"The CyberInstitute Short-Course on Geographic Information Systems" Plus Web-Based Reference Materials
Course convener: David Hastings
Where to get a boiled-down, top-to-bottom, study-at-my-own-pace short course in GIS? Try this for starters!
If you know of appropriate additions, please let us know by using the email response at the bottom of this page.

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Table of Contents

• The Heart of the Issue - What is a GIS? (3 definitions) (..below on this page..)
• Tutorials on GIS.
• GIS Terminology Explained (a web-based dictionary). (..below on this page..)
• Case Histories.
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on GIS. (..below on this page..)
• 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." (..below on this page..)
• 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.

• Three Working Definitions of GIS

• A Dictionary of GIS Terms hosted by the University of Edinburgh.

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on GIS hosted by the Bureau of the Census .

• Here's a list of selected meetings in GIS, with abstract deadlines. The list is hosted by the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.

Go to the ISPRS Working Group IV/6 home page.

Go to the Environmental Data and Technology at NGDC home page.

Please email us your suggestions. What high-quality sites should we add to this "short course?":

David Hastings

World Data Center-A, NOAA National Geophysical Data Center