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Links to Other Sites General and Social Geography The ABC of Geography - a Geography dictionary and glossary for students Africa Online Jeanne Sept's African Links The Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing at the University of Kent, houses the CSAC Ethnographics Gallery containing books out of print - includes Turkish Village by Paul Stirling Association of American Geographers BALLERINA - Baltic Sea Region On-Line Environmental Information Resources for Internet Access BIDS - Bids online database The Canadian Association of Geographers Canadian Geographic - magazine online CDE - The Centre for the Comparative Study of Culture, Development and the Environment at the University of Sussex Center for Demography and Ecology Classroom Technology for the Future CTI - Centre for Geography, Geology, Town Planning and Meteorology The Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty - at the University of Sussex Earthwatch Earthworks - on-line database of career opportunities for geographers Eldis - the gateway to development information Internet for European Studies FAOSTAT - Statistics database from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization Gary's Geographical Gnome - searchable database Geo Guide - General Geography WWW sites Geography Overview by EINet Galaxy Geography at About.com Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - from the Learning and Teaching Support Network GeographyJobs .com - Geography jobs around the World Dave Wakefield's GeoNet Geography Quizzes - Great for learning countries and states Geosearch - Geosciences recruitment services Geosource - a general geography/geoscience directory HungerWeb - a project of the Alan Shawn World Hunger Program at Brown University ICPSR - Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research IISDnet - International Institute for Sustainable Development Infonation - compare statistical data between UN member states Internet Geographer - Internet information skills for geographers JASSS - Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation JISC Resource Guides - High quality resource guides in seven subject areas Malaysia Home Page MIMAS - Manchester Information and Associated Services Modern and Contemporary France - electronic journal Modern Italy - electronic journal Mountain Forum The Mountain Institute (US) Mountain Research Group (UK) - RGS/IBG National Geographic Online One World - Nations Online -'an objective guide to the world' Planet Earth - a site for the whole planet Policy and Politics - electronic journal Political Geography - electronic journal REGARD - database service with information on social-science research Regional Studies - electronic journal Statistics for the Terrified - Statistics education & general interest: free resources Sussex Centre for Migration Research UK Data Archive World Population Counter - the current world population continuously updated World Gazetteer - population figures for cities, towns and places WoS - Web of Science. Includes the Arts & Humanities, Science and Social Sciences Citation Indexes and the Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings Yahoo - Science: Geography - more links Up to top of section Back to contents Historical Geography 1901 Census 2001 Census - from CasWeb (Athens password required) English Heritage Medieval English Towns Public Record Office The Commonwealth War Graves Commission West Sussex Past - a portal to archive, library and museum online heritage services Up to top of section Back to contents GIS, Remote Sensing and Meteorology AGI - the Association for Geographic Information AMRC - Antarctic Meteorology Research Center Arctic Digital Database - provides a consistent, seamless map of Antarctica Centre for Atmospheric Science at the Chemistry Department, Cambridge University Scottish Avalanche Information Service Baltic Sea Drainage Basin GIS, Map and Statistical Database - part of the Baltic Drainage Basin Project BBC Online - Weather Centre The Cairn Gorm Weather Home Page - from Dept. Physics at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Canada Centre for Remote Sensing - a national program in remote sensing with responsibilities for data acquisition and applications development Canadian Ice Service Canadian Space Agency CelesTrak Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies CIRA - Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere Climate Monitor Online and the Climate Links Project - both from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia CMA - China Meteorological Administration DFD - German Remote Sensing Data Center The Daily Planet from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dartcom - satellite image reception and processing ground stations Dundee Satellite Receiving Station EARS Monitoring and Early Warning - Drought monitoring and crop yield forecasting Earthcam - view the Earth from Space Earthnet Online - Earth Observation ECMWF - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Edinburgh GIS - GIS WWW Server from Dept Geography at University of Edinburgh El Niño: online meteorology guide El Niño Theme Page -from NOAA/PMEL/TAO ERDAS - home of Imagine, image