Department of Geography: Links to Other Resources

General Links

• Association of American Geographers
• Geography resources from the CWU library
• Geosource (Web resources for geography, planning, and environmental sciences)
• Virtual Geography Department
• Geography sites (List of links from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands)
• Links of Geographic Interest (From the University of Western Ontario)
• Social Science Information Gateway
• Geo-guide
• GeographyAbout.com (Fine site by Matt Rosenberg)
• Academic Geography Departments in the U.S.
• Academic Geography Departments around the world
• Colleges and universities in the United States (Huge list of websites listed alphabetically by name)
• Project Gutenberg (E-texts of great books)
• Online newspapers from around the world

Cartography & GIS

• Oddens' Bookmarks (Large web directory for cartography and mapping)
• Atlas of Cyberspaces
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (At the University of Texas)
• Society of Cartographers (From Great Britain)
• Raisz Landform Maps
• Landform Atlas (Physiographic maps of the states)
• Landforms of the U.S. - a digital shaded relief map
• Map Projection Homepage
• TIGER files and mapping (U.S. Census Bureau)
• U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer
• U.S. Census Bureau State and County Demographic and Economic Profiles (Clickable U.S. and state maps)
• The National Atlas of the U.S.
• The Electronic Map Library (From CSU-Northridge)
• LandVoyage (Topographic maps and aerial photos)
• Terraserver (Topographic maps and aerial photos)
• Topozone (Topographic mapping)
• Mapquest (Street and highway mapping)
• Maps on us (Maps and routes)
• GPS waypoint registry
• National Geographic MapMachine
• Geographic Information Systems (Introduction from the USGS)
• USGS Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
• GIS Data Depot (Source for free geospatial data)
• GIS Resource List (From the University of Edinburgh)
• GIS Resources (From the University of Guelph)
• What is GIS? (Fine web site from McGill University)
• ESRI homepage
• REGIS (GIS and environmental planning at UC-Berkeley)
• ARCINFO tutorial (By Shane Murnion, Queen's University, Belfast)
• GIS at Edinburgh

Environment

• Conserveonline (Multi-faceted site from The Nature Conservancy)
• EcoNet
• INSTAAR (Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, CU-Boulder)
• National Wetlands Inventory (USFWS)
• Exploring Wetlands Stewardship
• Guide to Federal Environmental Laws and Regulations

Geographic Education

• GREEN (Global Rivers Environmental Education Network)
• Geographic Learning Site (From the U.S. State Department)
• Educational resources (From USGS)
• Geography Discipline Network
• Educational resources for Geographers (From CU-Boulder's Virtual Geography Department)
• Project GeoSim
• Electronic Resources for Geographers (By Lewis Armstrong at Abilene Christian University)
• Resources for Earth Science and Geography Instruction (By Mark Francek at Central Michigan University)

Geomorphology

• Cascade Range Volcanoes
• Eruptions of Mount St. Helens: Past, Present, and Future
• Worldwide Earthquake Locator
• Hot Springs
• Rivers & Streams

Landscape

• The Great Mirror (A digital library of photographs by Bret Wallach, University of Oklahoma)
• Cultural landscapes from around the world (By Dale Lightfoot, Oklahoma State University)
• American Human Landscapes (By Tom Paradis, Northern Arizona University)
• Geo-Images Project (From UC-Berkeley)
• Picturesofplaces.com
• Scenic Washington
• Geothermal Pictures from around the World
• Cultural Landscape Bibliography
• Center for American Places
• Aerial photography and cultural landscapes

Remote Sensing

• National Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
• Global Land Information System (GLIS) (Database from the USGS)
• Earthrise (Index of images from space)
• Cities from Space (Images of cities from space)
• EROS Data Center home page
• SIR-C/X-SAR (Radar images from space)
• Natural features from space (Satellite and space shuttle images of earth)
• Earthrise (Photos of the earth from space)

U.S. Federal Agencies

• Firstgov (A federal government search engine)
• Index to federal agencies (Comprehensive list of web sites)
• Bureau of Land Management
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Fish & Wildlife Service
• Forest Service
• Geological Survey (USGS)
• National Park Service
• Office of Surface Mining

Washington State

• Access Washington
• Washington newspapers
• Washington Place Names Database
• Historical Map Collection (From WSU Library)
• Washington: some useful links
• Travel Washington
• Washington communities (Links to websites)
• Washington wineries
• Best Places to Fish in Washington
• King County, WA (Homepage and county)
• GIS Data Center
• Revised Code of Washington (RCW) (State laws)
• Department of Ecology
• Department of Natural Resources
• Washington Earthquake Hazards
• Wenatchee National Forest

Weather & Climate

• Pacific satellite image (With composite fronts)
• Animated satellite image of the Pacific Northwest
• Current infrared satellite image of the West Coast
• Current radar image from Pendleton NEXRAD station
• Current Seattle radar map (With temperature variations)
• Washington Climate Summaries
• NOAA, National Climatic Data Center
• WeatherSites (List of links from the University of Michigan)

Webcams

• Central Washington University chimpcam
• Snoqualmie Pass
• Volcano Cam (Live view of Mt. St. Helens)
• Clam Cam (View of Long Beach, Washington)
• Westport, Washington (Another coastal view)
• Viking View (Campus of Western Washington University, Bellingham)
• Red Square (Heart of the University of Washington campus)
• Pullman, Washington (Main street sidewalk scene in WSU land)
• Whitman College (Walla Walla, Washington)
• Portland, Oregon (Downtown Pioneer Square)
• Bozeman, Montana (View from a camera that you can control)
• Old Faithful (New image of the beloved geyser every twenty seconds)
• New York City (5th Avenue & 45th Street)
• California surf cams (Several locations)
• Arcata, California (Home of Humboldt State University)
• Lake Tahoe
• Around the world in 80 clicks