Difference between revisions of "List of GIS Data Sources"
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| − | *[http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html | + | *[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 | + | *[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 | + | *[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 | + | *[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/ | + | *[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 | + | *[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 | + | *[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 | + | *[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 | + | *[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 === | === United States Regional === | ||
*[http://www.reo.gov/gis/data/gisdata/index.htm '''Northwest Forest Plan GIS Data'''] | *[http://www.reo.gov/gis/data/gisdata/index.htm '''Northwest Forest Plan GIS Data'''] | ||
| − | *[http://www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/lca/pacificcoast.html | + | *[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 === | === Washington State === | ||
| − | *[http://Wa-node.gis.washington.edu | + | *[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'''] | *[http://www.ofm.wa.gov/localdata/default.asp '''Office of Financial Managment'''] | ||
**Census data; economy; county government finance; human services; etc. | **Census data; economy; county government finance; human services; etc. | ||
Revision as of 13:57, 2 October 2012
Introduction
Here you will find a list of resources to get GIS data. The list categorizes the resources by location.
The list is a work-in-progress!
Global
- Natural Earth - Public domain vector and raster dataset. Supported by the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS)
- 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
- 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"
- GSHHS - "A Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Shoreline Databse" High quality, and consistent data.
- ASTER GDEM - 30m resolution global elevation data derived from ASTER satellite images.
- Open Topography - "High-resolution, Earth science-based, topography data, and related tools and resources" Available as dense point clouds, and DEMs.
- NCAR GIS Climate Change Scenarios - Includes data used by the IPCC in their reports. Registration Required
- IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library - Collection of more than 300 datasets from various climate models and datasets.
- HydroSHEDS - Global hydrological based on the STRM elevation data. Includes river networks, watershed boundaries, drainage directions, and flow accumulations.
- 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
- Global Lakes and Wetlands Database - Vector data outlining global wetlands, swamps, bogs, reservoirs, etc.
- Forest GIS - Data includes: percentage tree-cover, population density and tree cover, share of wood in fuel consumption, etc.
- 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.
- Datasets from the United Nations Environment Programme - Includes global wetlands, distribution of coral reefs, mangroves, and more.
- 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.
- World Bank Geodata - A wide range of World Bank datasets (schooling and financial data, etc.)
- 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.
- Global Agriculture Lands - Dataset representing extent and intensity of use of agricultural lands in 2000.
- Global Irrigated and Rainfed Crop Areas - Vector mapping of global irrigated and rainfed cropland.
- Past and Present Agricultural Land Use - Multiple datasets showing agricultural land use dating from 1700 to 2007 for 175 crops.
- Global Water Systems Project - Dams and Reservoirs - Vector data on all reservoirs with a storage capacity >0.1 cubic km.
- Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset - Contains all reported conflict events in 50 countries in developing world, from 1997 to present.
- Gridded Population of the World - Includes raw population, population density, historic, current and predicted.
- Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project - Based on the above data, but includes information on rural and urban population balances.
- GeoHive - Population and County Statistics.
United States
- 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.
- National Geophysical Data Center - All free data from the NGSC. Includes elevation models, land cover, seismology, etc.
- Phenology - Seasonal changes in vegetation across the US. Includes start of season, time of maximum, ampliture, etc.
- Terrestrial Ecosystems of the United States - A mid-scale ecological classification of over 800 ecosystems in North America.
- 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).
- National Hydrology Dataset - Hydrological information for the US. Includes lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, dams, streamguages, and flow modelling.
- National Water Quality Assessment Data Warehouse - Large amounts of georeferenced data about water quality. Includes ground and surfacewater sampling data, discharges and health information.
- US National Power Grid - Data from the Federal Emergency management Agency showing locations of transmission lines and connectivities. Has not been updated since 1993.
- NOAA Coastal Service Center - Coastal related datasets such as: Benthic cover, LIDAR, high resolution ortho, marine jurisdictions, coastal ifSAR, etc.
United States Regional
- Northwest Forest Plan GIS Data
- Pacific Coast Land Cover - Land cover from 1996, 2001, and 2006 derived from Landsat images for the US Pacific Coast. 30m resolution.
Washington State
- Washington State Geospatial Clearinghouse -Metadata catalog portal
- Office of Financial Managment
- Census data; economy; county government finance; human services; etc.
- Washington State GIS Data --University of Washington Libraries
- Geomorphological Research Group --University of Washington
- PRISM -Puget Sound (University of Washington)
- WSDOT (Washington State Department of Transportation)
- Department of Ecology
- Washington State Department of Agriculture
- Puget Sound River History Project
- Puget sound LIDAR Consortium
- US Census Bureau US basemaps and US demographic data
