Focus On Earth Science: California Grade 6

Chapter 1: Mapping Earth's Surface

Real World Science Links

Career:

http://www.umanitoba.ca/student/counselling/spotlights/maptech.html
http://www.surveyingcareer.com/careers/geodesist.html
http://www.aag.org/Careers/Intro.html
http://education.usgs.gov/common/careers.htm
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/INFO/WhatWeDo.shtml

Technology:

http://www.cooa.unh.edu/primer/mapping.html
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/ltc/jpl/srtm.html
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS/
http://csrc.ucsd.edu/
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/
http://earth.rice.edu/mtpe/geo/geosphere/topics/remotesensing/60_geoid.html

History:

http://geodesy.noaa.gov/INFO/NGShistory.html
http://www.history.noaa.gov/
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/geodesy/geo02_histr.html
http://www.landsurveyor.us/learn_g1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson

Society:

http://www.gembc.ca/GIS_Page.htm
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/research/whatisgis.html
http://www.gembc.ca/GIS_Page.htm
http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/
http://gis.ca.gov/
http://maps.esri.com/#world

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