processing software ESRI - Environmental Systems Research Institute. Includes GIS information, maps and images, news and software downloads, including ArcView ESRI Canada EUMETSAT European Space Agency FAS Intelligence Resource Program - Imagery Intelligence on the Web Forest Fires/Remote Sensing FSU Meteorology - from Florida State University, USA Gap Analysis Program - a Geographic Approach to Planning for Biological Diversity GeoCommunity - The Source for GIS Data, News, Software & Discussion GeoNorth - GIS, Database and CAD systems Goddard DAAC - The Goddard Distributed Active Archive Center GUILD-on-the-Web - The Geographic User Interface to Landcare Data ImageNet - a global visual indexing system providing access to public and commercial geospatial data products Infoterra - previously known as NRSC, National Remote Sensing Center Intellicast Weather - from NBC News Imagery from the Intelligent Resource Program - from FAS (Federation of American Scientists) Also on this site: Image Resolution Comparison Live Weather Images LP DAAC - The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center Lyndon State College Meteorology - includes collections of satellite images Manifold.net - mapping, database and 3D software The Met Office - UK National Weather Service; includes Satellite Imagery Meteo-France - Meteosat Home Page Meteorological Service of Canada NASA Home Page - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's World Wide Web information services NCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research NCDC - the National Climatic Data Centre, USA NCDC Satellite Documentation - Online document library NERC Satellite Station at Dundee University. Includes good NOAA images. NOAA Home Page - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; includes news, weather and environmental information Okean-O - Ukranian and Russian Remote Sensing Satellite PA Weather Centre - weather forecasting from the Press Association RIG - the Remote Imaging Group CIESIN Guide on Remote Sensing - the human dimensions of global environmental change Remote Sensing Tutorial - from NASA Canada Centre for Remote Sensing - a national program in remote sensing with responsibilities for data acquisition and applications development The Use of Satellite Remote Sensing - CIESIN Thematic Guide Royal Meteorological Society RSGIS Laboratory - Remote Sensing/GIS, Utah State University Russian Space Agency How Satellites Work - NASA Satellite Meteorology - on-line remote sensing guide sci.geo.meteorology data sources FAQ - from the Usenet news group SeaWIFS - Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor project providing quantitative data on global ocean bio-optical properties SMIS - Space Monitoring Information Support from the Space Research Institute, Russia Spatial Effects - understanding, encoding, modelling and visualising geodata SPUTNIK Technojobs - GIS and related jobs for the UK and Europe TerrainBase Data - from NOAA/NGDC TerraServer - photographic imagery of the Earth TMSAT - the Thai microsatellite TORRO - The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation UK borders - boundary datasets for the UK from Edina U.S. Geological Survey GIS View the Earth from Space - from Woodhouse Communications Weather Graphics technologies - Weather forecasting software WeatherPost - from the Washington Post The Weather Underground - from the University of Michigan WW2010 - the Weather World 2010 Project - excellent on-line guides from the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, including Meteorology, Remote Sensing and Reading Weather Maps Further GIS Sites Lists The GIS Gateway - from the US Census Bureau Maarten Zeylmans van Emmichoven's Nice Geography Servers page (Univ. of Utrecht, NL) - GIS and Geography Up to top of section Back to contents Biogoeography Biodiversity - from the Natural History Museum The Blue Planet - BBC series Canadian Forest Service Canadian Wildlife Service - Hinterland Who's Who The Insects Home Page - Lots of stuff on .. well .. insects Fossils Direct Kew Gardens Natural History Notebooks - from the Canadian Museum of Nature SeaWIFS - Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor project providing quantitative data on global ocean bio-optical properties British Trees - a collection of reference material See also Earth and Environmental Sciences Up to top of section Back to contents Earth and Environmental Sciences The Arctic Institute of North America - at the University of Calgary AWMA - The Air and Waste Management Association Arid Lands - Office of Arid Lands Studies BALLERINA - Baltic Sea Region On-Line Environmental Information Resources for Internet Access BGS - The British Geological Survey Canadian Museum of Nature CANQUA - The Canadian Quaternary Association Canadian Rockhand - Geological Magazine CBA - The Council for British Archaeology The Centre for Alternative Technology CIESIN - Center for International Earth Science Information Network from Columbia Earth Institute Coastal and Marine Geology Program Woods Hole, MA / USGS, Seafloor Mapping Server EarthView - funded by US National Science Foundation and Columbia University. Includes earthquake data and information Earthquake Hazards Program - from the USGS Putting Earthquakes in their place - from NASA Earth Sciences - WWW Virtual Library El Niño: Online Meteorology Guide - University of Illinois NOAA El Niño Page El Niño Theme Page -from NOAA/PMEL/TAO The EnviroLink Network - On-line source for all environmental information Fossil Hominids - FAQ Freshwater Website - Environment Canada The Geological Society Best of the Web - Geology Geoscience Overview by EINet Galaxy Geoscape Canada (Natural Resources Canada) The Global Change Master Directory - from NASA Global Warming Information Page Great Lakes Atlas - an environmental atlas and resource book GreenNet - Global computer communications network for Environment, Peace, Human Rights & Development GNET - the Global Network of Environment and Technology International Rivers Network - linking human rights and environmental protection IPA - no, not a real ale site but The International Permafrost Association National Landslide Information Center - from USGS Marine Geology and Geophysics - US National Geophysical Data Center/World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics Minerals - Amethyst Galleries Mission to Planet Earth - includes Science of the Earth System Mountain Forum The Mountain Institute (US) Mountain Research Group (UK) - RGS/IBG Natural History Museum Natural Resources Canada Natural Hazards Research Department - from the Swiss Federal Research Institute NOAA National Geophysical Data Center - Environmental data relating to solar-terrestial physics, solid earth geophysics, marine geology and geophysics, paleoclimatology, and glaciology NOAA Paleoclimatology Program - Data Resources include Climate Modelling, Ice Core, Paleoceanographic, Paleovegetation, Tree Ring University of Oregon's Environmental Studies Department Ozone Depletion - a CIESIN Thematic Guide PODAAC - the Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Centre Polar Continental Shelf Project Quaternary Research Association Recycle City - from US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SEPADO - Somali Environmental Protection and Anti-Desertification Organisation S-7 Forest Soils Soil Information System (Canada) Soil Science Society of America Soil Survey and Land Research Centre UNEP GRID-Arendal - UN Environment Programme USDA-ARS Wind Erosion Research Unit US Environmental Protection Agency US Geological Survey - Scientific Information on Water, Geology and Mapping USGS Bedform Sedimentology - Images of bedforms and crossbedding. Software download available The Virtual Field Course Volcanoes - Can we predict volcanic eruptions? From Annenberg/CPB Volcano World - from UND Aerospace World Volcanoes.info - Useful information about volcanoes around the world EOS Volcanology - NASA EOS IDS Volcanology Team Water Science for Schools - from US Geological Survey WEDC - Water, Engineering and Development Centre World Conservation Monitoring Center Yahoo - Environment and Nature - a collection of links See also General and Social Geography Up to top of section Back to contents Environmental Groups and Agencies BTCV - British Trust for Conservation Volunteers Environment Agency EPA - US Environmental Protection Agency Friends of the Earth Green Engineering Jobs - Careers, news and information for the Environmental and Renewable Energy Industries Greenpeace The Green Channel - lots of environmental group web sites LWMNTV - London and West Middlesex National Trust Volunteers United Nations Environment Programme WCMC - World Conservation Monitoring Centre Up to top of section Back to contents Maps and Travel Arctic Digital Database - provides a consistent, seamless map of Antarctica British Antarctic Survey British Cartographic Society British Library map collections BUBL LINK: Cartography National Atlas of Canada Online Cary English County Maps 1787 http://atlas.gc.ca/english/index.html Catosphere - US population demographics available for instant download Centre for Topographic Information in Ottawa CIA World Factbook CNN - Travel Guide CountryReports.org - country information Countryside Information Service - currently being updated Digimap - On-line current and historical Ordnance Survey maps. For University of Sussex users this is available via the electronic library (Requires registration) Elstead Maps - Maps & Guides from the UK to the World Foreign & Commonwealth Office - travel advice Frixo - road / motorway traffic reporting site GeoCenter - comprehensive map information The Geographer's Craft - teach-yourself cartography and GIS! Geology.com - Collections of online reference maps and Landsat images including US Map Collections - 250 U.S. state maps, and the Country Map Collection - over 160 country maps GMT - The Generic Mapping Tools Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names - world thesaurus, giving grid references and details of any location you can think of Google Earth satellite imagery - requires free software (available on all University of Sussex PCs) The Harvard Map Collection Health advice for travellers - from Department of Health Journal of Maps - a new inter-disciplinary online, electronic, journal that aims to provide a forum for researchers to publish their maps Live Search - Air photos from Microsoft London bus map