Geographic Information Systems [GIS] at the U of A Library
Spatial Datasets
Univ. of Arizona -- Arizona -- U.S. Regions -- United States -- Canada -- Mexico -- World -- Other GIS Sources
At the UA Library and on Campus:
ArcAtlas [Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
ArcScene World Tour [Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
ArcUSA [Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
ArcWorld [Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
2002 Census of Agriculture [http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/census02/preliminary/2002censusdates.htm]
Digital Chart of the World [Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle (DOQ), Arizona [http://aria.arizona.edu/search/jsp/doqq.jsp]
ESRI Data and Maps [Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
ESRI U.S. Street Database [located on GIS Computer in the Information Commons]
LandView III: Environmental Mapping Software (1997)[ EP 1.104/4:CD-TGR 95-LV 3-9 Science Reference]
LandView VI: A Viewer for EPA, Census Bureau, and USGS Data and Maps (2003) [ C 3.301:6 Gov't Docs CD-ROM Cabinet]
Pima County Land Information System [current in Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet, other editions in Main]
CensusCD neighborhood change database (NCDB) : 1970-2000 tract data [Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
U.S. Census CD - 1970 [Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
U.S. Census CD - 1980 [Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
Pro/filer 1990 U.S. Census Data [HA215 .P76 1994 Main]
U.S. Streets and Boundaries (1990) [G1200 .U88 1997 Main]
U.S. Census CD + Maps - 1990 [HA201 1990 .C42 Main]
U.S. Census CD Blocks - 1990 [HA201 1990 .C43 Main]
U.S. Census CD 2000 Short Form [Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
U.S. Census CD 2000 Redistricting Data [Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
U.S. Census 2000 Blocks [Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
U.S. Census 2000 Short Form Blocks [Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
GIS services, courses, and research sites and projects on campus (UA GIS Users Group)
Spatial Datasets -- Arizona
- ARIA: Arizona Regional Image Archive
ARIA provides access to image data, such as satellite imagery, DOQQs, DEMs, DRGs for the Sonoran desert region, including the US Southwest and northern Mexico, list of related UA courses, and links to geospatial technology sites. The Library has created a Guide to Using the DOQQs from the ARIA site. - Arizona Electronic Atlas
- Arizona GeoServer Internet Mapping Service (State Cartographers Office)
View control points, identify or select control points, search for NGS control, download NGS data and create printable maps. - Arizona Land Resource Information System (ALRIS)
Online maps services (Land Ownership maps) and GIS data. - Arizona Map (State Cartographers Office)
Includes political boundaries, rivers, lakes, township/sections, roads, railroads, USGS indexes, and wildfires. - Arizona NBII Data Services (National Biological Information Infrastructure)
Provides access to a wide range of geospatial data -- preview data as a .gif, view metadata, or download. - Bureau of Land Management (Arizona)
Provides access to geospatial data as ArcInfo coverages (.e00), survey plats and field notes, and GPS data. - Conservation Science (The Nature Conservancy)
Provides access to geospatial data and documents generated by the Nature Conservancy's Conservation Science Program. - Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quad for Arizona
Provides access to the DOQQs for Arizona, has about 1/3 of the state. You can preview the image, view the metadata or download. The Library has created a Guide to Using the DOQQs from the ARIA site. - Maricopa County GIS Portal
This portal takes you to map sites for Planning and Development, Flood Control, Assessor, Elections/Recorder, and Survey. - Pima County Department of Transportation GIS Homepage
Access to Pima County GIS data and maps (via Autodesk MapGuide), such as parcel, street, wildland fire maps. Also contains links to other local GIS maps such as the Pima County Assessor maps, Floodplain maps, an Subdivision Plat maps. - RangeView
This University of ArizonaCollege of Agricultue website utilizes geospatial tools for natural resource management. - Santa Rita Experimental Range (SRER)
This University of Arizona College of Agriculture website contains maps, photographs, charts, reports, and metadata pertaining to SRER studies on vegetation, precipitation, grazing, soil, water, and more. - Spatial Datasets Available from the UA
- Tucson Department of Transportation (TDOT)
This site contains a wealth of community information relating to residential and commercial real estate, neighborhood associations, voter precincts, highways, traffic, washes, and much more. - Wildfire Alternatives (WALTER)
A University of Arizona interdisciplinary research initiative aimed at improving our understanding of the processes and consequences of interactions among wildfire, climate, and society. - Yavapai County GIS Interactive Mapping
Spatial Data Sets -- Other U.S. Regions
- California GAP Analysis Project
Can download statewide data or by region. - CaSIL: California Spatial Information Library
California's GIS portal. Data is subdivided by Administrative Divisions, Political Districts, Water Districts, Infrastructure, Cultural Geography and Physical Geography. - Durham, NC Geographic Information Systems
Includes interactive maps and list of spatial data sets (with a description of availability and cost). - Inside Idaho
Includes interactive mapping site and access to Idaho data (metadata, preview data, and download):
Basemap, cartographic, census, climate, distrubance, fisheries, hydrologic, land cover, physical, political, remote sensing, and transportation - Iowa State University Geographic Information Systems Support and Research Facility, Data
Iowa county datasets -- hydrography, transportation, topography, census, public land survey.
