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	=== Introduction ===		=== Introduction ===
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 *[http://www.naturalearthdata.com/ '''Natural Earth'''] - Public domain vector and raster dataset. Supported by the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS)
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 *[http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html '''US National Atlas'''] - All raw data from the National Atlas. Everything from agricultural census data, election results, airports, railways, glaciers, arsenic content in groundwater, etc.
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 *[http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/contributing-partners/noaa-coastal-services-center '''NOAA Coastal Service Center'''] - Coastal related datasets such as: Benthic cover, LIDAR, high resolution ortho, marine jurisdictions, coastal ifSAR, etc.
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 *[http://www.reo.gov/gis/data/gisdata/index.htm '''Northwest Forest Plan GIS Data''']
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 *[http://Wa-node.gis.washington.edu '''Washington State Geospatial Clearinghouse'''] -Metadata catalog portal<br>

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 *[http://phenology.cr.usgs.gov/index.php '''Phenology'''] - Seasonal changes in vegetation across the US. Includes start of season, time of maximum, ampliture, etc.
 *[http://www.natureserve.org/getData/USecologyData.jsp '''Terrestrial Ecosystems of the United States'''] - A mid-scale ecological classification of over 800 ecosystems in North America.
-*[http://gapanalysis.usgs.gov/data/land-cover-data/ '''Ecological Land Cover Map'''] - The most complete map ever produced of vegetative associations for the US. Classified into 551 ecological systems, and 32 modified ecological systems (where human impacts have had an effect).
+*[http://gapanalysis.usgs.gov/data/ '''Ecological Land Cover Map'''] - The most complete map ever produced of vegetative associations for the US. Classified into 551 ecological systems, and 32 modified ecological systems (where human impacts have had an effect).
 *[http://nhd.usgs.gov/data.html '''National Hydrology Dataset'''] - Hydrological information for the US. Includes lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, dams, streamguages, and flow modelling.
 *[http://infotrek.er.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=NAWQA:HOME:0 '''National Water Quality Assessment Data Warehouse'''] - Large amounts of georeferenced data about water quality. Includes ground and surfacewater sampling data, discharges and health information.

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 == United States ==
-*[http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html| '''US National Atlas'''] - All raw data from the National Atlas. Everything from agricultural census data, election results, airports, railways, glaciers, arsenic content in groundwater, etc.
+*[http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html '''US National Atlas'''] - All raw data from the National Atlas. Everything from agricultural census data, election results, airports, railways, glaciers, arsenic content in groundwater, etc.
-*[http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?op_2=ne&v_2=STORE&t=102759&s=15&d=10,15,11| '''National Geophysical Data Center'''] - All free data from the NGSC. Includes elevation models, land cover, seismology, etc.
+*[http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?op_2=ne&v_2=STORE&t=102759&s=15&d=10,15,11 '''National Geophysical Data Center'''] - All free data from the NGSC. Includes elevation models, land cover, seismology, etc.
-*[http://phenology.cr.usgs.gov/index.php| '''Phenology'''] - Seasonal changes in vegetation across the US. Includes start of season, time of maximum, ampliture, etc.
+*[http://phenology.cr.usgs.gov/index.php '''Phenology'''] - Seasonal changes in vegetation across the US. Includes start of season, time of maximum, ampliture, etc.
-*[http://www.natureserve.org/getData/USecologyData.jsp| '''Terrestrial Ecosystems of the United States'''] - A mid-scale ecological classification of over 800 ecosystems in North America.
+*[http://www.natureserve.org/getData/USecologyData.jsp '''Terrestrial Ecosystems of the United States'''] - A mid-scale ecological classification of over 800 ecosystems in North America.
-*[http://gapanalysis.usgs.gov/data/land-cover-data/| '''Ecological Land Cover Map'''] - The most complete map ever produced of vegetative associations for the US. Classified into 551 ecological systems, and 32 modified ecological systems (where human impacts have had an effect).
+*[http://gapanalysis.usgs.gov/data/land-cover-data/ '''Ecological Land Cover Map'''] - The most complete map ever produced of vegetative associations for the US. Classified into 551 ecological systems, and 32 modified ecological systems (where human impacts have had an effect).
-*[http://nhd.usgs.gov/data.html| '''National Hydrology Dataset'''] - Hydrological information for the US. Includes lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, dams, streamguages, and flow modelling.
+*[http://nhd.usgs.gov/data.html '''National Hydrology Dataset'''] - Hydrological information for the US. Includes lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, dams, streamguages, and flow modelling.
-*[http://infotrek.er.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=NAWQA:HOME:0| '''National Water Quality Assessment Data Warehouse'''] - Large amounts of georeferenced data about water quality. Includes ground and surfacewater sampling data, discharges and health information.
+*[http://infotrek.er.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=NAWQA:HOME:0 '''National Water Quality Assessment Data Warehouse'''] - Large amounts of georeferenced data about water quality. Includes ground and surfacewater sampling data, discharges and health information.
-*[http://www.mapcruzin.com/renewable-energy-us-electric-transmission-shapefiles.htm| '''US National Power Grid'''] - Data from the Federal Emergency management Agency showing locations of transmission lines and connectivities. Has not been updated since 1993.
+*[http://www.mapcruzin.com/renewable-energy-us-electric-transmission-shapefiles.htm '''US National Power Grid'''] - Data from the Federal Emergency management Agency showing locations of transmission lines and connectivities. Has not been updated since 1993.
-*[http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/contributing-partners/noaa-coastal-services-center| '''NOAA Coastal Service Center'''] - Coastal related datasets such as: Benthic cover, LIDAR, high resolution ortho, marine jurisdictions, coastal ifSAR, etc.
+*[http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/contributing-partners/noaa-coastal-services-center '''NOAA Coastal Service Center'''] - Coastal related datasets such as: Benthic cover, LIDAR, high resolution ortho, marine jurisdictions, coastal ifSAR, etc.
 === United States Regional ===
 *[http://www.reo.gov/gis/data/gisdata/index.htm '''Northwest Forest Plan GIS Data''']
-*[http://www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/lca/pacificcoast.html| '''Pacific Coast Land Cover'''] - Land cover from 1996, 2001, and 2006 derived from Landsat images for the US Pacific Coast. 30m resolution.
+*[http://www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/lca/pacificcoast.html '''Pacific Coast Land Cover'''] - Land cover from 1996, 2001, and 2006 derived from Landsat images for the US Pacific Coast. 30m resolution.
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 === Washington State ===
-*[http://Wa-node.gis.washington.edu|'''Washington State Geospatial Clearinghouse'''] -Metadata catalog portal<br>
+*[http://Wa-node.gis.washington.edu '''Washington State Geospatial Clearinghouse'''] -Metadata catalog portal<br>
 *[http://www.ofm.wa.gov/localdata/default.asp '''Office of Financial Managment''']
 **Census data; economy; county government finance; human services; etc.

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 == Global ==
-*[http://www.naturalearthdata.com/| '''Natural Earth'''] - Public domain vector and raster dataset. Supported by the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS)
+*[http://www.naturalearthdata.com/ '''Natural Earth'''] - Public domain vector and raster dataset. Supported by the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS)
-*[http://www.iscgm.org/cgi-bin/fswiki/wiki.cgi?page=Application%2FWider+Use+for+Global+Map%2FSection+1| '''Global Map'''] - Provides consistent coverage of all the Earth's land cover area. Includes different thematic maps such as: Transportation, Elevation, Drainage, Vegetation, Administrative Boundaries, Land Cover, Population Centres, and Land Use. ''Registration Required''
+*[http://www.iscgm.org/browse.html '''Global Map'''] - Provides consistent coverage of all the Earth's land cover area. Includes different thematic maps such as: Transportation, Elevation, Drainage, Vegetation, Administrative Boundaries, Land Cover, Population Centres, and Land Use. ''Registration Required''
-*[http://geodata.grid.unep.ch/index.php| '''UNEP GEOdata'''] - Provided by the United Nations Environment Programme. Includes: Global Forest Cover, Global Potential Evapotranspiration, Global Average Monthly Temperatures, Dams, Watershed Boundaries, and much more. ''Use the advanced search to select "Geospatial Data Sets"''
+*[http://geodata.grid.unep.ch/index.php '''UNEP GEOdata'''] - Provided by the United Nations Environment Programme. Includes: Global Forest Cover, Global Potential Evapotranspiration, Global Average Monthly Temperatures, Dams, Watershed Boundaries, and much more. ''Use the advanced search to select "Geospatial Data Sets"''
-*[http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/gshhs.html| '''GSHHS'''] - "A Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Shoreline Databse" High quality, and consistent data.
