Links
We invite our members to contribute to this web page with links, reviews, and or articles of relevance to our region and our chosen field of research and work. This page was create to serve this purpose. Please send your contributions via e-mail and we will post them here.
Websites
NASA's Worldwind: This is an awsome tool created by NASA http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/download.html that allows viewing an manipulation of imagery and data that allows you to drill down anywhere on earth from space, view existing data, including Landsat, and USGS orthos. The ability to go oblique and fly around is way cool for a free program.
Books & Reviews
If you have not had an opportunity to read the books by Edward Tufte or attend one of his courses, you should really take a look at what he has to offer at his website http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/index
Edward has an incredible abiltity to explain graphics and visual imformation. Wether your viewing information, or creating maps for distribution these books offer incredible insight into the useful display of information.
Software
Looking for some good remote sensing software: http://www.clarklabs.org/
"I have just begun working with this software and am impressed with it's ease of use and functionality."
An incredibly robust GIS package: http://www.manifold.net/products/mfd50pro/mfd50pro_home.html
"I'm just getting started with this one, If anyone has experience with this and wants to relate thier story, please forward it to me."
How about an incredible 3D design package: http://www.sketchup.com/
" Out with the expensive name brand CAD packages this one does it all and is very easy to master."
Data
Everbody's favorite place for NED's: http://seamless.usgs.gov/
Looking for California data: http://gis.ca.gov/data.epl