Statewide, national and global -- atmosphere, political/cultural divisions, geology, land use/land cover, soils, transportation, water. - MAGIC: Map And Geographic Information Center GeoData Server (Connecticut and New England)
Census, hydrography, land use/land cover, soil, education, economics, administration, government, labor, voting districts - Mohave Desert Ecosystems Program (GIS data clearinghouse)
- North Carolina Geographic Data Clearinghouse
Political/administrative, cultural resources, infrastructure, water resources, land/biological research, elevation, air resources, environmental quality. - NYS Spatial Data Clearinghouse
Official New York State GIS Clearinghouse - Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access
Official Pennsylvania geospatial information - San Francisco Bay Area Regional Database (BARD)
This site is a convenient way to acquire USGS Digital Data for the San Francisco Bay Area. - SANDAG: Geographic Information Systems (San Diego, CA area)
Data Warehouse contains historic, current and forecast economic and demographic variables for geographic areas in San Diego. Data can be downloaded to a table, text file or into a spreadsheet program. - University of Oregon, Mallard Spatial Library
- University of Washington Library - Maps/Geographic Information Systems: Datasets
- Washington State Geospatial Data Archive
Spatial Data Sets -- United States
- ESRI Data
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics Geospatial One-Stop
Data includes transportation facilities, networks, and services of national significance. - Cancer Mortality Maps and Graphs
Cancer death rates for the time period 1950-1994 for more than 40 cancers. - Census TIGER: The Coast to Coast Digital Map Database! (U.S. Census Bureau)
Download the 1990 and 2000 TIGER files in ArcInfo .e00, ArcView shapefiles, or in native format. - Census 1999 TIGER/Line® Download Page
- Census 2000 TIGER/Line
Download as ArcView shapefiles. - EPA Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
- EPA Office of Water's "Basins"
Can download data for performing watershed and water quality based studies. - GeoCommunicator (U.S. Bureau of Land Management)
Provides searching, accessing and dynamic mapping of data for federal land stewardship, land and mineral use records, and land survey information. GeoCommunicator provides spatial display for land and mineral cases from BLM's LR2000 system. - Geography Network (ESRI)
Online resource for finding and sharing geographic content, including maps and data, from many of the world's leading providers. - Land Survey Information (U.S. Bureau of Land Management)
Geographic information from the BLM's Geographic Coordinate Data Base (GCDB) representing the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) of the United States. - National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
- National Hydrography Dataset (USGS and EPA)
- National Spatial Database of GIS Data
This data has been gathered in anticipation of a National Archeological Overview. You can preview the data, review the metadata or download the data. - NOAA Bathymetry, Topography & Relief
Download nautical charts, bathymetric maps, and a variety of ocean survey data. - NOAA Nautical Charts
Includes current nautical charts that you can download in a variety of GIS formats and historical charts available as image files to either view or download. - NOAA Shoreline Data Explorer
- SEDAC's Demographic Data Cartogram Service
Census boundaries in AtlasGIS and MapInfo formats. - U.S. GeoData (U.S.G.S.)
Includes 1:24,000 and 1:250,000 Digital Elevation Model, 30 meter National Elevation Dataset, 1:2,000,000 and 1:100,000 Digital Line Graph, Land Use/Land Cover, National Land Cover Data, and National Hydrography Dataset.
Spatial Data Sets -- Canada
- British Columbia
Land Information BC includes a data warehouse, base mapping and geomatic services, interactive map, and more. - GeoBase
Geospatial data for all of Canada. In English and French. - GéoGratis - Geospatial Data of Canada
GeoGratis is a web and file transfer protocol (ftp) site that distributes geospatial data of Canada. - LandData BC
Provides access to free and other products -- digital and paper maps; air photos;survey data; reports; software. - National Atlas of Canada
Spatial Data Sets -- Mexico
- GeoGRAFX
Commercial company to purchase GIS data from. - Georeferenced Population Data Sets of Mexico (CIESIN)
- Información Nacional de Estadística Geográfica y Informática (INEGI)
Spatial Data Sets -- World & World Regions
- Alexandria Digital Library
- Baltic Sea Region GIS, Maps and Statistical Database
Includes interactive map, metadata, and data in Idrisi, ArcInfo, ArcView, and MapInfo formats. - Center for International Earth Science Information Network
Includes Central America Vegetation, China Dimensions, Georeferenced Population Data Sets of Mexico, Gridded Population of the World, LandScan 2000, U.S. Puma Boundary Files, and U.S. TIGER files. - Coastline Extractor (NOAA)
- Digital Chart of the World (DCW)
- Digital Chart of the World Data Server
- EPI Info (Shapefiles)
Includes administrative boundary files for all seven continents. These shapefiles are not in the public domain and are intended for use with Epi Info™/Epi Map only. - Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC)
Satellite data, some is available for download, other for purchase.
Spatial Data Sets -- More GIS Data Resources
- About.com: Directory of GIS data links
- Free GIS Data (Directions Magazine)
- GIS Data Depot
- GIS Data from ESRI
- Google: Directory of GIS data links
- Macmaps directory of GIS data and mapping links
MapDex
Searchable database of over 1,500 ArcIMS servers (interactive web-based mapping sites) providing information on the servers, map services, and layers. Includes sites such as the USGS' National Map and the Arizona Electronic Atlas.