Data Sources and Tools
These sites provide on-line or downloadable tools for visualizing or manipulating data or datasets that can be used in the classroom.

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GTOP30 - Global Topographic Data part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site from the Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center presents Global Topographic Data (GTOPO30), a global digital elevation model (DEM) with a horizontal grid spacing of 30 arc ...
ArcVoyager Makes ArcView Easy! part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site from ESRI features ArcVoyager. The program is a 50-mb package of carefully selected data, ArcView projects, and help files in a tiered format, available as free downloads in both Windows ...
My World GIS part of SERC Web Resource Collection
My World is a Geographic Information System (GIS) designed specifically for use in middle school through college classrooms. My World provides a carefully selected subset of the features of a ...
Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Profiles part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This NASA website features an interactive map that provides access to Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) profiles. Zooming in twice on the interactive map displays individual MOLA tracks; clicking ...
Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera Image Gallery part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site from Malin Space Science Systems provides access to all of the images acquired by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) during the Mars Global Surveyor mission through March 2005. MOC consists of ...
Google Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection
In collaboration with NASA researchers at Arizona State University, Google has created scientific maps of Mars. The site provides detailed map images of Mars, is searchable by feature or region, and ...
GNIS: Geographic Names Information System part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) provides information on almost 2 million physical and cultural geographical features in the United States. The U.S., its territories, and Antarctica are ...
NOAA Interactive GIS Climate Maps part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website contains an interactive GIS map with global temperatures, precipitation, ecosystems, population and other layers. The tool can zoom in and out, provide limited geographic information, ...
Map Maker part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This interactive mapping site allows users to build maps of any portion of the United States including overlays of many different kinds of data. Some of the categories of data available include ...
The Gapminder World 2006 part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Gapminder is a non-profit venture developing information technology for provision of free statistics in new visual and animated ways. Goal: enable you to make sense of the world by having fun with ...



