Resources for Online Mapping:
- National Geographic MapMaker Interactive
- Sketch a Map
- Map Viewer from ESRI
- Creating an Elevation Profile
- The National Atlas
- GIS Education Community
Great resource!!
The VCCS Geospatial Portal serves as a gateway of information for VCCS faculty, students, and others interested in supporting the development of a geospatially literate workforce in Virginia.
GIS field is booming; firms specializing in computer-driven map analysis are hosting conventions, holding hiring fairs, and developing specialized software.
The Geospatial Revolution - Penn State University Video
Remote Sensing
Real Time Satellite Tracking via Google maps. Chart the location of the ISS, DEIMOS, LANDSAT and others.
Spatial Analysis Laboratory (SAL)Blog provides a wealth of Geospatial information.
GIS uses in public health and Healthcare.
Geography and Google Earth
Many jobs available in this field which consist of GIS, GPS, and Remote Sensing. Check out this site for a list of careers:
- Do you want to do something important?
- Do you want to do something cool?
- Do you want to make sense of data?
Search - GIS Jobs in Virginia Beach
Tidewater Community College offers Certificate Programs in GIS.
Penn State University
Geospatial Revolution videos are excellent GIS information sources.
http://geospatialrevolution.psu.edu/episode1
