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The first two websites listed are portals to all things related to GIS. In addition to basic information about GIS, they link to information about software, training, data, and a variety of other useful resources.

Esri website (http://www.esri.com): Esri is the creator of ArcGIS, a popular GIS platform. Many resources are available on its website, including examples of how to apply GIS and details regarding the different types of software.

GIS.com (http://www.gis.com): This is a GIS portal managed by Esri. It offers a variety of general information and resources relevant to getting started with GIS technology.

The GIS Lounge (http://gislounge.com): This is a GIS portal offering a variety of general information and links related to GIS technology, software, data, and other resources.

Cartographic Communication (http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/cartocom/cartocom_f.html): This website about cartographic communication is part of a larger Geography Educational website developed by Kenneth E. Foote and Shannon Crum, the Geographer’s Craft Project, Department of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Center for Spatially Integrated Social Sciences (CSISS) (http://www.csiss.org/): CSISS recognizes the growing significance of space, spatiality, location, and place in social science research. It seeks to develop unrestricted access to tools and perspectives that will advance the spatial analytic capabilities of researchers throughout the social sciences. CSISS is funded by the National Science Foundation under its program of support for infrastructure in the social and behavioral sciences.

PhoneBooth (http://phone.booth.lse.ac.uk/): This website provides mobile access to the “Charles Booth’s Maps Descriptive of London Poverty” 1898–9, and selected police notebooks that record eyewitness descriptions of London street by street.