If you have of problems with any of the downloads, please send me an email epoeter@mines.edu and I will help.


To download Books and Manuals visit the book section of this class

Download real player. Watch carefully as they restructure the web pages often, but if you look carefully you can find the free version even if this link doesn't take you directly to it.

Real Player FREE Download

Download Acrobat Reader and Install it on your computer. Watch carefully as they restructure the web pages often, but if you look carefully you can find the free version even if this link doesn't take you directly to it.

Acrobat Reader FREE Download

GIS Data Sources:

USGS Digital Elevation Model Data NED DEM Data
USGS Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles USGS DOQs
USGS National Atlas Data Browser National Atlas
USGS Water Resources Discipline GIS Data USGS WRD GIS Data
USGS Geologic Discipline - Central Region USGS GD Data

USDA GIS Data Gateway USDA Data

Colorado Department of Transportation CDOT GIS Data

GIS Data Depot GIS Data Depot


Software:

THE BEST WAY TO INITIALLY OBTAIN or UPGRADE SOFTWARE IS TO GET IT DIRECTLY FROM THE USGS USGS software. It will be the most recent version.

The following are proprietary and not available from the USGS

Ground Water Modeling System (GMS) (VERY LARGE) is from EMSI Environmental Modeling Systems Inc. http://www.ems-i.com. Then begin the reigstration process by going to File>Register and sending the security string to me epoeter@mines.edu.

Ground-Water Vistas (GWV) is from Jim Rumbaugh at Environmental Systems International- http://www.groundwatermodels.com/. The GWV Student Version is VERY LARGE but you can download it there (OR borrow the CD from me at class). You will need to first install gwv.exe, then install the update (download below), then run gwv and go to help, about, register and email the system code to me at epoeter@mines.edu for a temporary password to make the code fully functional during the semester (Depending on your browser you may need to LEFT CLICK and have it prompt you for where to save the file OR RIGHT CLICK and enter where to save the file in order to download exe installation file "gwv.exe")

Ground-Water Vistas Upgrade (OR borrow the CD from me at class). -- after applying the update, remember to go to help, about, register and email the system code to me at epoeter@mines.edu for a tempoarary password to make the code fully functional during the semester. Depending on your browser you may need to LEFT CLICK and have it prompt you for where to save the file OR RIGHT CLICK and enter where to save the file in order to download exe installation file for the update)