GIS Technology Research Guide

Table of Contents

1. GIS Technology Research Guide
   1. Call Numbers
   2. Circulating Books
   3. Videos / DVDs
   4. Periodicals (Paper)
   5. Periodicals (Electronic)
   6. Periodical Articles
   7. Web Sites and Searches
   8. Legislation / Government Information
   9. Writing and Citing
   10. Red River College Links
   11. Return to Research Guides List

Web Sites and Searches

GIS Select Search Engine

GIS Select is a Google Custom web search engine that has been restricted to selected web sites. Currently GIS Select focuses on the web sites listed below.

The following sites are rated by topsite.com as the top 10 GIS web sites. These sites are not necessarily endorsed or recommended by the RRC Library or RRC instructors. They are used here to demonstrate the Google Custom Search.

Download software at your own risk.

• OSGeo (Open Source Geospatial Foundation). "Created to support and build the highest-quality open source geospatial software." (#1)
• Quantum GIS Project (Open Source Geospatial Foundation). "Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) licensed under the GNU General Public License." (#2)
• FreeGIS.org "The FreeGIS Project provides software overview on Free Geographic Information Systems." (#3)
• MapTools.org "A resource for users and developers in the open source mapping community, and a home to many open source projects." (#4)
• OpenLayers.org "OpenLayers makes it easy to put a dynamic map in any web page. It can display map tiles and markers loaded from any source." (#5)
• Open Source GIS "This effort represents an attempt to build a complete index of Open Source / Free GIS related software projects." (#6)
• OpenStreetMap.org "OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world. It... allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on Earth." (#7)
• MapServer (Open Source Geospatial Foundation). "MapServer is an Open Source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications to the web." (#8)
• Open Geospatial Consortium. "The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) is a non-profit, international, voluntary consensus standards organization that is leading the development of standards for geospatial and location based services." (#9)
• uDig. "uDig is an open source (LGPL) desktop application framework, built with Eclipse Rich Client (RCP) technology." (#10)