Edited by Lindsey Barnes
(last updated April 14, 2004)

GIS Information     Free GIS Software   Links to Maps and other Geospatial Data    Census Information     Map Galleries    Interactive Maps & Online GIS                     GIS Applications    GPS Information   General Disaster Info Resources    Tornadoes    Earthquakes    Hurricanes    Droughts/Flash Fires    Floods    Lightning  Blizzards    Other Natural Disaster Possibilities   Terrorism and Other Unexpected Catastrophe Info    Some Trauma Centers Nationwide

GIS Information - tutorials, explanations, etc.

Common Function of GIS http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~caagis/tgis/course/functions.html

Definition of GIS http://www.main.nc.us/GIS/what-is-gis.html#What-is-a-GIS-Another

Samuel J. Wormley - Educational Observatory Institute, Inc.  http://www.edu-observatory.org/gis/gis.html

Higher Education GIS Resource Links (ESRI) http://www.esri.com/industries/university/helinks.htmlm

Societal GIS, Information infrastructure and policy issues, has project examples, and discussion of vector GIS and RDBMS http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/~pbcote/enr-100/outline.htm

Learning GIS Resources

http://campus.esri.com

http://www.gis.com

http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/outreach/gisguidelines.html

return to top

Free GIS Software

GIS software and Utilities http://www.arkeologi.net/gis/software.html

Terraserver Digital Raster Graphics (topo maps) tool  http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/outreach/terraserver.html

Download the tool, zoom to your area of interest within your GIS, downloadthe data using the tool within your GIS, and then make the layer permanent.

• ESRI's ArcExplorer
• PCI
• ENVI
• EOSGIS Translators
• MODIS Reprojection Tool (MRT) v2.0
• Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS GIS)
• MultiSpec ©

      return to top

    Links to Maps and other Geospatial Data

USGS Geography: Availability of USGS Geospatial Data http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/products/status.html

Using Census Data - Table of Contents http://www.uic.edu/sph/dataskills/skillbytes/census/census.htm

SSURGO Data Use Information ftp://ftp.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/pub/ssurgo/online98/docs/ssurgo_db.pdf

USDA-NRCS Soil Survey Division homepage - soil data http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/index.html

Availability of USGS Geospatial Data & Aerial Photography Products http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/products/status.html

BLM Colorado - Geospatial Data and Metadata for Colorado http://www.co.blm.gov/metadata/cothemes.htm

CDPHE GIS Spatial Data http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hs/gis/spatialdata.asp

Center for International Earth Science Information Network http://www.ciesin.org/download_data.html

Colorado Status Graphics http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/status/rmmc/co/index.html

Colorado's Decision Support Systems http://cdss.state.co.us/ftp/gis.asp

Copy of GIS Coverages USDA Forest Service http://www.roadless.fs.fed.us/documents/feis/data/gis/coverages/index.shtml

DCW Layer Interface for Colorado http://www.maproom.psu.edu/cgi-bin/dcw/dcwcountry.cgi

Elevation Data for Fire Areas  http://edc.usgs.gov/nedfire

EOS Data Gateway Welcome from NASA and affiliated centers  http://edcimswww.cr.usgs.gov/pub/imswelcome

EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD http://edc.usgs.gov/products/map.html

NBII Clearinghouse Metadata Search http://mercury.ornl.gov/nbii

Regional Data Southwest Data Center http://www.landuse.com/data/datalinks/datalinks.shtml

Seamless Data Distribution System http://seamless.usgs.gov/  and http://edcnts14.cr.usgs.gov/Website/seamless.htm

Free GIS Data - GIS Data Depot http://www.gisdatadepot.com/quadindex/

United States - Free GIS Data - GIS Data Depot  http://www.gisdatadepot.com/catalog/US

United States, Colorado, El Paso, Digital Line Graphs (DLG) - 24K - Free GIS Data - GIS Data Depot http://data.geocomm.com/catalog/US/61076/1231/group142-3.html

USDOC-NOAA-NESDIS-National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Home Page http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov

