----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Telnet adress +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ delocn.udel.edu [128.175.24.1] Ocean Network Information Center University of Delaware College of Marine Studies login: info OCEANIC database -- data about ocean currents for climatic change, subduction zones and deep sea dumping, among other things. epaibm.rtpnc.epa.gov EPA National Library on-line database can be accessed for bibliographic searches. hermes.merit.edu [35.1.48.150] [35.1.48.149] [35.1.48.159] [35.1.48.160] Weather forecasts by region or city (US only) host type: um-weather ipac.caltech.edu [131.215.139.35] NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) login: ned lpi.jsc.nasa.gov [128.138.213.22] The LPI Center for Information and Research Services provides resources on geology, geophysics, astrmomy and astrophysics. Support services are provided for other departments, such as publications, and computer. Materials on these topics are available. Menu driven -- use VT100 emulation or equivalent login: lpi madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000 [141.212.196.79] Weather forecasts for regions/cities (US only) (The 3000 is the telnet port number, not a baud rate) martini.eecs.umich.edu 3000 [141.212.99.9] [141.212.100.9] Geographic Name Server Zipcode, population, lat/long other stats from 1980 census for US cities. Enter name of city at the (non-existant) prompt and press Enter. Include state (as in Ipswich, MA) or you'll get that city's info in every state it is found. Contact: Tom Libert (GNS author) University of Michigan [log in to unmask] Tom reports: GNS covers only USA now, but I just received global city data from CIA RWDB2. I'll incorporate that fairly soon. nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov Space Physics Analysis Network (SPAN) Network Information Center (NIC), managed by the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC), an online facility to provide a central source for information. login: span_nic nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov NSSDC On-Line Data and Information Service. Includes *NASA Master Directory* -- an online search system providing brief overview information about NASA and many important non-NASA space and earth science data, and data information systems. In some cases, the directory offers automatic network connections to catalogs or other systems. login: nodis stis.nsf.gov [128.150.195.40] Science & technolgy Information Service STIS is maintained by the National Science Foundation. login: public sun.nsf.ac.uk [128.86.8.7] login: janet At the hostname: prompt type uk.ac.niss There is an academic BBS on the JANET (UK) network called NISS (National Information on Software and Services), you can find it in the HYTELNET guide. The sections of geology are painfully empty or outdated, but there are some GIS info in the sections of Geography and Land Use Studies. tycho.usno.navy.mil [192.5.41.239] U.S. Naval Observatory Automated Data Service login: ads nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov CDF (Common Data Format) is used by the NASA National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC). I believe they distribute code to create/read/write CDF data files, but you would have to check with them. The simplest way to get more information is to log into the NSSDC online service: username: nodis Gopher sites +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Host=gopher.fsl.orst.edu Port=70 URL: gopher://gopher.fsl.orst.edu:70/1 Welcome to the Forest Science Laboratory Gopher This gopher is maintained by the Forest Science Laboratory of Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Created 1 March 1993, the primary purpose is to allow users to find GIS (Geographic Information System) files among our rather extensive collection of geographic data. The gopher operates solely as an index. This means that you will not be able to retrieve GIS files directly through the gopher system. However, if you wish to browse the database or you are interested in finding particular GIS data, this is the best place to start. If you are interested in obtaining GIS data, we recommend that you first use the gopher to identify the particular files that you want. Once you have identified the files, please fill out our request form (if you do not have accounts on fsl machines) and email it to: [log in to unmask] When the available data are ready for transfer, you will receive a confirmation of the name of your file and the date it can be accessed in an anonymous ftp area for downloading. We anticipate data being available within 1 - 2 working days of your request, although we may give priority to financial benefactors. Other questions/comments may be addressed to: [log in to unmask] honor.uc.wlu.edu (port 1020) In the main menu, choice "by subject" and after "Geography". There's three or four topics related to GIS. gopher.gdb.org/1ftp%3acumulus.met.ed.ac.uk%40/images/ (Meteosat images of europe gopher://gopher.gdb.org/1ftp%3spectrum.xerox.com%40/pub/map/ (USGS DEM's, TIGER., landuse) Divers Commercial sites +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ GISnet BBS This is a PC Bulletin Board System >>best in the world<< dedicated to GIS, digital cartography, desktop mapping, remote sensing interests >>check it out now<<. Fast-breaking news and new files on our favorite subjects can be found here as they become available. Mapping software, data trasnlation, image processing, world-wide databases, 3D color GIF maps and landsat photos, daily weather maps and satellite photos, etc >>everything you'll ever really need<<. Files for DOS, Mac and unix os's are available here. These goodies are drawn from several sources (not *just* Internet), and you won't find anything like it anywhere else. >>Trust me<< To reach GISnet, fire up your modem and telecommications software, and dial (303) 447-0927. Set your protocol to 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and you can connect at speeds up to 9600 baud (V.32), The system is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Some files are free, but for the "real good stuff" there is a small fee for full access >>sign up anyway, you'll love it<< And the BBS is just the tip of the iceberg. We sell data and mapping software too. USGS DEM, DLG, TIGER, World coastlines and cities, US Census, satellite images, etc. GRASS (for the Silicon Graphics box) sales, support and training is here too. (but, ahem... note that GRASS support is for customers only!) We have a service group that can do custom maps of anywhere on earth, (and a few places elsewhere), >>they can do anything<< 2D, 3D, or 4D (video animations through time or space). Output can be from GIF bitmap to full-color, E-size and bigger posters. Call or write for more info: GISnet BBS 1401 Walnut St., suite C Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 447-0927 (data) (303) 786-9961 (voice) contact: Bill Thoen >>Geoscience Telecommunications R Us<< E-Mail adresses of GIS developpers +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ GeoVision Systems Inc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ People at Geovision can be reached as [log in to unmask] (or @geovision.gvc.com). For example, my prefered address is [log in to unmask] If you don't know who you want (as was the case with the original poster) try `postmaster'. Terry McGonigal GeoVision Systems Inc {uunet.ca,revcan}!geovision!terry Ottawa On, Can [log in to unmask] Phone +1 613 722 9518 Fax +1 613 722 5385 World Wide Web sites +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ http://pubweb.parc.xerox.com/hypertext/docs/mapviewer.html About the PARC Map Viewer The PARC Web Map Viewer is yet an experiment in providing dynamic information retrieval via generic protocols such as World Wide Web (W3) and clients like NCSA Mosaic. The Map Viewer is an HTTP server that accepts requests for map renderings and returns an HTML document including an inlined GIF image of the requested map. Links embedded in the HTML document are used as controls to change the map rendering (e.g. pan, zoom, level of detail). The HTML hypermedia document format and the HTTP protocol are in effect used as a generic user interface toolkit to provide not only document retrieval but a custom user interface. This interface does not yet take advantage of the Mosaic extensions for fill-in-the-blank forms, however it now uses the ISMAP extensions for detecting mouse selections within an image. Although there exists a faster and easier to use X Windows mapbrowser interface for viewing the same data, there are advantages of having a World-Wide Web interface: The W3 interface is accessible to a broader user community than the Unix-based X tool. The W3 server can be used to include map images as part of other hypermedia documents. Comparing the two interfaces informs us how to improve generic information retrieval systems like W3. The Map Viewer user interface was recently improved (November 1993), and it will likely change as I experiment with it. Please send comments to Steve Putz at [log in to unmask] http://info.er.usgs.gov (the USGS home page) http://sun1.cr.usgs.gov/eros-home.html (the EROS home page) (has some interesting multimedia map experiments) http://sun1.cr.usgs.gov/glis/glis.html (the GLIS home page) http://zia.geog.buffalo.edu/GIAL/netgeog.html (listing of geographical resources) http://www.dsl.whoi.edu/~kens/dsl_home.html http://lorax.geog.scarolina.edu/ ( U. of South Carolina Dept. of Geography Home Page) http://www.earthweb.com:2800/ (EarthWeb Server Home Page) http://hpb.hwc.ca:7002/WWW_VL_Geography.html (The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Geography) http://www-nais.ccm.emr.ca/ (National Atlas Information Service - CANADA) ============================================================ Cyrille SIMARD Universite de Moncton (CUSLM) 165 boul. Hebert, Edmundston NB, CANADA, E3V 2S8 Tel : (506) 737-5050 (5261) Fax : (506) 739-5373 Internet : [log in to unmask] L'avenir n'existe pas ... 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