User:Aude/GIS data

TIGER
TIGER GIS data files are available from the United States Census Bureau (and redistributed through third parties ).

TIGER, which is short for Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing, was developed in the 1980s, following problems encountered during the 1980 census with maps and geographic classifications. TIGER first used with the 1990 census. TIGER defines geographic areas and features using topology, to represent the relationships between such features on a map. TIGER enables geocoding of street addresses. TIGER data, such as roads, were largely derived from scanned 1:100,000 USGS topographic maps, with topology added.

Some of the geographic areas represented in TIGER are political areas, including counties, congressional districts, school districts, and ZIP codes. Others are statistical areas, including Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA), census tracts, census block groups, and census blocks.

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American Indians and Alaska Natives

 * Alaska Native Regional Corporations
 * American Indian Areas/Alaska Native Areas/Hawaiian Home Lands
 * American Indian Tribal Subdivisions

Census geography

 * State
 * Counties
 * Metropolitan areas
 * Incorporated places/census designated places
 * Census tracts
 * Census blocks
 * Census block groups


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Line features

 * Hydrography
 * Landmarks
 * Non-visible
 * Physical
 * Railroads
 * Roads

Other

 * Congressional districts
 * Landmarks (points, polygons)
 * School districts
 * State legislative districts
 * Traffic Analysis Zones
 * Urban areas
 * Voting Districts
 * Water
 * Zip codes
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Decennial Census

 * United States Census is taken every 10 years to collect information about the people and housing of the United States.

American Community Survey

 * The American Community Survey (ACS)  will be replacing the long form used in past decennial census.  ACS datasets provide detailed demographic, social, economic, and housing data for the United States.

United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) provides a variety of spatial datasets that can be used with Geographic Information Systems to produce maps.


 * Digital Elevation Models (DEM)
 * National Elevation Dataset - seamless national dataset
 * Digital Line Graphs (DLG)
 * Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles (DOQ)
 * National Hydrography Dataset (NHD)
 * Land Use and Land Cover Data

USGS data is available through several websites:
 * http://nationalatlas.gov/ - free
 * http://seamless.usgs.gov/ - free
 * http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/EarthExplorer/ - order data on CD, DVD, or ftp

Seamless data distribution

 * http://seamless.usgs.gov/ - free

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Boundaries

 * National Atlas Congressional Districts (107th)
 * National Atlas Indian Lands
 * National Atlas Federal Lands
 * National Atlas State Labels
 * National Atlas States
 * National Atlas County Labels 2001
 * National Atlas Counties 2001
 * National Atlas County Labels 2000
 * National Atlas Counties 2000
 * National Atlas County Labels 1990
 * National Atlas Counties 1990
 * National Atlas County Labels 1980
 * National Atlas Counties 1980
 * Countries Line

Cities

 * GNIS Cities

Elevation

 * SRTM Finished 1 arc sec Shaded Relief
 * SRTM Finished 3 arc sec Shaded Relief
 * NED shaded relief (1/9 arc second)
 * NED shaded relief (1/3 arc second)
 * NED shaded relief (1 arc second)
 * National Atlas North American Shaded Relief
 * GTOPO60 Color Shaded Relief
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Hydrography

 * National Atlas Alluvial and Glacial Aquifers
 * National Atlas Hydrologic Unit Regions (2-Digit)
 * National Atlas and NHD Streams
 * National Atlas and NHD Waterbodies
 * National Atlas Arsenic in Ground Water

Land cover

 * NLCD 1992 Data Coverage
 * NASA LPDAAC MOD13A2 004
 * MODIS NDVI
 * NLCD 1992
 * NLCD 2001 Impervious Surface
 * NLCD 2001 Forest Canopy
 * NLCD 2001 Land Cover
 * National Atlas Agriculture Census
 * National Atlas Land Cover Diversity
 * National Atlas Land Cover Characteristics
 * National Atlas Forest Cover Types
 * National Atlas Forest Fragmentation Classification
 * National Atlas Forest Fragmentation Causes - 270m
 * National Atlas Forest Fragmentation Causes - 540m
 * National Atlas Forest Fragmentation Causes - 1km
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Layer extent

 * NAIP 1m Data Coverage
 * BTS Roads Data Coverage
 * NED 1/3 Data Source Coverage
 * NED 1/9 Data Coverage
 * NED 1 sec Data Coverage
 * NED 2 sec Data Coverage
 * LANDSAT7 Data Coverage
 * DOQQ Black and White Data Coverage
 * DOQQ Color Data Coverage
 * SRTM Finished 1 arc sec Index
 * SRTM Finished 3 arc sec Index
 * NLCD 2001 Land Cover Data Coverage
 * NLCD 2001 Forest Canopy Data Coverage
 * NLCD 2001 Impervious Surface Data Coverage
 * NLCD 1992 Data Coverage
 * DRG 100k Data Coverage
 * DRG 24k Data Coverage
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Orthoimagery

 * Aerial photography (various)
 * DOQQ
 * DRG Mosaicked Image
 * LANDSAT7

Transportation

 * National Atlas Interstate Labels
 * National Atlas Airports
 * National Atlas and BTS Road Labels
 * National Atlas and BTS Roads
 * National Atlas Parkways and Scenic Rivers
 * National Atlas Railroads
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EarthExplorer

 * http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/EarthExplorer/ - order data on CD, DVD, or ftp

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Aerial Photos

 * High Resolution Scanned Images
 * Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles
 * National Aerial Photography Program and National High Altitude Photography

Elevation

 * National Elevation Dataset
 * Shuttle Radar Topography Mission DTED® Level One Data
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Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR)

 * Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Composites

Declassified Satellite Imagery

 * Various imagery available from the 1960s and 1970s.

