Links

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North America Weed Association Mapping Standards

Resources on the Web for viewing maps:

• Google maps (has satellite imagery option)
• Map Quest (good for street maps)
• Maps on Us (can return a lat/long for a point location)
• Topo Zone (enter a Place name, view the location on a USGS Topo map)
• Google Earth (enter a Place name, and “fly” to that location…quality of satellite imagery varies)
  (requires broadband connection and does not run on older computers)

Some National Invasive Plant Mapping Projects:

• Natural Resource Information System Invasive Plants Inventory Computer Application
  USDA Forest Service Invasive Plant Database (uses Oracle and ESRI’s SDE and ArcMap; also supports ArcPad; has “wizards” to assist with tasks; integrated with NRIS Terra version 1.2; consistent with North American Weed Management Association database standards)
• Invaders Database System
  University of Montana, Missoula (covers 5 Northwestern states)

International Invasive Species Database:

• The Global Invasive Species Database was developed by the IUCN/SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) as part of the global initiative on invasive species led by the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP)