A simple mapping and GIS shareware package

GEOnet Names Server - On line access to comprehensive global geographic names
US Gazetteer Place and Zipcode Files - Good place names and zip code IDs for the US
Geosciences Australia Gazetteer - On line access to Australian geographic names

CIA World Factbook - Global data for all countries
US 2000 Census - Download detailed socioeconomic data by County, MSAs etc
Links for planners (US) - List of links to public domain US socioeconomic data
US Census Bureau - US demographic, social and economic data

US Bureau of Land Management - FTP site with many free translators and data files
ESRI ArcData Online - interactive search and download in shapefile format
GIS Data Depot - GIS data server. Free download or pay for user defined CD
Antarctic Digital Database - available on CD from the British Antarctic Survey group
National Atlas of the USA - Public reference collection for the US by USGS
US Census Bureau Cartographic Boundary Files - Comprehensive file sets for the US
USGS Global Land Information System - Searchable database of USGS map data
USGS US Geodata - Free maps in a variety of GIS vector formats
USGS Earth Science Information Centre - Digital map products list
US Census Bureau TIGER Maps - Listing of on-line and CD products
Baltic Sea region - Baltic countries in MapInfo mif/mid format

PCL Map Collection - Scanned maps from many parts of the world
World's Most Complete Collection of Railroad, Subway, and Tram Maps
US Census Bureau Map Server - Good on-line gif US detailed map creator

US Bureau of Land Management - FTP site with many free translators and data files
USGS Links - Public domain utilities to convert and display Geodata
Microimages - ESRI shape and AtlasGIS files to MapInfo
Source libraries - Free translator source compiled by Daniel Morissette

The Digital Chart of the World (DCW) & Data Quality Project - General background
Vector Smart Map (VMap) Level 0 - Military specification
Vector Smart Map (VMap) Level 0 - NIMA product summary
DMAMUSE 2.0 - On-line access to NIMA VMAP access software
NIMAMUSE 2.1 - On-line access to NIMA VMAP access software (beta)

Spatial News - bringing GIS news to your desktop
Directions Magazine - a mapping and demographics news source

Mentor Software - coordinate conversion and Casual Cartographer newsletter
GIS at About.com - collection of GIS related articles and links
Geoversity - resource site for Geography and GIS professionals
Mapcruzin - GIS Mapping, environmental and social data retrieval
National Technical Information Servis (NTIS)
geo Community - Search, News, Software, Data
US Geological Survey
TenLinks - links and top ten lists for GIS and CAD software
BODC ocean data sets - GEBCO
Earth Viewer
GISLinks - Comprehensive set of GIS Links
Versamap - draw outline maps in many projections
Truflite 3D terrain visualization software
University of Waterloo GIS starting points - Very comprehensive link list
Geomantics - landscape visualization and 3D simulation

GPS Utility - Versatile editor for Garmin tracks and routes

Washington Post - Article about the superiority of shareware tech support
ZDNet Software - Freeware, Shareware and Demoware Archive
SimTel - Long-running and comprehensive archive (Win/NT/DOS)
CNet Download - Freeware, Shareware and Demoware Archive
SoftwareVault - Reviews and archive (ASP oriented)
Quality Shareware - Reviews of selected quality shareware
32bit - Freeware, Shareware and Demoware Archive
Windows 95 - Freeware, Shareware and Demoware Archive
LinkMaster - Web searching
Global Download - Freeware, Shareware and Demoware Archive