Landsat

 * USGS Landsat ETM+ -- Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus Data
 * USGS Landsat ETM+ SLC-Off -- Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus Data
 * USGS Landsat TM -- Thematic Mapper Landsat Data
 * USGS Landsat MSS-- Multispectral Scanner Landsat Data
 * Landsat Orthorectified MSS
 * Landsat Orthorectified TM
 * Landsat Orthorectified TM Mosaics
 * Landsat Orthorectified ETM+
 * Landsat Orthorectified ETM+ Pansharpened
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Digital Line Graphs

 * Digital Line Graphs (DLG): Large Scale and 1:100,000 Scale

Digital Raster Graphics

 * Digital Raster Graphics (DRG)
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Miscellaneous

 * EO-1 Advanced Land Imager
 * EO-1 Hyperion
 * North American Landscape Characterization (NALC)
 * SIR-C Precision and Interferometry Data
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National Atlas
The National Atlas, an initiative of the USGS, allows users to create maps online from various thematic map layers, without the need for any specialized software. National Atlas is part of a broader project, The National Map, which is a multi-agency effort to integrate a variety of datasets into one portal. Some state and local governments also participate in the initiative.


 * http://nationalatlas.gov/ - free
 * http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html - Raw GIS data download (free)

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Agriculture

 * Agriculture Census, 2002

Biology

 * Amphibian Distributions
 * Bat Ranges
 * Breeding Bird Survey Route Locations
 * Butterfly Occurrence
 * Ecoregions - Bailey
 * Ecoregions - Omernik
 * Forest Cover Types
 * Forest Fragmentation - Causes - forest connectivity and whether fragmentation is from human or natural causes. (270 meters, 540 meters, 1 kilometer resolutions)
 * Forest Fragmentation - Classification
 * Invasive Species (Africanized Honey Bees, Chinese Privet, Ligustrum sinense, Common Gorse, Ulex europaeus, Leafy Spurge, Euphorbia esula, Purple Loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria, Tallowtree, Triadica sebifera, Zebra Mussel)
 * Land Cover (200 meters, 1 kilometer resolution)
 * Land Cover Diversity
 * Moth Occurrence
 * National Fire Plan - Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program 2004
 * Vegetation Growth - Average (1990 - 2005)
 * Vegetation Growth - Peak (1990 - 2005)
 * West Nile Virus Surveillance, 2000-2001
 * Wildlife Mortality (Avian Botulism, Avian Cholera, Avian Lead Poisoning, Frequency Data, Organophosphate / Carbamate Poisoning)

Boundaries

 * Congressional Districts of the United States (106th - 109th Congress)
 * County Boundaries (1990, 2000, 2001)
 * Federal Lands
 * Indian Lands
 * North American Atlas - Political Boundaries
 * Official Protraction Diagrams and Leasing Map Boundaries
 * Public Land Survey System
 * State Boundaries
 * Time Zones
 * Wilderness Preservation System Areas

Climate

 * Average Annual Precipitation, 1961-1990
 * Seasonal Sea Surface Temperature Averages, 1985-2001
 * Spatial Hazard Events and Losses for the United States, 1995-2000
 * Tornadoes 1950-2004
 * Tropical Cyclones - Atlantic Tropical Cyclones
 * Tropical Cyclones - Major Landfalling Atlantic Hurricanes
 * Tropical Cyclones - Pacific Tropical Cyclones


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Environment

 * EPA Envirofacts Data
 * Air Releases
 * Hazardous Waste Handlers
 * Superfund National Priorities List Sites
 * Toxics Release Inventory
 * Water Discharge Permits

Geology

 * Coal Fields
 * Continental Divide
 * Earthquakes, 1568-2004
 * Geologic Map - Conterminous United States
 * Geologic Map - Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
 * Karst, Engineering Aspects
 * Landslide Incidence and Susceptibility
 * Landslides - Costly Events
 * Landslides - Costly Regional Events
 * Magnetic Field
 * Mineral Operations
 * North American Atlas - Bathymetry
 * Ocean Depth - Bathymetry
 * Quaternary Faults
 * Satellite View (Conterminous United States and Hawaii)
 * Satellite View with Shaded Relief (Conterminous United States and Hawaii)
 * Seismic Hazard
 * Shaded Relief Land - Color or Gray (200 meter, 1 kilometer resolution)
 * Shaded Relief Land and Ocean
 * Shaded Relief Ocean
 * Surficial Deposits and Materials
 * Volcanoes

History

 * Presidential General Election, State and County results, 2000
 * Territorial Acquisitions

Map reference

 * Cities and Towns
 * Index to Digital Aerial Photographs
 * Index to Topographic Maps - 1:24,000, 1:100,000, 1:250,000 scales
 * Latitude/Longitude
 * North American Atlas - Populated Places
 * Urban Areas


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Economics

 * Food Stamp Recipients
 * Income and Employment (1979-2003)
 * Labor Statistics - Annual Averages (2000-2004)
 * Poverty and Median Income 1998-2002

Health

 * Mortality, Cancer, 1970-1994
 * Mortality, Various Causes, 1988-1992* Reproductive Health: Fetal and Infant Mortality, 1995-1999
 * Reproductive Health: Infant Health - Preterm Delivery, 1995-1999
 * Reproductive Health: Live Births (Fertility), 1995-1999
 * Reproductive Health: Maternal Risks - Multiple Gestation, 1995-1999
 * Reproductive Health: Maternal Risks - Smoking, 1995-1999
 * West Nile Virus Surveillance 2000-2004

Other

 * Census (1980, 1990, 2000)
 * Uniform Crime Reports - county (1994-2002)
 * Energy Consumption - Total Estimated Energy per Capita, 1960-2001
 * