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Westminster College |
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Introduction to Geographic Information
Systems
Spring 2003 |
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Sources for GIS Data |
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Clearinghouses
│ Government
│ U.S.
│ U.S.
States
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International |
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Data
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Data From
U.S. Government Agencies |
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National
Atlas of the United States: More than 20 Federal organizations
collaborate to produce these easy to use maps of America's natural
and socioeconomic landscapes.
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USDA
Natural Resources Data: The Geospatial Data Gateway
includes natural resources and environmental data
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USGS
National Mapping Information
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USGS
- GIS Data for Water Resources: This
site allows you to find and access spatial data about water resources,
searching by theme or by a full list.
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National
Hydrography Data Set: from the USGS,the NHD is a geographic
data set that contains information about surface water features
such as lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, springs, and wells.
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USGS
EarthExplorer: Query and order satellite images, aerial
photographs, and cartographic products through the U.S. Geological
Survey.
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US
Fish and Wildlife Service:
Geographic information systems & spatial data. Contains
many links to sites for data, tools, standards, and metadata as
well as general information about GIS.
- USODC/NOAA/NESDIS/National
Geophysical Data Center
- U.S.
Census Bureau, Maps and Cartographic Products
- EPA
GIS Data Download: download GIS datasets in ArcInfo
export or ArcView shapefile format. Categories include air,
water, land, deposition, emissions, climate/meteorology, sensitive
resources, demographics, and area boundaires
- Bureau
of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Geographic Information Services:
a national resource for transportation
spatial data and GIS in transportation (GIS-T) information.
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GIS data for individual U.S. states |
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International
GIS data |
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