, and mapping policies and the development of mineral resources in the United States

from The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

GIS database download

Brian McGrath’s impressive, Flash-based historic visualization of Manhattan’s skyscrapers and urban development.

Election officials and activists are turning to geographic information systems and other technology to tailor their approach to finding voters.

“The following tables list NACJD data collections that contain geographic identifiers that could be geocoded for GIS analysis.”

using USGS maps to teach about Lewis & Clark

“Geodetic control is required to support mapping of the airports across the United States”

Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee Blue Book

image taken at Mt. St. Helens on October 4, 2004

images from oct 2004 activity

“…point and fly to hundreds of US and international cities. Zoom down to detail showing individual buildings, search for existing businesses by name or category, even fly to a specific address”