MEGIS Links
| Gulf of Maine GIS | - Department of Marine Resources - The State of Maine's Department of Marine Resources.
- Gulf of Maine Coastal Program - Established in 1991 as part of a nationwide network of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Program offices, GOMP focuses on protecting economically, recreationally, and ecologically important coastal fish and wildlife habitat through partnerships.
- Gulf of Maine Council Homepage - The Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment fosters cooperative actions within the Gulf of Maine watershed to preserve our common heritage and encourage sustainable resource use for present and future generations.
- Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System - GoMOOS is a national pilot program designed to provide hourly oceanographic data from the Gulf of Maine.
- Gulf of Maine Watershed Habitat Analysis - The Gulf of Maine Coastal Program has completed a project which identifies important habitats within the U.S. portion of the Gulf of Maine watershed.
- Land-Based Pollution Sources Inventory - The Gulf of Maine Land-Based Sources Inventory is a digital database that contains information on the location, timing, and magnitude of point and nonpoint source discharges to the rivers, streams, lakes, and estuarine and coastal waters of the Gulf of Maine drainage area.
- Red Tides in Western Gulf of Maine - Toxic "Red Tide" Populations in the Western Gulf of Maine: Sources, Transport, and Nutrient Environment
- The Island Institute GIS - The Island Institute's Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing facilities support the organization's work in marine, estuarine and coastal resource analysis.
- Water Resources of Maine - USGS's water resource page for the state of Maine.
- usSEABED database - The usSEABED database contains information on sediment texture and other geologic data about the seafloor compiled from diverse sources. The information is the scientific foundation for USGS Marine Aggregate Resources and Processes Assessment and Benthic Habitats projects and will be useful to the marine science community for other studies of the Atlantic coast continental margin.
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| Maine GIS Business Pages | - Aerial Photo & Survey - Located adjacent to Norridgewock Municipal Airport, they provide start to finish aerial photography, survey, and mapping services.
- Blue Marble Geographics - Creators of geographic software products.
- Bradstreet Consultants, Inc. - Photogrammetric and GIS mapping services.
- DeLorme - Makers of The Maine Atlas & Gazetteer.
- Decision Support Services - GIS Solutions for business, located in Portland Maine.
- Dirigo Spatial - GIS consulting services for municipalities and utilities throughout Maine.
- James W. Sewall Co. - A spatial information management company.
- Mitchell Geographics, Inc. - A Portland based company providing GIS products and services.
- NBT Solutions - NBT Solutions LLC provides information technology (IT) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) consulting, implementation, and development services.
- New England Geographics - New England Geographics - Offering GIS services and data development,
when accuracy matters.
- Northern Ecological Associates, Inc. - Environmental Scientists and Planners, located in southern Maine.
- Northern Geomantics - Geographic Information System Design and Development
- Orbis, LLC - Geographic Research and Analysis, located in Gray, Maine.
- Spatial Alternatives - Customized GIS solutions, designed to meet your needs.
- St. George Consulting Group, Inc. - A focused Information Technology firm specializing in delivering enterprise-wide information solutions.
- The Map Store, LLC - Buy maps and GPS equipment here.
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| Maine Regional Planning Commissions Online | - Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments - AVCOG municipal planning services include GIS mapping support for member municipalities in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties.
- Eastern Maine Development Corporation - EMDC community and economic development services to eastern Maine communities in Penobscot, Piscataquis, Knox, Waldo, and Washington counties include the use of GIS technology.
- Greater Portland Council of Governments - GPCOG cartography division utilizes GIS to support planning services for member municipalities in Cumberland County.
- Hancock County Planning Commission - HCPC serves member communities in the Hancock County region. The HCPC site includes a "Town Profiles" link to online data, published by The Ellsworth American, for towns in Hancock and Washington counties.
- Kennebec Valley Council of Governments - Kennebec Valley Council of Governments - KVCOG provides planning assistance to member communities in Kennebec, Somerset, and western Waldo counties. With other regional planning commissions, KVCOG provides online access to available data products from the US Census Bureau.
