Geographic Information Systems
Links
GIS at Grinnell - Details tools, support, training and data available at Grinnell College, and includes a showcase of class projects with GIS.
Iowa Geographic Information Clearinghouse Metadata Explorer under Resources (Click on Data) - a comprehensive way to collect data about specific areas of the state or the whole state.
Terraserver's Area51- Cool stuff with ortho and satellite photos. Check out the 3D flyovers!
American Factfinder: Thematic maps page- A direct link to the thematic maps page of the Census. A little difficult to navigate, but provides access to graded color maps of a number of data tables from the 2000 and 1990 Census.
Other links of interest:
Edward Tufte's Home Page - Featuring the work of Edward Tufte and Graphic Press.
Examples of Bad Graphs - from C. J. Schwarz, Department of Statistics and Mathematics, Simon Fraser University
Articles
NITLE (National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education articles - three articles about GIS in the liberal arts environment
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