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The U.S. Geological Survey offers an introduction to geographic information systems at

U.S. Geological Survey

( http://www.usgs.gov/index.html )
The Global Land Information System (GLIS) provides access to maps and information at

The Global Land Information System (GLIS)

( http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/glis/glis.html )
The National Mapping Information home page is at

National Mapping Information

( http://mapping.usgs.gov )
The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute's home page, with links to much information on earthquakes and earthquake response, is found at

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute's

( http://www.eeri.org )
The Canadian Association of Earthquake Engineering site gives an index of projects and links to other earthquake-related sites; see

Canadian Association of Earthquake Engineering

( http://www.civeng.carleton.ca/CAEE/ )
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers engages in a variety of projects. The Corps home page is at

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

( http://www.usace.army.mil/ )
Through the Coastal Engineering Page, one can access information about various coastal-engineering projects (including some pictures). See at

Coastal Engineering Page

( http://www.coastal.udel.edu/coastal.html )
A wealth of information on land use and development in the United States is found in the 1997 Natural Resources Inventory (revised December 2000), from the USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service:

USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service

( http://www.nhq.nrcs.usda.gov/NRI/1997/ )
The 2000 report of the World Commission on Dams, including case studies from the United States and six other nations and country studies for China, India, and Russia, is accessible through the commission's home page:

World Commission on Dams

( http://www.dams.org/ )





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