MY MAIN WEB PAGES
NEWS SOURCES
DESKTOP REFERENCES
GENERAL REFERENCES
CALCULATORS
WORDS AND WRITING
ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION
SHOPPING
ECONOMY AND CONSUMERISM
HEALTH
GOVERNMENTAL
NATURE AND WILDLIFE
PHONE BOOKS
BUDDHISM
EVOLUTION
Dawkins' hour-long Lecture in Berkley
Johnathan Haidt on the moral mind
CARTOGRAPHY & GIS
- Aerial photo and topo quad maps -- searchable
- Alexandria
Digital Library Gazette Server -- with gazette and more
- Boundary Links -- by
the International Boundaries Research Unit
- Bureau of Land Management public
utilities relating to GIS (many use DOS)
- Cameron Rex's
links -- includes data sources by state
- Census bureau's map
maker -- improved mapper of demographic data -- U.S. to blockgroup
- Comp.infosystems.gis -- the usenet
newsgroup on GIS topics
- Census
Data from Bureau site, to detailed geographies
- David Rumsey's Map Collection -- thousands of high-resolution historical maps. Zoom in.
- DeLorme topographic maps, extraordinory
resource available at the RWL multimedia lab
- Earth Science
Data Interface -- search,
browse, and download data
- Geocode in batch -- another free
geocoder with several nice options, from USC
- Geographic
Locater -- find the names of quad maps for entire U.S.
- GE Source --
Geography and Environment site (extensive)
- Geocomm This is a premier source for
those with GIS/mapping interests, a wonderful site
- GIS Datasets -- a
little difficult to navigate but worth the effort for large datasets
- GIS
Discussion Forum -- by GIS Cafe
- Global Land
Cover Facility -- huge array of on-line
and freely downloadable imagery
- Global Climate animated maps -- U. of Oregon's world maps: soil moisture, temps, etc.
- GPS information site -- links to
articles, discussions, information
- Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse -- DOQs, DRGs, Orthophotos, etc.
- Keyhole -- delivers high quality remotely sensed images for a fee GPS
- Library
of Congress Map Collection -- maps from 1500 "biggest map collection
in world"
- Live
Training -- by ESRI, periodic courses
- Lizardtech Software -- download Mr. Sid Viewer, and many other utilities
- Local Live -- Microsoft's higher
res answer to Earth.Google (cities only, tho not ours!)
- Map List --
huge list of map sites
- The Map
Machine -- extraordinary search engine for maps worldwide
- MapTech -- Topo
maps, Nautical Charts, and Nav Photos for U.S.
- Moon Phase --
Shows the moon now and any specific day/time
- National Map
Server -- USGS National GIS with SVG
- National
Atlas -- major source for data download
- National States GIS Council -- promotes states use of geospatial technologies
- National Geographic.com searchable database: maps, news, features/updates
- Odden's Bookmarks -- 20,000
cartographic links, searchable
- Outline
maps, suitable for use as base maps
- Perry
Castaneda Library -- an extensive collection of maps by U. of Texas
- Public Data by State -- by the University of
Arkansas
- Seamless USGS Data Set --
U.S. or international data
- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission updates
- Slash-Geo -- current news, materials on GIS
- Terraserver -- with some free orthophotographs,
nicely delivered
- Topozone, a fabulous source for topographic
maps. Interactive.
