NIH IMAGE - FREE imaging software
Hubblesite--view the universe with the Hubble telescope with movies, telescope description and diagrams, planets, stars, galaxies and more, which is part of the Smithsonian exhibit, at http://hstexhibit.stsci.edu
Radar entomology. The Radar Entomology Web Site offers a guide to tracking migrating and foraging insects with high precision. It was developed by biometeroloogist Alistair Drake of Australia's University of New South Wales. It has a lot but for most of us the immediate attraction is the radar photfile which profiles insect radar images of honeybee drones congregating near a Texas hive and aphids surfing a surging sea breeze in Finland.
Shuttle Photographs:
http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov (site for the best images)
and
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov (complete set, but a bit awkward to use)Radar Images:
http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov (very nice images, but limited coverage)
http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/sir-c/precision/precision.html (b&w images, but better coverage; Minnesota images are here)Weather iamges (there are lots of sites for these, this is my favorite):
http://weather.unisys.com (select satellite images)
Landsat 4 & 5 browse images:
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/Webglis/glisbin/categoryselect.pl?category=SATELLITE+IMAGERY&id=9586661193364713 (select Thematic Mapper Landsat Data and Search)
Landsat 7 Browse images:
AVHRR:
http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/1KM/1kmhomepage.html
How about a set of pictures taken in six days covering the country from Liberty to the Golden Gate?!
Here is basic information on GIS in Minnesota (260k Word document) or a pdf format(35k)
TerraSIP 'From The Ground Up" online Activity. Join us in exploring how imagery of the Earth can be used to help manage our natural resources.
http://www3.extension.umn.edu/projects/terrasip/home.htmTerraSIP home page has links to current applications being developed by the University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources.
http://terrasip.gis.umn.edu/projectsDetecting Seasonal Vegetation Changes Using AVHRR NDVI: Satellite imagery shows how the changes in vegetation growth over a year of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. You can also see lakes, cities, aquifers, and other data.
Metro Area Watershed: Data and satellite imagery of the Metro Area. Use to see dam locations, mining operations, watersheds, and much more. You are able to query information about specific features.
Root River Watershed: Data and satellite imagery of the Root River Watershed in Southeastern Minnesota. Use to see dam locations, mining operations, watersheds, and much more. You are able to query information about specific features.
Landsat Thematic Mapper Availability: The user is able to click on a scene to get information about the latest Landsat 5 and 7 revisit dates and cloud cover. This tool will allow the user to qualitatively assess cloud cover over a particular Landsat scene, on a given revisit date, through Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) imagery. The user may then use this information to order Landsat imagery through TerraSIP or the EROS Data Center's EOS Data Gateway.
AVHRR Application (eGIS): This application is developed as a tool for analyzing and monitoring of natural resources at regional level using multi-temporal AVHRR imagery. Present research and development are funded by NASA under TerraSIP project.
Learn to create your own Mapserver Applications for delivering dynamic GIS and image processing content via the World-Wide Web (WWW). The package contains a number of stand alone applications for building maps, scalebars and legends offline.
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/This page showcases MapServer applications from all over the world.
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/gallery.htmlDNR web-site with Statewide aerial photographs and satellite images. Current boundary water blowdown imagery and collection of information about forest fires in Minnesota. http://www.ra.dnr.state.mn.us/.
ImageView enables interactive browsing of satellite images covering the Minnesota landscape where the user can manipulate the display characteristics of the imagery.
ForestView brings MN DNR Forestry's Cooperative Stand Assessment (CSA) GIS data and satellite imagery together in one interactive interface. Users can overlay forest inventory data from state-owned lands onto the satellite image of their choice.
ChangeView presents browsable "forest change" images, which are derived from two Landsat satellite images of the same area at different dates.
Browse every USGS 1:24,000, 1:100,000 and 1:250:000 quadrangle for Minnesota.
It is currently an experimental application.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mapping/tomo/start.htmlDNR Lake Finder! The Lake Finder is a series of pages that provides access to Lake Survey Reports, depth maps, Pollution Control Agency lakes data, and Department of Health fish consumption advice for more than 4,500 lakes and rivers throughout the state.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/Recreation Compass, a dynamic map interface for locating information about Minnesota's recreation areas.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/compass/Trout Maps is an interactive version of the Trout Fishing Access in Southeastern Minnesota booklet.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish_and_wildlife/trout_fishing/se_trout_init.htmlDNR Data Deli: An internet-based spatial data acquisition site that allows users to download raw computer-readable data for use in heir Geographic Information System (GIS), image processing system, or raditional database environment. The site includes links to extensive and summary level data descriptions (metadata) to support our users.
http://ftp.dnr.state.mn.us/The Land Management Information Center at Minnesota Planning offers services to improve the effective use of geographic information in Minnesota.
http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/Access to maps and data from MetroGIS
http://datafinder.org/MINNESOTA LAND USE AND COVER 1990s CENSUS OF THE LAND
http://mapserver.lmic.state.mn.us/landuse/Do you know of an organization that should be listed here? Send link info to the webmaster!