Geospatial Data Sources - Tools - Portals

Geospatial Standards - Governance - Research

-----ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

• Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
• GEOSS - EPA
• GeoTIFF Specification
• GTO - Pennsylvania Geospatial Technologies Office
• GeoVista at Penn State
• International Earth Science Information Institute - Columbia University
• LiDAR/ALSM Research at Arizona State
• LiDAR .las Format Specification (pdf)
• Mapping the Risks - Rand National Defense Research Institute (pdf)
• National Mapping Program Standards
• National Emergency Number Association
• Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
• Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
• OGC - Geospatial Portal Reference Architecture (pdf)
• PAMAP - DCNR Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey
• Pennsylvania Mapping and Geographic Information Consortium (PAMAGIC)
• PA Act 36 (2007) Establishing a first responder building mapping system (pdf)
• PGDSS Version 2.5

Geospatial Organizations

State and Local Geospatial Resources

GIS in Public Health - Healthcare - Environment

GIS in Homeland Security - Criminal Justice - Public Safety

Geospatial Periodicals - News websites

Introduction to Geospatial Technologies