New York State

• New York State GIS Clearinghouse. Direct access to data, maps, and GIS materials. Includes: 1:24,000 Digital Raster Quadrangles download site, allowing downloads of image files, metadata, and DRQs. Pick from map of the state or from quad index. Has links to 1:250,000 and 1:100,000 scale maps. Also includes:
  • Who's Who for GIS in Erie County
  • Who's Who for GIS in Niagara County
  • New York State GIS Cooperative Project
  • GIS Internet Mapping Gateway. GIS of NYS digital orthophotography.
  • New York State Statewide Digital Orthoimagery Program. Shows status of imagery for above GIS.
• New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
  • Mapping Gateway. All forms of DEC maps. Includes print, online, GIS, other. Selections include:
    • Prepared maps on: Fishing, Recreation, Wildlife, Plants, State Forests and Lands, Waterbodies and Wetlands.
    • Geodata Inventory
    • Freshwater Wetlands Mapping - Is no longer available (2025-02-04).
      • Refer to Environmental Resource Mapper or National Wetlands Inventory
    • Wildlife Management Areas
  • New York State Breeding Bird Atlas (NY DEC). Links to topo maps for census blocks; sort by species, counter ID, behavior, other. Useful because you can access topo maps for any location in state. ChooseBreeding Bird Atlas Data and Maps.
  • Mineral Resources On-line Maps (Division of Mineral Resources). Geographic Information on New York's Wells and Mines. The Environmental Navigator is a database that includes more than 33,000 wells and 2,500 surface mines. Use standard GIS interface to search for specific locations, or zoom in to areas. Layers include a variety of variables.
  • Mining in New York State.
• New York State Department of Transportation. Scenic byways interactive maps. 
• New York State Interactive Mapping Gateway. Digital orthophotomaps of New York State.
• New York State and Local Government websites. Includes State level, as well as, Cities, Towns, and Villages, and other government agencies.