Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in GIS, Cartography and Remote Sensing
An extensive list of abbreviations and acronyms used in GIS and related fields, maintained by the Earth Sciences and Map Library at UC-Berkeley.

Glossary of GIS Terms
A GIS glossary list maintained by ESRI.

ESRI Virtual Campus Library
A virtual library maintained by ESRI, containing GIS bibliographies, book reviews, and technical papers from around the world.

NCGIA Core Curriculum in GIS
A core curriculum in GIS providing fundamental course content guidelines and lecture materials for educators, from the National Center for Geographic Information & Analysis.

USGS Introduction to GIS
A basic introduction from the USGS explaining what a GIS is, how it works, and what makes GIS and GIS applications special.

ARC/INFO Tutorial
An introductory tutorial into ARC/INFO including the necessary data for the exercises.

IDRISI Tutorial
An overview of IDRISI's capabilities as well as some instruction in spatial analysis.

The Unofficial ARC/INFO and ArcView Symbol Page
An extensive collection of Arc/Info and ArcView symbols, fonts, and icons contributed by users throughout the world.

USGS Geographic and Cartographic Research and Applications Section
The home of GCRAS, the leader in geographic information science at the Mid-continent Mapping Center.

SIAC at UW-Madison
The home of the Spatial Information and Analysis Consortium at UW- Madison which coordinates Geospatial Information Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

GIS Day
Information about how to get involved in GIS Day, a yearly event in which GIS practitioners open their doors to the public.

 The GIS Portal
Links to sites about seemingly every aspect of GIS from software to users.

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