Here I’m maintaining links that I’ve found useful in acquiring and working with spatial data.
ArcMap Tips and Tricks
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Coordinate Systems « Technical Blog
ArcGIS to SketchUp and back | ArcGIS Blog
The top five things you should try in the ArcGIS for Desktop v.10.2 | Technical Blog
Working with Geolocators
Creating An Address Locator – Intro to Geocoding – Guides at Penn Libraries
www.census.gov/geo/education/pdfs/brochures/Geocoding.pdf
GIS Manual: Address Geocoding with ArcGIS
Raster Data Sources
GLCF: Earth Science Data Interface
SEDAC – Environmental Sustainabilty – Anthropogenic Biomes
USGS Global Visualization Viewer
GEM – Global Environment Monitoring
Climate Prediction Center – GIS data (Shapefile and Raster)
ESRL : PSD : All Gridded Datasets
Global Aridity and PET Database | CGIAR-CSI
Welcome to ISRIC World Soil Information | ISRIC World Soil Information
Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium (MRLC)
Data Access | LP DAAC :: NASA Land Data Products and Services
Atlas of the Biosphere: Mapping the Biosphere
ORNL DAAC for Biogeochemical Dynamics
Software, Plug-ins, and Api’s
Download | Geosoft ArcGIS Plug-In
Geospatial Designs Grid Convert
Ip Address Geolocation API | Ip locator
Maps and Map Collections
Peru Maps – Perry-Castañeda Map Collection – UT Library Online
GIS Community
Newest ‘arcgis’ Questions – Geographic Information Systems Stack Exchange
Global Network for Geospatial Health – GnosisGIS :: Home
Vector Data Sources
Global Administrative Areas | Boundaries without limits
TIGER Geodatabases – Geography – U.S. Census Bureau
FEMA Map Service Center – NFHL Resources
U.S. Geological Survey – National Hydrography Dataset
Teaching with GIS
TeachSpatial | resources for spatial teaching and learning