ISRIC
ISRIC – World Soil Information – is a new site dedicated to soil mapping, data sharing and education. It contains recent soil maps and soil related information. Very useful for looking at soils over a wide area.
Vision of Britain
A Vision of Britain through Time – is a portal for a wide range of UK data, maps and images. The majority of the site contains numerous links to maps (including the very useful First Land Utilisation Survey) but there’s also data on censuses and election results as well as travel writing. Given the difficulty of finding some of this material, especially maps which might not always come to one’s attention, this is an extremely useful place to start.
World Bank – Mapping
World Bank – Mapping for Results. The World Bank’s work is know well enough but even for seasoned watchers there are aspects that can escape the user. This site is one of the. It seeks to map locations and amounts of development assistance. A similar site – data – contains a wealth of global data. This site is always worth exploring; it contains some of the best global data currently available.
Insects.org
Insects.org is an interesting site dedicated to all things insect especially human-insect interactions
OneGeology
OneGeology is a website aiming to make all the world’s geological map data freely available. The final aim is to make a complete dynamic geological map of the Earth – watch how they progress.
IBSCO
IBSCO or International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean is an umbrella organisation aiming to map the Antarctic regions with a high degree of accuracy. Follow their work on this site and get data and maps.
Role-Playing Scenaros
Role-Playing Scenarios – another part of the massive Carleton University Geoscience Department’s offerings in geology learning, teaching and pedagogy. The range of material in geoscience is impressive and even ideas such as these can be adapted to a range of teaching situations. This is a first-rate site worth exploring. To start looking at the whole site, go here.
Atlas of Living Australia
Atlas of Living Australia is a detailed an multi-disciplinary site which is the local node of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Its aim is to act as a collator of information from a range of organisations so that the complexity of Australian flora and fauna can be more easily accessed. In practice, this is a very ambitious project. Leaving aside the traditional information such as species and species maps, this site has open source software to collect field data, a […]
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation is a US independent government agency founded in 1950 to promote science. This it does but it also has a great education programme with lots of useful links and science ideas. The best section seems to be Discoveries, but try the rest of the site.
The Carbon Brief
The Carbon Brief is a small UK-based organisation comprised of a number of environmental writers whose intentions are to fact-check climate information and provide accurate material to press and other groups.
