GEOLIBRARY

GeoLibraries are internet locations to find geospatial data and metadata. The NEERS GeoLibrary provides links to on-line sources of geospatial data principally within the geographic scope of NEERS. Many of these libraries utilize GIS products (e.g., ESRI's MapCafe or ArcIMS to serve up data such as orthophotography over the internet using a browser (i.e., thin client is the GIS buzz word!). MIT is working with several states to serve up high quality orthophotography with geographic coordinates at no expense to the user. This page also provides links to sites containing glossaries and tools.

Truly amazing are the historic panoramas available at the Library of Congress. To appreciate these files, download them to you hard drive, download the MrSid viewer and pan and zoom! The detail is phenomenal. You can also view these files in ArcView 3.1 or higher, if you activate the MrSid extension.

General:
ArcScripts - downloaded tools to extend functionality of ArcView/Info
Canadian Gazetteer - place names in Canada
Coastal Geospatial Data Info
Digital Chart of the World
EPA's Environmapper
EPA's/ESRI's Hazard Mapper
ESRI
ESRI's GIS Jump Station
Getty Thesaurus of Place Names
GIS Data Depot
GIS Links
Glossary of GIS Terms
Nautical Chart Extension for ArcView
NOAA's MapFinder
NOS MapFinder - coastal photography, historic charts & maps, hydrographic surveys
Panoramic Map Collection from the Library of Congress
Sources of Earth and Planetary Photograpy
Space Shuttle Photograph Archive
USFWS GIS Links
U.S. Gazetteer - Identify places and obtain 1990 US Census data

Sites Providing Global Geospatial Data:
Microsoft Terraserver - USGS Orthophotography and SPIN Images

NEERS Region:

Connecticut:
Map and Geographic Information Center

Maine:
Gulf of Maine
Maine DEP
Internet Mapping
Maine Office of GIS

Massachusetts:
An Internet Geo-Image Library for the Massachusetts Coast
Boston - MIT Digital Orthophoto Browser
Massachusetts Bay Dataset - 1990/91 temp, salinity, pressure, sea level data
Massachusetts Electronic Collection - Harvard
Massachusetts Maps

New Hampshire:
GranitNet

New Jersey:
Map Garden

New York:
CUGIR - Cornell University Geospatial Repository
New York State GIS Clearinghouse

Rhode Island:
Critical Resources Atlas
RI GIS
RI - MIT Digital Orthophoto Browser