Resources+List

 **Get started with only a web browser.** [|**www.learningplace.com.au/ea/licsunshinecoast/stis**] ** Whereis Map search [|http://www.whereis.com]  ** This site should be familiar to everyone. Its main purpose is as an online street directory but more information is being added to the site regularly (e.g. parking, wireless internet connections). This is a very useful site for introducing basic GIS concepts to younger students. **CSIRO's Sentinel Fire Mapping Site** [|**http://www.sentinel.csiro.au**] This is a site geared to emergency service personnel and provides up-to-the-minute hot-spot information for Australia. The satellite information can be viewed from the last 12 hours up to 72 hours ago. Data can also be viewed for specific dates in the past, for instance the Canberra bushfires in January 2003. **NAFI (North Australia Fire Information)** [|**http://www.firenorth.org.au**] **NRETA (Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts) Maps** [|**http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/maps**] ** National Geographic Mapmachine [|http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/] ** This site contains a host of maps that can be searched by location. The //Genographic// project, tracing the lineage of human-kind, is not to be missed. There are many applications in the sciences as well as geography, SOSE and even history. Most maps here are interactive and powered by ESRI. Also make sure you don’t miss the map of Mars! **Dept. of Health & Ageing's National Public Toilet Map **[|**http://www.toiletmap.gov.au/**] ** Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's (GBRMPA) Zoning Deep Blue Mapping Tool ** [|**http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/ArcIMS/website/gbrmpa/viewer.htm**] ** Reefbase  []  ** An online GIS focussing on the world’s reefs and associated problems. A lot of data is available including the extent of coral bleaching, reef and mangrove distribution and data relating to the health of our reefs. **Australian Antarctic Data Centre's online mapping tool **[|**http://aadc-maps.aad.gov.au/atlas/**] Worthwhile resource for studying Antarctica at a basic or indepth level. **GeoScience Australia Online mapping and databases** [|**http://www.ga.gov.au**] Geoscience Australia have provided some of their basic Australian data here (eg roads, state outlines, population centres etc.) for free download. The site contains a wide range of geospatial services ranging from online maps & GIS data sets for download through to details of every recorded nuclear blast in the world. There are also location specific GIS that have been put together for specific purposes, such as the Cairns hazard map [|**http://www.ga.gov.au/map/cairns/**] **Google's online global map viewer** [|**http://maps.google.com/**] ** (see Victorian bushfires @ []) ** **Microsoft’s Virtual Earth (currently mostly US, but being developed globally)** ** Asian Tsunami Remotely Sensed Images – University of Singapore CRISP ** [|**http://www.crisp.nus.edu.sg/tsunami/tsunami.html**] While not an online GIS, this site is worthy of mention. Appreciate the scale of the tsunami disaster through before and after satellite images and aerial photographs covering the extent of the Boxing Day Tsunami. An excellent resource that students will enjoy using. **WWF Wildfinder** [|**www.worldwildlife.org/wildfinder/**] **SOFTWARE VIEWERS, GPS AND GENERAL INFORMATION** **Google's online desktop download of Google Earth software** [|**http://earth.google.com/**] **NASA World Wind desktop download** [|**http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/**] **Geocaching site **[|**http://www.geocaching.com**] National Geographic, supported by other agencies, leads this resource to improve student’s global knowledge. __ **For further information on GIS (Geographic Information Systems):** __ [|**http://www.gis.com**] **,** [|**http://esri.com**] or The GIS Portal **  [|http://www.gisportal.com] ** (links to other GIS sites). **__ For further information on GPS (Global Positioning System): __ **  Explore the Johnny Appleseed GPS site [|http://www.ja-gps.com.au]
 * Spatial Technologies on the Web**
 * ONLINE MAPPING**
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 * My Wonderful World [|http://www.mywonderfulworld.org] **
 * European Space Agency’s EduSpace [|www.eduspace.esa.int] ** (great for introduction to remote sensing)