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GIS Data Sources

New York Data Sources

NYS GIS Clearinghouse
http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us
  • Operated by the New York State Office of Cyber Security & Critical Infrastructure Coordination
  • Data sets include digital orthoimagery (primary source), vector GIS data from public and private sources, digital raster quadrangles
Cornell University Geospatial Information Repository
http://cugir.mannlib.cornell.edu
  • Online repository in the National Spatial Data Clearinghouse program
  • Data sets include vector GIS data from public sources, digital raster quadrangles
Peconic Estuary Program GIS Clearinghouse
http://www.peconicestuary.org/GIS.html
  • GIS data for the Peconic watershed is available by request

Connecticut Data Sources

Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
http://www.dep.state.ct.us/gis/Data/data.asp
  • Data sets include digital orthoimagery, USGS topos, vector GIS data from public and private sources, geology, hydrology, soils, and more
MAGIC - Map and Geographic Information Center
http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/
  • Operated by the University of Connecticut Library
  • Data sets include raster and vector data sets, including historical maps
  • Additional demographic data from http://ctdata.lib.uconn.edu/
CLEAR - Center for Land Use Education and Research
http://clear.uconn.edu
  • Operated by the University of Connecticut, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Data sets include land cover in image and shapefile formats for several years

Regional GIS Users Groups

GISMO: http://www.geo.hunter.cuny.edu/gismo

Long Island ArcInfo Users Group: http://liarc.org

Long Island GIS Users Group: http://www.ligis.org

NYS GIS Association: http://www.nysgislis.org 		Northeast Arc Users Group: http://www.northeastarc.org

Connecticut GIS User to User Network: http://ctgis.uconn.edu

Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) Council: http://www.ct.gov/doit/cwp/view.asp?a=2450&Q=310278

Federal Data Sources

Geospatial One-Stophttp://www.Geodata.gov
  • This portal contains thousands of metadata records (information about the data) and links to live maps, features, and catalog services, downloadable data sets, images, clearinghouses, map files, and more
NOAA Nautical Chartshttp://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/Staff/gisintro.htm
  • Coastal chart data in raster and vector format
NOAA Land Cover Analysishttp://www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/lca
  • This Web site provides land cover mapping data, tools, and assistance to the coastal management community. The NOAA Coastal Services Center works with resource managers and mapping professionals to promote the use of land cover mapping to address coastal management issues.
NOAA Land Cover Change Datahttp://www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/lca/northeast.html
  • The NOAA Coastal Services Center created land cover and change data for the Northeast region according to Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) standards. Land cover and land cover change data were produced for 1996-2001. These data were produced using 30-meter resolution Landsat Thematic Mapper and Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper satellite imagery.
US Census Bureauhttp://www.census.gov
  • Demographics as maps and tables
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Servicehttp://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app
  • Soil information available through interactive maps and downloadable data
US Environmental Protection Agency - Envirofactshttp://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/qmr.html
  • The Envirofacts Data Warehouse includes data and mapping applications for the US
US Environmental Protection Agency - Region 2http://www.epa.gov/region02/gis
  • Data for New York including EPA Regulated Facilities and Monitoring Data
US Fish and Wildlife Service - National Wetlands Inventoryhttp://www.fws.gov/nwi
  • View and download wetlands maps
US Geological Survey - Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS)http://eros.usgs.gov
  • Data Sets include Aerial photos, Satellite photos, Elevation data, Land Use data

