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"The CyberInstitute Short-Course on Geographic Information Systems"
Web-Based Case Histories in GIS

• An example investigating desertification (and its risk) using NOAA data.
• An example from the San Francisco area, hosted at the REGIS site.
• Some brief overviews of global environmental analysis with GIS at Clark University's Idrisi Project.

Contents of the Short Course: Where to go from here?
Single-page version of this short course: Use this to download or print a single file.

• The Heart of the Issue - What is a GIS? (3 definitions)
• Tutorials on GIS.
• GIS Terminology Explained (a web-based dictionary).
• Case Histories. (..above on this page..)
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on GIS.
• Related Discussions on GIS and Spatial Data.
• Bibliographies on GIS.
• What about GIS on the World Wide Web?
• "I want my own system. How do I proceed to find one?" (choosing a GIS "for me.")
• A list of GIS-related meetings, with abstract deadlines."
• Some "Favorite Links."
• Request for suggestions/enhancements. We're not lonely (we get over 1 million Web-hits per year). So don't feel an obligation to email us. However, if you have candidates for enhancements to this short course, or if (horrors!) you find something to correct, please let us know.