Links

Sacramento

» Sacramento Bee
Sac Ticket – Movies – Dining -- Sac Bee - Shallit
Links access the Sacramento Bee main page, the paper's Sac Ticket section, Bob Shallit's columns, and reviews of movies and dining.

» Sacramento News & Review
SN&R – Movies – Dining
Links access the current issue of SN&R as well as movie and dining reviews.

» Sacramento Business Journal
SBJ
Business news for the region.

» Environmental Council of Sacramento ECOS
Coalition of environmental and civic organizations in the Sacramento Region.

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Sacramento Blogs

» Walkable Neighborhoods
Walkable neighborhoods
It's from Sacramento, but the focus is on walkable cities.

» Living in Urban Sacramento
Livinginurbansac
Blog about Sacramento development with many photographs.

»Sacramento History
History

»Metroblogging Sacramento
MetroSac

» SkyscraperPage:
Sacramento

» Sac Rag
Sac Rag

» Heckasac
Heckasac

» From the Capitol
Capitol

»Central City Opinion
Central City

»Midtown Grid
midtowngrid

 

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Internet Searches

» Google
Google - Google Scholar

» Yahoo
Yahoo

» Scirus
Scirus

» CSUS Library
Ollie - E-Journals

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Other

» Information Aesthetics
form follows data - data visualization & visual communication

» Spatial Law
Legal issues associated with geospatial data and technology.

 

Urban Geography

» Cyburbia
The Planning Community
One of the largest sites focusing on urban planning. Many articles, forums, and a picture gallery.

» Planetizen
The Planning & Development Network - Audio
Another large urban planning site. This one has an excellent audio-cast page.

» American Planning Association
APA
The leading professional planning association.

» About Planning
About Planning
Major site that points to websites, articles, and news related to planning .

» Data Place
Data Place
For quick census data by city, metro area, or county.

» Neighborhood Knowledge
California
A data and map center for cities, counties, and zips.

» California Planning Online
U.C. Berkeley Environmental Design Library
Great source for pointers to planning data, books, and journals.

» Urban Studies and Planning
M.I.T. Library
Short source for pointers to associations, planning websites, archives, and newsletters.

» Surface Transportation Policy Partnership
STPP
This coalition works to promote safer communities and smarter transportation choices. The focus is on alternative transportation choices.

» Center for Neighborhood Technology
CNT
This center promotes livable and sustainable communities.

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Urban Geography Blogs

» An Affair with Urban Policy
Urban Policy
The focus is on BIG cities, but it deals with urban issues that affect most cities.

» The Walk-Through
A Real Estate Blog from the New York Times: Downtowns & Sprawl
From its title and subtitle, one would not automatically gravitate to this blog, but it presented interesting urban issue entries. Too interesting perhaps, while the blog is still there, it closed Sept., 11, 2006.

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Urban Geography Audiocasts

» Smart City Radio
Smart City Radio

 

GIS

» GIS Internet Resources
Army Corps of Engineers
Perhaps the single best webpage on GIS. Hundreds of pointers.

» Planet Geospatial
Planet Geospatial
For the tech geek, this site points to many free tools.

» Juicy Geography
Juicy Geography
Excellent source for geography teachers. Focus is mainly on Google Earth.

» Directions Mag
Directions
Geospatial news.

» MSN Virtual Earth
Live Local

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GIS Blogs & Notebooks

» Google Earth Blog
Google Earth Blog
One of many.

» Google Maps Mania
Mania

» Ogle Earth
Ogle

» Mapping Hacks
by Schuyler Erle, Rich Gibson and Jo Walsh
Companion to the book of the same name.

» The Map Room
Map Room
"A Weblog About Maps"

» VerySpatial
Geography in Stereo
Mostly known for their audio casts (see below).

» CartoBlog
Making, Understanding, and Looking at Maps
New blog with the support of John Krygier and Denis Woods.

» Slashgeo
In+ersec+ion for Spatial People
Giving this one a trial run. It aggregates news from over 50 sources.

» GIS & Everything Spatial
edparsons.com
Trial run.

» Surveying, Mapping and GIS
Field to Finish
Trial run.

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GIS Audiocasts

» A VerySpatial Podcast
VerySpatial
From Penn State..

 

General News

» National Public Radio
NPR

» British Broadcasting Company
BBC.

» California Newspapers
onlinenewspapers.com
Listing and links to California's newspapers.

» Central Valley News
Great Valley Center
Collection of articles about Central Valley cities and places.

»Rough & Tumble
R&T
Collection of political articles from around the state.

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Audio & Videocasts

» All Songs Considered
NPR

»Living on Earth
Living on Earth.

» KCRW Radio
KCRW

» Radio Free World
RFW

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Writing Center

» The Elements of Style by Stunk and White
The book @ Bartleby

» Garbl's Writing Center
Garbl's

» U.C. Boulder, Style Guide
Style Guide