Additional Data Sources by State

United States

Click on the map to open the GIS website for each state. Additional links below. Alabama Geospatial Data Clearinghouse Node Alaska State Geo-Spatial Data Clearinghouse Arizona Geoserver Arkansas Spatial Library California Spatial Information Library - CASIL Colorado Geographic Data Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection DC GIS Delaware GIS Resources Florida Geographic Data Library Georgia GIS Clearinghouse Hawaii Statewide GIS Program Idaho Dept. of Water Resources, GIS and Remote Sensing Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse Indiana University, Indiana Spatial Data Portal Iowa Geographic Information Council Kansas Geospatial Community Commons Kentucky Division of Geographic Information, DGI. Louisiana GIS Maine GIS Data Catalog Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources Geospatial Data Massachussets GIS Data Michigan GIS Data Minnesota Geographic Data Clearinghouse Mississippi Automatic Resource Information System - MARIS Missouri Spatial Data Information Montana Natural Resource Information System GIS Nebraska State University Nevada Natural Heritage Program GIS New Hampshire Statewide GIS New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection New Mexico Resource GIS Program New York GIS Clearinghouse North Carolinan Geographic Data Clearinghouse North Dakota On-Line Spatial Data Clearinghouse Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Geographic Information Management Systems Oklahoma Geo Information System Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse Pennsylvania Geospatial Data Clearinghouse Rhode Island GIS South Carolina University South Dakota GIS Tennessee Federal GIS Data Server Texas Natural Resources Information System Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC) Vermont Center for GIS Virginia U - Geospatial and Statistical Data Center Washington State Geographic Information Council - WAGIC West Virginia GIS Technical Center Wisconsin Land Information Clearinghouse Wyoming Geographic Information Advisory Council


ALABAMA

Alabama Geospatial Data Clearinghouse Nodehttp://www.gsa.state.al.us/gsa/GIS/clearinghouse.html
Alabama State Water Program GIS datahttp://www.aces.edu/waterquality/gis_data/gis_data.htm


ALASKA

Alaska State Geo-Spatial Data Clearinghousehttp://www.asgdc.state.ak.us/


ARIZONA

Arizona Geoserverhttp://sco.az.gov/website/geoserver/viewer.htm
GIS at the University of Arizona Libraryhttp://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/library/teams/sst/geo/guide/gis/


ARKANSAS

University of Arkansas Spatial Libraryhttp://www.cast.uark.edu/cast/geostor/


CALIFORNIA

California Spatial Information Library - CASILhttp://gis.ca.gov/
University of California-Davis, Watershed Information and Spatial Data Inventoryhttp://rachel.des.ucdavis.edu/wits/


COLORADO

Geographic Data Coloradohttp://www.dot.state.co.us/App_DTD_DataAccess/GeoData/index.cfm?fuseaction=GeoDataMain&MenuType=GeoData
Geospatial Data and Metadata On Line for BLM Coloradohttp://www.co.blm.gov/metadata/cothemes.htm


CONNECTICUT

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DELAWARE

Delaware GIS Resourceshttp://www.delaware.gov/agencies/egovernment/gis_page
Delaware Spatial Data Clearinghousehttp://www.nsdi.udel.edu/
Delaware Metadata Explorerhttp://maps.udel.edu/metadata/explorer.jsp


DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

DC GIShttp://dcgis.dc.gov/main.shtm


FLORIDA

Florida Geographic Data Libraryhttp://www.fgdl.org/


GEORGIA

Georgia GIS Clearinghousehttp://gis.state.ga.us/


HAWAII

Hawaii Statewide GIS Program http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/gis/


IDAHO

Idaho Dept. of Water Resources, GIS and Remote Sensinghttp://www.idwr.state.id.us/gisdata/default.htm


ILLINOIS

Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/nsdihome/ISGSindex.html
Chicago Area Geographic Information Study http://www.cagis.uic.edu/spatialdata.html


INDIANA

Indiana University, Indiana Spatial Data Portalhttp://www.indiana.edu/~gisdata/


IOWA

Iowa Geographic Information Councilhttp://igic.gis.iastate.edu:8082/
Iowa Natural Resources GIS Libraryhttp://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/nrgislibx/
Iowa State Universityhttp://www.ctre.iastate.edu/Resources/gisdata.htm


KANSAS

Kansas Geospatial Community Commons (KGCC)http://www.kansasgis.org/


KENTUCKY

Kentucky Division of Geographic Information, DGI.http://ogi.ky.gov/


LOUISIANA

Louisiana Geographic Information Systemhttp://lagic.lsu.edu/
Louisiana Statewide GIS - Atlashttp://atlas.lsu.edu/


MAINE

Maine GIS Data Cataloghttp://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/


MARYLAND

Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources Geospatial Datahttp://dnrweb.dnr.state.md.us/gis/data/


MASSACHUSETTS

Massachussetts GIS Data http://www.mass.gov/mgis/download.htm


MICHIGAN

Michigan GIS Datahttp://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/


MINNESOTA

Minnesota Geographic Data Clearinghousehttp://www.lmic.state.mn.us/chouse/index.html


MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi Automatic Resource Information System - MARIShttp://www.maris.state.ms.us/HTM/DataWarehouse.htm


MISSOURI

Missouri Spatial Data Informationhttp://msdisweb.missouri.edu/


MONTANA

The Montana Natural Resource Information System Geographic Information Systemhttp://nris.state.mt.us/gis/default.htm


NEBRASKA

Nebraska State Universityhttp://csd.unl.edu/general/gis-datasets.asp


NEVADA

Nevada Natural Heritage Program GIShttp://heritage.nv.gov/gis/gis.htm
Utah University, Intermountain Region Digital Image Archive Center (IRDIAC), Landcover of Nevadahttp://earth.gis.usu.edu/index.html


NEW HAMPSHIRE

New Hampshire Statewide GIShttp://www.granit.sr.unh.edu/


NEW JERSEY

New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protectionhttp://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/


NEW MEXICO

New Mexico Resource Geographic Information System Programhttp://rgis.unm.edu/


NEW YORK

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NORTH CAROLINA

The North Carolinan Geographic Data Clearinghousehttp://cgia.cgia.state.nc.us/ncgdc/


NORTH DAKOTA

On-Line Spatial Data Clearinghouse North Dakotahttp://www.state.nd.us/ndgs/gisinfo/gis_h.htm


OHIO

Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Geographic Information Management Systemshttp://www.ohiodnr.com/gims/category.htm


OKLAHOMA

The University of Oklahoma, Geo Information Systemhttp://www.geo.ou.edu/


OREGON

Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghousehttp://www.oregon.gov/DAS/IRMD/GEO/sdlibrary.shtml


PENNSYLVANIA

Pennsylvania Geospatial Data Clearinghousehttp://www.pasda.psu.edu/


RHODE ISLAND

Rhode Island Geographic Information Systemhttp://www.edc.uri.edu/rigis/


SOUTH CAROLINA

University of South Carolinahttp://www.cas.sc.edu/gis/dataindex.html
University of South Carolinahttp://www.cas.sc.edu/gis/dataindex_real.html


SOUTH DAKOTA

South Dakota Dept. of Environment and Natural Resourceshttp://www.sdgs.usd.edu/
South Dakota GIShttp://www.state.sd.us/gis/


TENNESSEE

Tennessee Federal GIS Data Serverhttp://www.tngis.org/


TEXAS

Texas Natural Resources Information Systemhttp://www.tnris.state.tx.us/digital.htm
City of Austin GIS data sets ftp://coageoid01.ci.austin.tx.us/GIS-Data/Regional/coa_gis.html


UTAH

Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC)http://agrc.utah.gov/agrc_sgid/sgidintro.html
Utah University, Intermountain Region Digital Image Archive Center (IRDIAC), Landcoverhttp://earth.gis.usu.edu/index.html


VERMONT

Vermont Center for GIShttp://www.vcgi.org/


VIRGINIA

University of Virginia - Geospatial and Statistical Data Centerhttp://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/
Virginia Department of Forestry GIShttp://www.dof.virginia.gov/gis/index.shtml


WASHINGTON

Washington State Geographic Information Council - WAGIChttp://wagic.wa.gov/


WEST VIRGINIA

West Virginia GIS Technical Centerhttp://wvgis.wvu.edu/data/data.php


WISCONSIN

Wisconsin Land Information Clearinghousehttp://www.sco.wisc.edu/wisclinc/


WYOMING

Wyoming Geographic Information Advisory Councilhttp://wgiac2.state.wy.us/html/index.asp
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