The University of Wisconsin Superior's Biology and Earth Science Department offers a GIS program. Follow this link for information about GIS and the program at UW-Superior. This link will take you to the page of UW Superior Professor and GIS expert William Bajalli.

GIS Maps on the Internet (no special software needed!)

Great Lakes Ecological Assessment GIS Maps Freely available on the Internet.

This site is produced by the United States Forest Service as part of their Ecological Assessment project, which is an "interagency effort to collect and consolidate new and existing environmental, biological, and socioeconomic information in the Northern Lake States." Included in this site are examples of GIS maps that show current and historical vegetation, geologic maps, maps show social and economic trends, and maps showing environemntal problems in this region.

Interactive GIS maps from Ithaca, New York Freely available on the Internet.

The City of Ithaca, in upstate New York has put a GIS map of the entire municipality on the Internet. If you are not familiar with this city it is still interesting to manipulate the maps by choosing what layers of data will be represented in a map. On the initial page a searcher can select a street and view the neighborhood in a GIS map. If one selects the advanced search option they can turn layers on and off and really get a feel for the power of GIS technology. This is a great place to introduce yourself to GIS mapping technology! Also listed under State Maps.

Some Fun Sites

Demonstration GIS maps from ERSI. Freely available on the Internet.

Ersi is the manufacturer of GIS software that enables one to create maps from GIS data. This software can be very expensive but fortunately it is available on the UW-Superior campus. Additionally there are numerous examples of GIS mapping freely available on the Internet. This site provides a variety of interesting and entertaining examples of GIS technology. Included in this site are maps of the location of toxic waste sites, samples of morbidity and mortality reports from the U.S. Center for Disease Control (from 1996), and other examples that highlight the many advantages of GIS technology.