Geostatistics is a brand of statistics that deal specifically with spatial relationships. Find information about this branch of mathematics, software and tie-ins to GIS. Read more

While the name Social Explorer may conjure up images for some of a new and powerful social networking site, this site is actually a splendid way to learn more about your friends and neighbors. Created by a team of demographers and GIS experts at Queens College in New York, the Social Explorer website offers access to dozens of different interactive data maps including time series maps that chart the ethnic transitions that have occurred throughout New York and Los Angeles over the past decades. Before delving into the maps any further, first-time visitors may want to go to the Getting Started section, where they can read a brief introductory essay about these data maps and their basic objectives. Finally, visitors can also use the site to generate their own specialized maps and reports. From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2006. http://scout.wisc.edu/

Calling all K-12 teachers! If you teach GIS as part of your curriculum, fill out this survey for a doctoral research project. Aryliss Lisner from Northern Illinois University is studying “What Beliefs Characterize Teachers Who Implement Geographical Information System (GIS) Software into K-12 Classroom Practice.

WebRing links websites sharing common interests in Public Participation GIS, community mapping and spatial information technologies used in a participatory manner to support integrated conservation and development, sustainable natural resource management and customary property rights. Webmasters may join the ring by including the (automatically generated) HTML code on their home page.

Wildfinder is a map driven database that users can search either through the map interface or by species. Created by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), this application has over 26,000 species of birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians to explore.

Site that provides a cultural geography of the United States as well as Canada. Browse through the links to find maps showing the distribution of religious, ethnic groups, languages and more.

• American Ethnic Geography

Extensive online map collection from the University of Texas at Austin. Listed at the top are maps of current interest. This map library has over 5,000 mostly public domain maps freely available for downloading and use.

• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

Synthesis of research project on visualization concepts in map making.

• Making Maps Easier to Read

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