END 350: Maps & GIS

Last Updated: Dec 4, 2024 1:37 PM

Research Guides (Maps & GIS)

Buffalo and Western New York in Maps
by Sam Kim Last Updated Dec 16, 2024 3683 views this year

Maps and Mapping Resources from Government Agencies
by Sam Kim Last Updated Dec 17, 2024 1111 views this year

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
by Sam Kim Last Updated Mar 8, 2024 1854 views this year

Topographic Maps
by Sam Kim Last Updated Nov 11, 2024 795 views this year

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
by Sam Kim Last Updated Oct 4, 2024 57125 views this year

Mapping Databases

Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Neighborhood Change Database 2010 This link opens in a new window
Digital Sanborn Maps - New York This link opens in a new window
Fire Insurance Maps online This link opens in a new window

GeoFRED
Map data at state, MSA & county levels (Data and tool provided by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)

PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
Web-based data and mapping tool for United States demographics. More Info
UB ONLY

Aerial Photos of Buffalo & WNY

Aerial Photographs of Buffalo and WNY
by Sam Kim Last Updated Aug 28, 2024 4704 views this year

Aerial Photographs of Western New York (UB Digital Collections) The University at Buffalo Western New York Aerial Photographs Collection contains more than 5,000 images covering Erie and Niagara counties from 1927 through 1978. The images were all part of systematic flights by Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc. and other producers. This online collection contains 175 of these images.

The city of Buffalo, N.Y., 1880. (Library of Congress)

Edward Howard Hutchinson. The City of Buffalo, N.Y. (1880). Image Source: Library of Congress.

Downtown Buffalo (1966), U.S. Department of Agriculture Series ARE-ARF

Map of Niagara County, New York, 1852. (Library of Congress)

ArcGIS

ArcGIS Desktop

ArcGIS Desktop allows you to create maps, perform spatial analysis, and manage data. You can import multiple data formats and use powerful analytical tools and workflows to identify spatial patterns, trends, and non-obvious relationships.

UB affiliates are eligible for a free UB ArcGIS Online account, provided by the College of Arts and Sciences.

This includes a license for ArcGIS Pro, which can be installed on personal or UB-owned computers. Additional Esri software/apps are available -- ArcGIS StoryMaps, ArcGIS Urban, ArcGIS CityEngine, ArcGIS Business Analyst, ArcGIS GeoPlanner, ArcGIS Insights, and ArcGIS Tracker.

In order to create an account, begin by completing the CASet work order form. In the section titled, "Describe the issue below", add a note requesting an invitation to join UB's ArcGIS Online organization.

Once you have an organizational account, you can download the ArcGIS Pro installer here:
https://suny-buffalo.maps.arcgis.com/home/user.html#settings
Select Licenses from the left.

Existing ArcGIS Online users can log in here: Map Gallery for University at Buffalo, College of Arts and Sciences

GIS & Geospatial Librarian, Sam Kim: skim25@buffalo.edu