GIS Data Sources: Home
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Resources
Downloading New York GIS Data
- GIS.NY.GOV. State GIS services; includes:
- NYS GIS Clearinghouse. Some data requires password to download, contact David J. Bertuca
- CUGIR ( Cornell University)
- NYS Gazetteer and GeoData Collection
- New York State Data Center
- Map NY (SUNY Albany)
- New York State Museum
- NYC Dept of City Planning
Downloading Federal GIS Data
For a more extensive list of federal data sources, see: Maps and Mapping Resources from Government Agencies.
- Data.gov. Best place to start for U.S. Government data sets
- GeoData Depot – Geo Community
- National Map of the United States
- USGS Seamless Map
- Mapping Information Platform. (FEMA) GIS atlas of hazards and potential disasters in the U.S. Data sets and maps available for download.
- ToxMap (NLM). Environmental health maps.maps of the United States and Canada; data primarily from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Superfund Program.
- FGDC Clearinghouse (U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee)
- EROS Data Center (Earth Resources Observation Systems)
- National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate and weather, and geophysical data (formerly NCDC and National Geophysical Data Center).
- Geospatial Data Gateway (USDA)
International (Selected)
- GeoData Depot (International)
- Shapefiles by Continent (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)).
- ESRI 2004 World Data ( U.S. , Canada , Mexico , Europe & World)
Available on Workstations in Libraries (UB Campus only). - Alexandria Digital Library Project (International)
Canada
- GeoGratis (Natural Resources Canada)
- Open Government of Canada. Data, shapefiles for Canada.
- Canada's Spatial Data Infrastructure (Natural Resources Canada). Data, aerial and satellite imagery, shapfiles.
Asia
Europe
- Eurogeographics
- Ordnance Survey (Great Britain)
GIS Sites and Resources
- Geographical Information Systems Basics (USGS). Good introduction to GIS, including: data input and how data layers are shown. This is a good page to show someone who does not understand GIS.
- ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.). The leading GIS company. Several useful ESRI links:
- GIS Dictionary (ESRI). Database of terms, acronyms, GIS/cartographic words.
- ArcGIS Help Library.
- Arc-Info Introductory Tutorial. Not a tutorial but an introduction to working with Arc-Info.
- GIS Glossaries. Selection of glossaries/dictionaries of GIS and Cartographic terms.
- Bird's Eye View GIS. GIS technology service with emphasis on "solving the world's mounting ecological, economic and social problems." Company's focus is on environment, nature, and human ecology.
- Boston Atlas. (Boston Redevelopment Authority ). Excellent example of GIS. Boston maps and satellite imagery with layers for dates from early Boston to the present.
- Historical County Boundaries of United States. Includes GIS data files.
- Dictionary Of Abbreviations And Acronyms In Geographic Information Systems (UC Berkeley).
- Digital Map of the World (MapInfo format). Vector map of the world, in MapInfo TAB format based upon the 1:1,000,000 Operational Navigation Charts & DCW from the U.S. Department of Defense. DMW is the most detailed 1:1,000,000 world map in MapInfo format.
- Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI). This site features cartographic tools for "visualizing and analyzing historical and cultural phenomena." Users may create "maps based on a theme, era and region." The "Projects" section provides examples, and the "Participating" section provides instructions. Also includes information about the underlying technology. Note: Access to some datasets requires a password. Sponsored by the University of California, Berkeley.
- Geo Directory of Products and Services (GeoPlace). Directory of organizations, agencies, commercial companies, GIS, mapping, and other products and services.
- Geologic map databases for the United States: Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia (Open-File Report (2005-1325)). Geological maps, data, and metadata for 5 states. Useful for GIS applications with Arc Export, ArcView shapefiles, and Attribute Tables.
- Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS). Free Geographic Information System (GIS) software used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/maps production, spatial modeling, and visualization. GRASS GIS is currently used in academic and commercial settings around the world, as well as by many governmental agencies and environmental consulting companies. GRASS GIS is an official project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo).
- GIS Data Depot. Provides FREE GIS data downloads from over a terabyte of GIS data and creates custom spatial data CD-ROMs as an alternative.
- GIS Gateway (U.S. Bureau of the Census). Offers connections to many Geographic Information Systems (GIS) resources available on the Internet.
- GIS MGRS Grid Data layers and UTM zones in GIS Format (US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)). UTM, MGRS Shape files for World and specific regions.
- Graphical Locater. Primarily for data on hydrologic regions (HUC), but also has data for most features. Using a map, locate geographical features and find coordinates, hydrologic data on the feature (and USGS topo map info).
- Great Lakes Information Network Maps and GIS.
- Great Lakes Bathymetry (NOAA/NGDC). Data sets, shape files for each lake, plus other data.
- National Gap Analysis Program (GAP). A Geographic Approach to Planning for Biological Diversity (USGS program). GIS system providing regional assessments of the conservation status of native vertebrate species and natural land cover types and to facilitate the application of this information to land management activities.
- New York GAP Analysis - Part of the GAP program. Involves mapping the distribution of animals and plants on land and in aquatic ecosystems.
- National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (University of California at Santa Barbara, University at Buffalo, Departmen of Geology, and University of Maine).
- New York State Gazetteer & GeoData Collection. This UB Libraries page provides a gazetteer, along with the digital collection of downloadable USGS topographic maps, such as georeferenced Digital Raster Graphics (DRG's). These maps are suitable for both general use and GIS applications.
- Ontario Basic Mapping. View/create maps showing a variety of layers.
- Spatial Data Sources. Links to a wide range of GIS resources.
- SpatialNews. Commercial site, but has the latest news and developments in GIS.
- Digital GIS Data Websites (Stanford University Libraries). Links to data sets; well-organized. Federal, State, and International GIS sources. Key themes include: San Francisco and California, as well as, GIS data by topic (e.g., Meteorological Data, Archaeology, Business, Humanities, Marine Biology). See also GIS Data Bookmarks for more.
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