+*[http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/gshhs.html '''GSHHS'''] - "A Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Shoreline Databse" High quality, and consistent data.
-*[http://www.gdem.aster.ersdac.or.jp/search.jsp| '''ASTER GDEM'''] - 30m resolution global elevation data derived from ASTER satellite images.
+*[http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov '''ASTER GDEM'''] - 30m resolution global elevation data derived from ASTER satellite images.
-*[http://www.opentopography.org/index.php| '''Open Topography'''] - "High-resolution, Earth science-based, topography data, and related tools and resources" Available as dense point clouds, and DEMs.
+*[http://www.opentopography.org/index.php '''Open Topography'''] - "High-resolution, Earth science-based, topography data, and related tools and resources" Available as dense point clouds, and DEMs.
-*[http://www.gisclimatechange.org/| '''NCAR GIS Climate Change Scenarios'''] - Includes data used by the IPCC in their reports. ''Registration Required''
+*[http://www.gisclimatechange.org/ '''NCAR GIS Climate Change Scenarios'''] - Includes data used by the IPCC in their reports. ''Registration Required''
-*[http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/| '''IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library'''] - Collection of more than 300 datasets from various climate models and datasets.
+*[http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu '''IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library'''] - Collection of more than 300 datasets from various climate models and datasets.
-*[http://hydrosheds.cr.usgs.gov/| '''HydroSHEDS'''] - Global hydrological based on the STRM elevation data. Includes river networks, watershed boundaries, drainage directions, and flow accumulations.
+*[http://hydrosheds.cr.usgs.gov '''HydroSHEDS'''] - Global hydrological based on the STRM elevation data. Includes river networks, watershed boundaries, drainage directions, and flow accumulations.
-*[http://landcover.usgs.gov/| '''USGS Land Cover Institute'''] - Set of links for numerous land cover datasets. Although primarily US data, further down the list there is data for other continents
+*[http://landcover.usgs.gov '''USGS Land Cover Institute'''] - Set of links for numerous land cover datasets. Although primarily US data, further down the list there is data for other continents
-*[http://www.worldwildlife.org/science/data/item1872.html| '''Global Lakes and Wetlands Database'''] - Vector data outlining global wetlands, swamps, bogs, reservoirs, etc.
+*[http://www.worldwildlife.org/science/data/item1872.html '''Global Lakes and Wetlands Database'''] - Vector data outlining global wetlands, swamps, bogs, reservoirs, etc.
-*[http://www.wri.org/publication/pilot-analysis-global-ecosystems-forest-ecosystems#data| '''Forest GIS'''] - Data includes: percentage tree-cover, population density and tree cover, share of wood in fuel consumption, etc.
+*[http://www.wri.org/publication/pilot-analysis-global-ecosystems-forest-ecosystems#data '''Forest GIS'''] - Data includes: percentage tree-cover, population density and tree cover, share of wood in fuel consumption, etc.
-*[http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/External-World-soil-database/HTML/index.html?sb=1| '''Harmonized World Soil Database'''] - Combines regional and national soil databases and maps under the Land Use Change programme of the UN FAO. Includes pH, depth, and texture parameters. 30 arc-second resolution.
+*[http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/External-World-soil-database/HTML/index.html?sb=1 '''Harmonized World Soil Database'''] - Combines regional and national soil databases and maps under the Land Use Change programme of the UN FAO. Includes pH, depth, and texture parameters. 30 arc-second resolution.