- U.N. Environment Network -- Data, Maps,
Reports, excellent site
- USGS
earthshots -- Remotely sensed images showing environmenal change
- U.S.G.S -- U.S. Geological Survey, with
a search tool for this extensive site
- World at night -- a NASA image, great resolution, fairly large scale
- World Atlas.com,
an atlas of the world, designed for children
- Worldtime: adjust
globe to see shadow from any angle, time at any place
GIS PROGRAMS and TOOLS
- ArcPad -- ESRI's software
ArcMap Add-ons
- BASINS -- EPA watershed, waterquality GIS
- Caliper Corporation -- maker of Maptitude
and TransCad
- DIVA -- Free GIS program designed for
plant/wildlife ecology
- ESRI -- home of ArcGIS
- ET Geo Wizard -- utilities for
ArcMap
- FGIS --
reads makes and edits shapefiles, free GIS for forestry
- GeoDa -- Spatial
Analysis tool
- GeoVista -- open source GIS from Penn State
- Golden Software, maker of surfer
and didger
- Manifold -- an inexpensive GIS
INTERACTIVE MAPS and MAPPING
- ALOV Map -- free java mapping
program for the net
- Atlas
of Cyberspaces -- site showing cyber exchanges in geographic space
- Car on google
mashup -- cute google map hack shows car icon on route
- Carto Net
Conference --
documents conference papers relating to internet mapping
- Carto Net Projects --
links to interesting cartography initiatives
- Color
Brewer -- helps with map colors
- Colorblindness an on-line
image converter
- Common Census --
creates, displays maps of perceived regions, interesting project in beta stage
- Flight Maps -- track jets and airplanes, realtime
- Gapminder -- plot two data in five dimensions, interactive
- Geobloggers -- ongoing discussions
- Geoclip -- another
applet for interactive maps
- Geosphere -- java
applet, globe and pins
- Google's API -- the API for
google maps, you can get your own key
here
- Google Hacks Book -- supplementary info for Google
Hacks
- Google Maps API Tutorial --
excellent tutorial with lots of topics
- Housing Maps -- Google &
Craig's list together -- find rentals, buys.
- Illinois Market
Maker -- maps IL county tracts with demographic/market
data
- JigZone - smooth on-line jigsaw
puzzles of your own photos
- Living
Earth, sunlight map projected, from sun, moon, or night side.
- Mapping Hacks -- info on
mashups
- Mapresso -- java applet uses shape files to make cartograms and unclassed choroplethic maps
- MapView -- for SVG delivery
- Hotpads --
interactive map for renting and buying, nationwide, nice!
Neighborhoo -- impressive
interactive mashup with variety of housing-related variables
- Netlogo -- modelling program, must install, excellent
- Photosynth -- stitches your vacation images for virtuall panorama, cool!
- Rectifier
for maps! -- rectifies, georeferences and even warps maps
- SmartStats -- some
local information for would-be home buyers SVGmapper -- another svg delivery
program
- TimeMap -- another java applet for interactive and animated maps
- TypeBrewer -- Like Color Brewer, but for fonts on maps
- World Mapper -- Excellent source of country cartograms,
hundreds, indexed!
- Zip Codes --
by the U.S. Postal Service, including a Zip+4 look-up.
- Zip Code
Map -- find zip code by fabulous map
POPULATION AND CULTURE
HOW TO DO THINGS
GAMES AND FUN
- Allmusic.com -- info on bands, history,
similar sounds, etc.
- Audio Books, free -- by
Project Gutenberg
- American Science
Surplus -- overstock gadgets and gadget parts
- Breeds of Dogs -- with
photos and summary information
- Failblog.org -- want a quick chuckle?
look here
- Freebies --
a source for free stuff
- GAMES
- Googlisms -- search the net for phrases
(interesting...)
- Geography
Olympics -- take a quiz and represent your country/state
- Geography
Quiz -- by jet punk, interactive
- Geoquiz --
Geography quiz without the small island states!
- Geog: Name the States --
you have to do it in 10 minutes or lose
- Happiness Quiz -- happiness quiz
- IMDb movie source, or movies.reviews
by critics, or a discussion
group
- Leonard Cohen website and newsgroup.
- Monkey
Mail -- send a
monkey with your voice or message -- a gas!
- Morality Quiz -- a thorough
measure of morality
- Mr. Almighty -- amaze your friends with the power of the internet
- Nick Cave's website
- OMG Games --
fun games with other people, login optional, awesome
- Puzzle Choice
-- many on-line puzzles and printable ones too. Nic site.
- Real Age calculator -- Extensive questionnaire,
great health tips -- more thorough than most.
- SelectSmart will help you pick
the best candididate, pet, lawn grass, tv show, ...
- Smoking Gun -- "revealing" scraps
of
paper, scanned and made public. Yawn. ... oh my.
- Snopes --
check snopes to determine whether you should believe that outlandish story you
heard
- Way Back Machine -- old web pages
lingering...
- Wonder How To -- How to do
all sorts of weird things
NEIU
- Academic Computing
- Academic
Affairs's faculty resources -- miss those official NEIU memos? Find
them here.