- Mid-Coast Regional Planning Commission - MCRPC assists planning and development in member communities of Waldo and Knox counties.
- Northern Maine Development Corporation - NMDC offers GIS natural resources and physical feature mapping support and serves Aroostook county, and some areas of Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Washington counties.
- Penobscot Valley Council of Governments - PVCOG works closely with EMDC and serves member communities in Penboscot, Piscataquis and Waldo counties.
- Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission - SMRPC works closely with GPCOG to provide GIS assisted planning services to member communities in York and southern Oxford counties.
- Washington County Regional Planning Commission - WRPC works closely with EMDC and serves member communities in Washington County.
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| New England GIS Pages | - Connecticut GIS - Connecticut's state GIS office.
- Mass GIS - Massachusetts Geographic Information System.
- NEARC - The Northeast ARC Users Group
- NEGIS Conference - A Premier Regional Conference for Geospatial Enthusiasts.
- New England URISA - New England Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
- New Hampshire GRANIT - The New Hampshire Geographically Referenced Analysis and Information Transfer System.
- Rhode Island GIS - Rhode Island Geographic Information System.
- Vermont GIS - Vermont Center for Geographic Information.
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| Other Government Sites | - FGDC Clearinghouse - The Geospatial Data Clearinghouse is a collection of over 250 spatial data servers,
that have digital geographic data primarily for use in Geographic Information Systems
(GIS), image processing systems, and other modelling software.
- Geospatial One-Stop - Facilitating Partnerships and Access to Geospatial Information
- NSGIC - National States Geographic Information Council.
- National Map - The National Map. An online, interactive, nation-wide map service.
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| Search Engines | - AltaVista - One of the earliest and most popular web searches.
- Excite - A popular web search engine and launch page.
- Google.com - Arguably the best search engine available.
- HOTBOT - Wired Magazine's search engine.
- SEARCH.COM - C-Net's search page. A good 'launch-pad' for WWW searches.
- Yahoo! - One of the most popular web searches.
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| Software Downloads | - Arc Explorer - ArcExplorer is a lightweight GIS data viewer developed by ESRI.
- GDAL - GDAL is an open-source raster processing package, especially useful for reprojecting, mosaicking, or changing raster formats.
- GRASS - GRASS is an open-source raster processing package.
- GeoServer - GeoServer is an open-source web mapping platform.
- Import71 - The ArcExplorer Version 1.1 Import Utility converts ARC/INFO interchange files ".e00" into ARC/INFO coverages, which then can be used in ArcExplorer.
- MapServer - MapServer is an open-source web mapping platform.
- MapWindow - MapWindow is a Windows-only open-source GIS client.
- Quantum GIS (QGIS) - Quantum GIS (QGIS) is an open-source GIS client that runs on multiple platforms.
- WinZip - The most popular compression utility for Windows
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| Training Resources | - ESRI Developer Network (EDN) - Information provided on EDN connects you to code samples, documentation, discussion forums, and more.
- ESRI Knowledge Base - ESRI's Knowledge Base lets you find the information you need by searching ESRI's database of "how-to" documents, white papers, system requirements, and common error messages for all ESRI software.
- ESRI Live Training Seminars - Live Training Seminars are designed for those who want GIS training on a focused topic presented live by an ESRI technical expert.
- ESRI Training and Events - ESRI events, training, books, and GIS for education.
- ESRI User Forums - ESRI hosts these forums for the community of GIS professionals to browse and post focused questions, or actively help others.
- ESRI Virtual Classroom - Virtual classroom combines instructor-led with Web-based training on your desktop.
- MEGIS Education Page - Education and Learning resources at MEGIS
- Maine DEP GIS Training - Maine DEP GIS Training: DEP GIS training, the intended audience is DEP staff, but the training is available (unsupported) to anyone else free of charge.
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