-*[http://datadownload.unep-wcmc.org/datasets| '''Datasets from the United Nations Environment Programme'''] - Includes global wetlands, distribution of coral reefs, mangroves, and more.
+*[http://datadownload.unep-wcmc.org/datasets '''Datasets from the United Nations Environment Programme'''] - Includes global wetlands, distribution of coral reefs, mangroves, and more.
-*[http://tin.er.usgs.gov/mrds/| '''Mineral Resource Data System'''] - "A collection of reports describing metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world." Includes names, location, commodity, description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, and more.
+*[http://tin.er.usgs.gov/mrds/ '''Mineral Resource Data System'''] - "A collection of reports describing metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world." Includes names, location, commodity, description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, and more.
-*[http://velluminformation.com/2012/01/28/google-earth-world-bank-data-and-kml-files/| '''World Bank Geodata'''] - A wide range of World Bank datasets (schooling and financial data, etc.)
+*[http://velluminformation.com/2012/01/28/google-earth-world-bank-data-and-kml-files/ '''World Bank Geodata'''] - A wide range of World Bank datasets (schooling and financial data, etc.)
-*[http://gadm.org/| '''Global Administrative Areas'''] - Administrative areas in this database are countries and lower level subdivisions such as provinces, departments, bibhag, bundeslander, daerah istimewa, fivondronana, krong, landsvæðun, opština, sous-préfectures, counties, and thana.
+*[http://gadm.org/ '''Global Administrative Areas'''] - Administrative areas in this database are countries and lower level subdivisions such as provinces, departments, bibhag, bundeslander, daerah istimewa, fivondronana, krong, landsvæðun, opština, sous-préfectures, counties, and thana.
-*[http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/aglands.html| '''Global Agriculture Lands'''] - Dataset representing extent and intensity of use of agricultural lands in 2000.
+*[http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/aglands.html '''Global Agriculture Lands'''] - Dataset representing extent and intensity of use of agricultural lands in 2000.
-*[http://www.iwmigiam.org/info/main/index.asp| '''Global Irrigated and Rainfed Crop Areas'''] - Vector mapping of global irrigated and rainfed cropland.
+*[http://www.iwmigiam.org/info/main/index.asp '''Global Irrigated and Rainfed Crop Areas'''] - Vector mapping of global irrigated and rainfed cropland.
-*[http://www.geog.mcgill.ca/~nramankutty/Datasets/Datasets.html| '''Past and Present Agricultural Land Use'''] - Multiple datasets showing agricultural land use dating from 1700 to 2007 for 175 crops.
+*[http://www.geog.mcgill.ca/~nramankutty/Datasets/Datasets.html '''Past and Present Agricultural Land Use'''] - Multiple datasets showing agricultural land use dating from 1700 to 2007 for 175 crops.
-*[http://www.gwsp.org/85.html| '''Global Water Systems Project - Dams and Reservoirs'''] - Vector data on all reservoirs with a storage capacity >0.1 cubic km.
+*[http://www.gwsp.org/85.html '''Global Water Systems Project - Dams and Reservoirs'''] - Vector data on all reservoirs with a storage capacity >0.1 cubic km.
-*[http://www.acleddata.com/data/| '''Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset'''] - Contains all reported conflict events in 50 countries in developing world, from 1997 to present.
+*[http://www.acleddata.com/data/ '''Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset'''] - Contains all reported conflict events in 50 countries in developing world, from 1997 to present.
-*[http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/gpw/| '''Gridded Population of the World'''] - Includes raw population, population density, historic, current and predicted.
+*[http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/gpw/ '''Gridded Population of the World'''] - Includes raw population, population density, historic, current and predicted.
-*[http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/gpw/| '''Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project'''] - Based on the above data, but includes information on rural and urban population balances.
+*[http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/gpw/ '''Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project'''] - Based on the above data, but includes information on rural and urban population balances.
-*[http://www.geohive.com/| '''GeoHive'''] - Population and County Statistics.
+*[http://www.geohive.com/ '''GeoHive'''] - Population and County Statistics.