- Assessment Web Page --
more than you want to know about measuring outcomes
- Budget
Account Numbers -- detailed budget codes
- Catalogs
(NEIU), from 1994 to present.
- Client
Services -- Lots of computer help for faculty and staff
- Client
Services Software Request Form
- College of Arts & Sciences
Academic Affairs Committee -- Minutes, forms, proposals, guidelines,
etc.
- College Navigator
quick comparative stats for all colleges
- Contract
-- That's right, NEIU faculty contract
- Controller's Office
Resources -- for things like financial forms, etc. etc.
- Course Articulation
Tables -- which courses substitute at NEIU from Community
Colleges
- Dove -- software updates
- Exempt
Time Sheet -- you must.
- Faculty
Books -- Retailer for textbooks
- Phone
Directory -- campus phone directory
- Faculty
and Staff Resources -- from the neiu web site
- Financial Affairs -- lots of
useful forms, property control, etc
- NEIU -- NEIU's home page
- Network and Distributed Services -- for
software updates locally
- Non-Accredited
Schools - hey hey, bogus degrees granted here! And
here!
- Monthly
Time Report -- every month, regardless.
- Projects
Due Deadlines -- from the Dean's office
- Property
Control Change Form -- on line form to get things moved
- Public Safety
information
- Rate
Your Professors -- for NEIU, take w/grain of salt -- grudges and all
- Ronald Williams
Library
- Search
& Screen Manual -- the new one circa 2008
- Sick
Leave Form
- Stage Center -- student performances,
free to fac/staff/students
- State
Univ. Civil Service System -- for info on civil service
- Statistics
on NEIU -- from the Education Trust
- SURS, State University
Retirement System
- Train-me
-- Client Service Center training sessions
- University
Computing Client Support page
- University
Computing Newsletter
- UPI -- University Professionals if Illinois
- Writing
Lab Form -- for classroom visitations
MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT
- Action
Scripts -- all sorts of action script tutorials
- AntiSpyware
-- Microsoft's spyware/adware, good for NEIU
- Agentland -- all about those sneaky internet intellegence agents
- Backgrounds
-- A quick source for backgrounds, and all
that other stuff
- Counters
-- lots of styles, all free
- Course Management Systems
-- all of these are Open Source (i.e., free), see Moodle
- CSSZenGarden --
cascading style sheets all reading the same html, wow.
- Domain Names -- all about domain names
- Efax -- one of the free sites for a
FAX number, don't get a second line
- Font Freak,
Fontface, Larabie
Fonts
- Freedrive -- 50 meg internet space
in exchange for getting ads
- Big Nose Bird
Scripts -- source for .cgi, graphics, tutorials
- Drop
Down Menu Generator -- creates code for dropdowns
- Internet Speed -- check it instantly
- Javascript.internet.com
-- java code depot (free)
GOOGLE
- Mouse-over
and preload generator -- site generates code for you to cut and
paste
- HTML
help -- an excellent resource for advanced html, dhtml, etc.
- Dave Raggett's html
help
-- advanced features help
- PHP freaks -- source for
php
things, with reference
libraryand script
archive
- Php/MySql
Tutorial -- also leads to other tutorials
- Pop up
window maker -- generates and sends code to your
specifications
- Sound Effects --
free ambient looping sound
- SQL
Manual
-- quick reference
- Zoom java
script -- from vivaorange
- NetSquirrel -- will help you with system configuration problems, esp. MSConfig (for start-up resource hogs)
- Netzero -- an alternative login (free)
in case the going gets rough
- RealAudio -- a good audio
source on the web, with the free plug-in, of course.
- Save This saves
links -- I don't need it but someone might.
- Site Search, a free search engine
for web sites
- Sound Effects --
by A1. Careful, opening page has sound
- SubmitXtras, to submit web pages
to search engines for free
- Sysnotes -- Ron
Pateman's notes and tips
- Iarsn-- system software including TaskINfo, which shows current resource use
- Vivaorange.com -- java to make maps zoomable
- W3C.org validator -- web
page code validator by the worldwide web consortium
- Who Is -- domain ID
too
- Virus Hoaxes
by datafellows. Alphabatized, searchable bogus warnings
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