USGS Mapping Information Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) http://geonames.usgs.gov/gnishome.html

USGS National Mapping Geospatial Data Clearinghouse http://mapping.usgs.gov/nsdi

Availability of USGS geospatial data http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/products/status.html 

National Parks GIS information http://www.nps.gov/gis/park_gisdata/colorado/co.htm

National Cartography and Geospatial Center http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/ncg/ncg.html

Locate river layers http://www.riverbrowser.com/viewer.htm?Title=Riverbrowser.com

National and State trade info http://ese.export.gov/ITA2002/Intro_new.htm

The Colorado Division of Water Resources has all the state's DRGs available for free download (link to Digital Raster Graphics Files near top of page) http://www.water.state.co.us/pubs/gis.asp

Internet Mapping http://www.geocortex.net/gallery/index.html and http://www.esri.com/software/internetmaps/index.html

Internet map server http://www.sra.dst.tx.us/pub/sra/presentations/nalms/gis_web/tsld007.htm

The Land Survey Information System or LSIS is the official government Web site for the distribution of the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) of the United States. http://www.geocommunicator.gov/lsi/

ESRI’s Geography Network free downloads and purchasable data www.geographynetwork.com

Map Mart free downloads and purchasable data www.mapmart.com

Geodata.gov free downloads and purchasable data www.geodata.gov

United Nations Environment Program free downloads World wide scale data (lower resolution) http://geodata.grid.unep.ch/

Maps and Data http://mapstedi.colorado.edu/maps.html

Global Forest Watch http://www.globalforestwatch.org/english/index.htm 

The Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF) develops and distributes remotely sensed satellite data and products http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/index.shtml

Imagery and other data from NASA http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/

National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss.htm

Wyoming Internet Map Server http://www.wims.uwyo.edu/

 Utah maps http://maps.utah.gov/mapindex.htm

GIS WWW Resource List http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/giswww.html

return to top

Census Information

US Census Bureau - Maps and Cartographic Products Main Page - starting point for LOADS of mapping info. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/maps

Using Census Data - Table of Contents ftp://ftp.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/pub/ssurgo/online98/docs/ssurgo_db.pdf

US Census Map Gallery (map images) http://www.census.gov/geo/www/mapGallery

return to top

Map Galleries

ESRI Map Gallery - many different themes http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/index.html

US Census Map Gallery (map images) http://www.census.gov/geo/www/mapGallery

return to top

Interactive Maps & Online GIS

American Fact Finder:  The data dissemination tool for accessing and mapping Census 2000 and other census data. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet

TIGER Interactive Mapping Services - Maps based on 1998 TIGER/Line® files, and 1990 Decennial Census data http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse-tbl

Colorado County Governments http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/countygovs.html and http://www.geosurvey.state.co.us/pubs/geohazards/docs/sp12.htm#swelling

Utah Conservation Data Center Interactive Map http://atlas.utah.gov/wildlife/viewer.htm

MaPSTeDI is a collaborative effort between the University of Colorado Museum, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and Denver Botanic Gardens to convert their separate collections into one distributed biodiversity database and research toolkit for the southern and central Rockies and adjacent plains. Linked with GIS mapping tools and available via the Internet, this database will allow researchers and the public to easily track changes in biodiversity in this area over the last century.  http://geomuse.colorado.edu/mapstedi/client/index.jsp

USDOC-NOAA-NESDIS-National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Home Page http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov

Energy atlas, interactive mapping.  View, zoom into and print interactive maps of solar, wind, geothermal and biomass resources in the Western US using an Interactive map tool; View, download and print the contents of the Renewable Energy Atlas of the West; Learn more about renewable energy  http://www.energyatlas.org/default.asp 

return to top

    GIS Applications

Spatial Modeling of Climatic Parameter Fluctuation Mapping Temperature Variation in the Bermejo Basin from 1901 to 2000 http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/environment/overview/mi03095pf.htm

Remote Sensing and (GIS) applications in the Erosion studies at the Romero River Watershed  http://www.gisdevelopment.net/aars/acrs/1998/ts1/ts1006pf.htm

