Local GIS Agencies

GIS Users / Consultants / Training

 

Local Government GIS Agencies:

    City of Bellingham: GIS

    Whatcom County: GIS

        WRIA 1 Project

     Whatcom Conservation District

     Skagit County: GIS

   

 

GIS Training / Classes:

    Western Washington University (Bellingham) - See  WWU GIS Classes

            Huxley College offers GIS & RS courses and a GIS Minor

            Geology also offers a GIS course

    Bellingham Technical College (Bellingham)

            Civil Engineering and Surveying & Mapping Programs offer Intro GIS and CAD courses

            (BTC is planning to add a GIS year-long series, perhaps as early as Fall 2007)

    Skagit Valley College (Mt Vernon)

            Offer GIS and GPS classes

    Everett Community College (Everett)

            Offer Geography courses in Computer Cartography and GIS

            Also Washington On Line (WAOL) course Intro to GIS

    Green River Community College (south of Seattle)

            Offer both a 1-year GIS Certificate and a 2-year GIS AAS Degree)

    Northwest Environmental Training Center (Various NW locations)

            Occasionally offer GIS classes (locations vary)

    BC Institute of Technology (Vancouver, BC)

            Offer a 1-year and a 2-year GIS Program

 

 

Online:

    ESRI Virtual Campus (Online). A variety of courses and workshops, many of which are free, many of which are free to WWU students/staff.

 

 

GIS & Cartography Consultants:

    Middle Fork GIS

    TetraTech (Stanwood office: 360-629-0242)

    Wilson Engineering

    Anchor QEA (formerly Anchor Environmental) (with offices in Bellingham and Seattle)



Maps:

Map Collections

    Center for Pacific Northwest Studies

    Huxley Map Library (WWU Campus, AH-101)

 

Retail

    American Alpine Institute (1513 12th St, 360-671-1570)

    Barnes and Noble (4099 Meridian St, 360-647-7018)

    Base Camp Inc. (901 W. Holly, 360-733-5461)

    Fairhaven Bike & Mt Sport (1103 Eleventh St, 360-733-4433)

    REI (400 36th St, 360-647-8955)

 

Online

    Roberts Bellingham Bicycle Maps - http://www.theslowlane.com/bhaminfo/bellmap.html

    Great Pacific Maps - http://www.greatpacificmaps.com/

    Green Trails Maps - http://www.greentrails.com/ 

 

If you know of a local GIS resource that would like to be added (or removed) from this list, please contact stefan