Newsletters, Listservs, and URLs

Visit or subscribe to these sources for ongoing GIS information.

Newsletters

• Directions Magazine - an e-magazine about GIS.
  
  
• Spatial News - Web portal and news site for GIS professionals and students.
  
  
• GIS Monitor - a weekly newsletter about GIS.
  
  
• Subscribe to ArcWatch - the Environmental Systems Research Institute's (ESRI's) twice-monthly newsletter about their software and the GIS industry.
  
  
• ESRI-MUG Newsletter - the quarterly electronic newsletter of the ESRI Mid-Atlantic User Group (see "URLs" section).
  
  
• Public Health GIS News and Information - at the National Center for Health Statistics.
  
  

Listservs

• GIS Discussion Lists - Directions Magazine's compilation of GIS-related e-mail and Web-based discussion lists, including sign-up information and archived posts.
  
  

URLs

• GeoCommunity - a general GIS resource site.
  
  
• GIS.com - a portal to GIS information on the Web, created by ESRI.
  
  
• Geography at About.com - a general resource on geography, cartography, GIS, GPS, etc.
  
  
• ESRI site for health and human services applications
  
  
• ESRI Mid-Atlantic User Group - a local group that educates users about developments in the GIS field and in ESRI products.
  
  
• Useful Sites for MapInfo Users - a list of geography and GIS links.
  
  
• GIS in Public Health - from a 1998 conference on the use of GIS in public health applications.