GIS applications in air pollution modeling http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/environment/air/mi03220pf.htm

Identifying and Tracking Pesticide Use in Agriculture http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0702/pesticide.html

Environmental protection in Germany and the specific role of spatial planning - An introduction http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/environment/overview/envo0001pf.htm

Interactive Application of GIS during the Vision Wildfire at Point Reyes National Seashore http://www.nps.gov/gis/apps/pore/gisndx.htm

Development of a GIS based application for selection of villages for sodic land reclamation http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/natural_hazards/landslides/mi03175pf.htm

return to top

    GPS Information

Samuel J. Wormley - Educational Observatory Institute, Inc. http://www.edu-observatory.org/gps/gps.html

GPS:  http://www.gpsu.co.uk/ and http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/

GPS accuracy info:  http://www.igage.com/gps_accuracy.htm

Minnesota Dept of Natural Resources free Tool that allows download from Garmin to ArcView GIS. This extension was built to provide users the ability to directly transfer data between ArcView 3.x GIS and Garmin GPS handheld receivers. Using this extension a user can use point features (graphics or shapefile) and upload them to the GPS as WayPoints. Line and Polygon Graphics or shapes can be uploaded to the GPS as TrackLogs or Routes. Conversely, WayPoints, TrackLogs, and Routes collected using the GPS can be transferred directly to ArcView and saved as Graphics or Shapefiles. http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/outreach/gps.html and http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mis/gis/tools/arcview/extensions/DNRGarmin/DNRGarmin.html

return to top

Hazard Links:

General Disaster Info Resources

Federal Warning Systems http://www.federalwarningsystems.com/contact/

(DEWA) Division on Early Warning and Assessment. UN plan for early warnings. http://www.grid.unep.ch/activities/earlywarning/

Complete listing of National Weather Service (NWS) Services and Functions. http://www.seawfo.noaa.gov/images/bigguide.txt

Weather Radio Alert Info: NWS warnings and how to use the radio for info.   http://support.tandy.com/support_meters/doc65/65777.pdf

Disaster Relief: Tornadoes, Floods, Blizzards, Earthquakes.  Help and info. http://www.disasterrelief.org/

American Red Cross Resource for Disasters: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/

World Weather: http://www.worldweather.com/

Survival Kits: http://www.equipped.com/survlkit.htm

More Survival Kits http://www.survival-kits.info/survival_kits.htm

To Find Local Red Cross Chapter and Other Info: http://www.redcross.org/

Resources for Floods and Droughts: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/whydro00.htm

Disaster Prep: http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/arnet74.html

Very Simplified and Informative Natural Disaster Pages: http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/index.html 

Homeowner's Guide to Geologic Hazards http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/www/geohaz/geohaz3.htm

return to top

Tornadoes

Everything you want to know about tornadoes. Frequently asked Q’s about tornadoes answered. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/askjack/wfaqtorn.htm

More tornado Q&A. http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/tornado/

Even More tornado Q&A http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/

What warning sirens are intended for.  And how to know about tornadoes otherwise. http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/weather/2827613.htm

Tornado Tips: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/safety/wtordur.htm

Warning Response and Risk Behavior: Tornado of 08 April 1998    http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/qr/qr116/qr116.htm 

Red Cross Tornado Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readytornado.html

NCDC Storm Events-Texas http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/reports/txtornadoes/texastornadoes.html

NCDC Texas Tornadoes http://www.texnews.com/1998/2001/texas/dis0108.html

return to top 

Earthquakes

Earthquake Watches and Earthquake Warnings http://www.grandunification.com/hypertext/Earthquake_Watches_Warning.html

USGS Earthquake Site http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/epic/epic_global.htm

Possible predictor article (connection between electrical behavior of the Earth and earthquakes) http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20030324/earthquake.html#

Quake Alarm: Early earthquake warning system info. http://www.amerrescue.org/qal.htm

Earthquake News http://www.earthquakenews.com/

Earthquake Home Prep Guide: http://www.eqe.com/publications/homeprep/

Red Cross Earthquake Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readyearth.html

return to top

Hurricanes

Hurricane News http://www.worldhurricanes.com/

Hurricane Tips and Prep Info. http://www.keysso.net/pio/tropical/tropical.htm

National Hurricane Center: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Red Cross Hurricane Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readyhurricane.html

Hurricane “TO DO” List: http://www.burger.com/hrcnprep.htm

NWS Hurricane Awareness: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hurricane/index.shtml

Weather.com Hurricane Info: http://www.weather.com/safeside/tropical/

Hurricane in a Boat: http://www.caribbeancompass.com/hurri200fin.htm

Hurricane Safety Guide: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/safety/whurricane.htm

      return to top

     Droughts/Flash Fires

Drought Prep Info http://nris.state.mt.us/drought2001/Info/recomdroughtprep.html

Fire Safety Prep: http://www.health.family.org/childcare/a0000125.html

Forest Fire Safety http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/natres/06304.html

Red Cross Heat Wave Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readyheat.html

Severe Drought Effects Fire Safety: http://fire.feric.ca/conference/GarySafetySummit/2002SevereDroughtSafetyA.htm

Red Cross Fire Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readywildfire.html

Red Cross Drought Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/drought.html

Hayman Fire Incident and Recovery Information http://wildfires.nwcg.gov/colorado/hayman/index.shtml

Drought.ColoState.edu http://drought.colostate.edu

NOAA News Online http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/s924.htm

NOAA Paleoclimatology Program – Drought http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/drought.html

NOAA's Drought Information Center http://www.drought.noaa.gov

Research and Development information at the USDA Forest Service http://www.fs.fed.us/research 

U.S. Fire Administration http://www.usfa.fema.gov/dhtml/media/02press.cfm

United States Climate page Displays various climatological information http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/USclimate

Moore Foundation http://www.moore.org/about_core.asp

return to top

Floods

Flood Prep Info http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/flood/

An Evaluation of the Boulder Creek Local Flood Warning System http://www.udfcd.org/pdf/Final%20Copy_1.pdf

Red Cross Flood Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readyflood.html

Flood Hazard Research Centre:

http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate/severeweather/small/avgt5095.gif

http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~storms

http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~storms

http://www.fhrc.mdx.ac.uk/contentt.html

return to top

Lightning

Lightning detector info http://www.photonics.com/spectra/tech/XQ/ASP/techid.722/QX/read.htm

Lightning Prep, Q&A: http://www.emergency-outlet.com/natural-disaster/weather/lightning.htm

Disaster Center Lightning Page: http://www.disastercenter.com/lightng.htm

National Lightning Safety Institute Home Page:  http://www.lightningsafety.com/contents.html

Red Cross Severe Thunderstorms Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readythunder.html

return to top

Blizzards

Red Cross Winter Storm Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readywinter.html

More Blizzard Info: http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/disaster/snow.html

return to top

Other Natural Disaster Possibilities

Red Cross Volcano Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readyvolcano.html

Red Cross Tsunami Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/tsunami.html

Red Cross Mudslide Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/landslide.html

Info on Mass Movement http://earthsci.org/geopro/massmov/massmov.html

Digital Shasta--Applying GIS Technology to Volcano Hazards http://www.gis.com/resources/sotw/index.cfm?fuseaction=search and http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/~pbcote/enr-100/outline.htm

return to top

    Terrorism and Other Unexpected Catastrophe Info

Red Cross Terrorism Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/unexpected.html

Red Cross Chemical Emergency Info: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readychemical.html

return to top

Some Trauma Centers Nationwide (Not a complete listing)

UCCS Trauma Center:  http://web.uccs.edu/cutrauma/

Arbour Health Trauma Center. (Mass.) http://www.traumacenter.org/

University of Maryland Trauma Center: http://www.umm.edu/shocktrauma/

University of Miami Trauma Center: http://trauma.med.miami.edu/

UCSF Trauma Center: http://www.eastbaytrauma.org/

Vanderbuilt Trauma Center: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/surgery/trauma/

      return to top