The website links here are not exhautive or arranged in any order of ranking. They are to serve as a guide to support beginners and professionals to quickly know events, developments and growth in the use of GIS and Earth Observation for planning, monitoring, evaluation and general scientic research.
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GIS Development is an interesting website that provides all with the latest developments, news and events around the world.
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A leading GIS, Geo-tech resource for GIS users & tech professionals.
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It is a wonderful resource of news, events, adverts, tutorials, books, etc. for GIS professionals and beginners.
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This is a place for the Geographic Information Systems (GIS), CAD, Mapping, and Location-Based industry professionals, enthusiasts, and students to gather.
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This is a beginners guide to learning basic GIS and careers in GIS.
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This is an international industry consortium of 440 companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface standards to support works in GIS.
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Directions Media is the leading source of information, news and commentary in the fields of geospatial and location-based technologies.
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This website provides web GIS software that every municipal employee can use to automate unlimited activities and operations.
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Monthly magazine on news, events and developments in GIS.
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The leading GIS software developer, events and training and so much MORE.
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This a free and open source desktop geographic information system (GIS) with an extensible plugin architecture; a GIS ActiveX control; and C# GIS programmer library called DotSpatial.
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This is free Geographic Information System (GIS) software used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/maps production, spatial modeling, and visualization.
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This is the Leica Microsystems and aims to provide a constant tradition of innovation through breaking research projects with new tools and insights, helping GIS professionals to carry out research both in field and at desks efficiently.
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This is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) licensed under the GNU General Public License. QGIS is an official project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). It runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows and supports numerous vector, raster, and database formats and functionalities.
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Integrated Land and Water Information System (ILWIS) is a remote sensing and GIS software which integrates image, vector and thematic data in one unique and powerful package on the desktop. ILWIS delivers a wide range of features including import/export, digitizing, editing, analysis and display of data, as well as production of quality maps. ILWIS software is renowned for its functionality, user-friendliness and low cost, and has established a wide user community over the years of its development.
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ITT is a diversified leading manufacturer of highly engineered critical components and customized technology solutions for growing industrial end-markets in energy infrastructure, electronics, aerospace and transportation.
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The Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente provides international postgraduate education, research and project services in the field of geo-information science and earth observation using remote sensing and GIS. The aim of ITC's activities is the international exchange of knowledge, focusing on capacity building and institutional development in developing countries and emerging economies.
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This is the developer of Geomatica®- a complete and integrated desktop software that features tools for remote sensing, digital photogrammetry, geospatial analysis, map production, mosaicking and more.
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Planet Action supports projects related to climate change issues by providing geographic information, earth observation images and expertise to organizations (incl. NGOs), institutions and universities working towards combating climate change with local organizations.
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The open source software initiative 52°North is an open international network of partners from research, industry and public administration. Its main purpose is to foster innovation in the field of Geoinformatics through a collaborative R&D process.
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The National Geographic Society has been inspiring people to care about the planet since 1888. It is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical conservation.
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This portal makes available ecosystems data available to the public, other scientists, and land managers. The USGS RMGSC has completed the development of terrestrial ecosystems for the conterminous United States including the major structural components of land surface forms, surficial lithology, isobioclimates, and topographic moisture potential. In addition, the major structural components have been completed for Africa, including land surface forms, surficial lithology, isobioclimates, and topographic position.