London Transport - travel information on visiting London Lonely Planet on-line MAGIC - Interactive maps bringing together UK geographic information on key environmental schemes and designations MapForum.Com - Specialist antique map magazine Mappy.com - European route finder Map-Related Web Sites - maintained by the University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library, home of the PCL Map Collection The Map Room from the Bodleian Library maps.com - maps online Maps of World - Maps of the World by a custom map maker mapsworld.com - National Map Centre Multimap - interactive maps Network Rail Oddens Bookmarks - extensive collection of links Old Sussex mapped Ordnance Survey Rail Europe - European Rail Experts and the UK's leading supplier of European rail tickets and InterRail passes. SNCF - French Railways Society of Cartographers Stanfords - buy maps and travel books on-line from the world's leading map shop Streetmap - street and road maps for the whole of mainland Britain Sussex air photo collection - a test-phase index to air photos in the Geography Resource Centre at the University of Sussex Tiger Mapping service - from the US Bureau of the Census Time Out City Guides Toporama - Canadian map sheets Toposite - Topography of Provinces, States, Countries and Continents of the World Topozone - Topographic maps (USA) The Trainline - train information and tickets Travel Canada - Canadian Tourism Commission Travel Intelligence - specialist travel knowledge and publishing company United Nations Cartographic Section Via Rail Canada Virtual Tourist - the "original travel community" Vision of Britain - A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001. Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions Where will we go? - Adventure and cultural travel The World of Maps - A Gateway for maps and mapping World Travel Guide - from AT&T and Columbus Press Up to top of section Back to contents Other Universities, Libraries and Academic Institutions Academic Sites - UK Sensitive map from the University of Wolverhampton BIDS -search for articles in bibliographic databases University of Brighton - the other University in Brighton The British Library National Library of Canada CHEST - Combined Higher Education Software Team Geography Departments Worldwide - a searchable database of Geography departments Natural History Museum New York Public Library NISS Information Gateway Portico - The British Library's Online Information Server RGS - Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers UK Directory : Education channel - includes universities, colleges, schools and more Up to top of section Back to contents Research Agencies and Official Bodies The British Council British Red Cross The Commonwealth of Learning CORDIS - Community Research and Development Information service DFES - Department for Education and Skills English Heritage The Environment Agency ESRC - Economic and Social Research Council Europa - Gateway to the European Union FCO - Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London NERC - The National Environment Research Council National Grid for Learning National Research Council (US) including National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine National Research Council of Canada NATO NSERC - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Public Record Office ReliefWeb - from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs United Nations - Main Server UNDP - United Nations Development Programme UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and cultural Organisation World Council of Churches Up to top of section Back to contents Voluntary Teaching and Conservation Work Azafady - UK charity working in southeast Madagascar to alleviate poverty, improve well-being and protect beautiful unique environments BTCV - International volunteering organisation Coral Cay Conservation - Providing resources to help sustain livelihoods and alleviate poverty through the protection, restoration and management of coral reefs and tropical forests Ecoteer - Volunteering website that offers the chance to volunteer in over 40 different countries at ecolodges, conservation and community development projects Frontier - 'Conservation, Education, Exploration' Greenforce - Global conservation expeditions Operation Wallacea - Scientific conservation expeditions SPW - Students partnerships worldwide Volunteers Abroad - Volunteer placements worldwide, providing unique travel and work experiences to people of all ages and backgrounds Up to top of section Back to contents General Links BabelFish - translations BBC i - includes BBC TV's Horizon programme The British Museum CalculateMe.com - calculation and conversion utility Currency Converter - converts currencies from one country's to another The Economist Europa - the European Commision's Home Page The Guardian The Independent The New Scientist's Planet Science Science Museum Scientific American Electronic Telegraph - The Daily Telegraph on-line The Times The Times Higher Educational Supplement UK Directory Victoria & Albert Museum YELL - Yellow Pages UK Home Page Up to top of section Up to top of document Back to contents

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