Web mapping links

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Web mapping links

Here you will find links to interactive web mapping sites which have an Arctic Focus. If you have any information or links you feel should be included here then please let us know ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

The Arctic Portal A mapping component displaying and serving various spatial layers on the Arctic
The World Resources Institute's Global Forest Watch (GFW) Russia In 2005 released a map of protected areas in Russia
UNEP Arctic Environmental Atlas A map server with environmental information for the Arctic region, primarily from global data
UNEP.Net GEO Data Portal Portal to environmental data sets used by UNEP
CAFFs Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map Download portal for various vegetation datsets
UNEP GRID Arendal dataset collection Collection of downloadable datasets. However not very recent (1990s)
World Database on Protected Areas Good resource however the data on the Arctic is at present incomplete and lacking coverage
EOINET EU datasets on protected areas Extensive and good coverage of EU Arctic countries
US National snow and ice data centre Wide variety of extensive datasets
Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal (north of the Arctic Circle) Assessment Units From the US geological survey
Arctic Research Mapping Application (ARMAP) -"Online tools and services in support of Arctic research
Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Program - US National Science Foundation (pre-2008)
The National Center for Atmospheric Research's (NCAR's) Earth Observing Laboratory