GIS

Companies and Corporations in the Industry

GCS Research – Leading Geospatial IT Company

Periodicals, Magazines, and other Industry Publications

GeoSpatial Solutions – Forum for emerging intelligence about GIS and related spatial technologies

Univ of MN - GIS Resources – Links to collections of publications, tutorials, and other literature about GIS

Online News, Portals, and other Resources

ACR Corp – Links to websites in the GIS-GPS Industries

GeoCommunity – Portal for the GIS, CAD, mapping, and location-based industry professionals, enthusiasts, and students to gather

GeoPlace – Authoritative Resource for Spatial Information

• Product News – Updated GeoWorld product news / latest application release announcements

GIS Development, the Geospatial Research Portal – Comprehensive GIS Research Portal

GIS Lounge – Portal for latest GIS Industry News, Trends, and Reference

GIS Portal – One of the top web sites for Geographic Information System (GIS) industry information

GIS User – Site with highly-informative (free) daily newsletter

Professional Associations

Association for Geographical Information (AGI) – Represents the interests of the UK's geographic information (GI) industry; a wide-ranging group of public and private sector organizations, suppliers of GI software, hardware, data and services, consultants, academics and interested individuals

Open Geospatial Consortium – International organization for the development of geospatial and location-based standard

Government Agencies, Programs, and Projects

National Spatial Data Infrastructure – Intergovernmental "Geo-Spatial One-Stop" Project managed by DOI

Online Communities

UC Berkeley - abbreviations – Comprehensive dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms in GIS, cartography, and remote sensing

Dictionary of GIS terms – On-line dictionary of nearly 1,000 GIS terms and 52 diagrams published by AGI and School of GeoSciences at the Univ of Edinburgh

ESRI GIS Software Dictionary – On-line technical resource / ESRI specific

Geography Network – ESRI/SMI Portal created to share geographic data and services through a global network of publishers

GIS.com – ESRI sponsored site for those not familiar with GIS technology or application uses

GIS dictionary – ESRI Support Center

Index of GIS Servers – Iindex of worldwide GIS Servers of interest to the GIS community published by AGI and School of GeoSciences at the Univ of Edinburgh

Wikipedia - GIS – Complete GIS Technology Overview