Remote sensing

• Greater horn of Africa project by USGS and EROS data center provide satellite-derived information on vegetation and land cover charactaristics in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and other countries in the horn of Africa.
• Africa data dissemination service (ADDS) provides free, downloadable AVHRR data for the entire region!
• USGS-Africa land cover characteristics database.
• FTP access to global AVHRR 10-day composite data!
• Earthnet online provides a search servcie for the "Best Image Samples" held by the European Space Agency.
• The journalist's guide to remote sensing, compiled by The American University School of Communication, provides a comprehensive guide to remote sensing resources.
• UNEP-GRID

• ARC-INFO software
• The following sites provide easy-to-follow tutorials on ARC-INFO software:

http://boris.qub.ac.uk/shane/arc/ARChome.html
http://www.esri.com/library/gis/index.html
 
• Welcome to the AGI GIS dictionary

• Download software for use with GeoData!