references

• Malcolm Burke
  Original concept & research.
• http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/fliers/06mgg01.html
  US National Geophysical Data Centre (NGDC)
  ETOPO2 bathymetry / topography data.
• http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov
  US NASA Earth Observatory
  Visual satellite imagery.

other independent sites of interest

• http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org
  CGIAR-CSI SRTM 90m DEM Digital Elevation Database
  Consortium for Spatial Information, information and downloads about SRTM.
• http://geodata.grid.unep.ch
  UN GEO Data Portal
  The GEO Data Portal is the authoritative source for data sets used by UNEP and its partners in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report and other integrated environment assessments. National, sub-regional, regional and global statistics or as geospatial data sets (maps), covering themes like Freshwater, Population, Forests, Emissions, Climate, Disasters, Health and GDP.
• http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/gpw
  Gridded Population of the World, version 3 (GPWv3)
  UN GEO Grided Population of the world.
• http://edc.usgs.gov/products/elevation/gtopo30/gtopo30.html
  USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) GTOPO30
  GTOPO30 is a global digital elevation model (DEM) resulting from a collaborative effort led by the U.S. Geological Survey.
• http://edina.ac.uk/maps/global.shtml
  EDINA: Global & Regional Mapping
  EDINA is a academic resource for users in higher and further education. EDINA offers bibliographic databases, maps and mapping data, UK borders data, multimedia collections, and learning and teaching materials.
• http://www.terrainmap.com
  Digital Elevation Modeling & Mapping Digital Elevation Model
  Digital elevation modelling and mapping techniques.
• http://kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/geography/people/acad/mulligan/knowledge.html
  Knowledge Transfer: Dr Mark Mulligan: King's College London
  Department of Geography at King's College London - links to simulation models and datasets.
• http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/potential_impact_of_sea_level_rise_on_bangladesh
  Potential impact of sea-level rise on Bangladesh - Maps & Graphics at UNEP / GRID-Arendal
  Digital terrain modelling techniques have been used to display the Bangladesh scenarios of sea level rise. A three dimensional view of the country has been overlaid with the current coastline and major rivers and potential future sea levels at 1.5 meters.
• http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu
  National Centre for Geographic Information & Analysis (NCGIA)
  The National Centre for Geographic Information and Analysis is an independent research consortium dedicated to basic research and education in geographic information science and its related technologies, including geographic information systems.
• http://earth.google.com
  Google Earth
  Google Search with satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D.
• http://merkel.zoneo.net/Topo/Applet
  Sébastien Merkel
  Sea level topography programme, based on the ETOPO5 data of 1988/90.
• http://flood.firetree.net
  Alex Tingle
  Flood mapping system using Google maps, based on the NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data of 2000.
• http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/World_Wind
  World Wind
  An open source 3D interactive world viewer, created by NASA's Learning Technologies.
• http://maps.live.com
  Virtual Earth
  Microsoft's Virtual Earth.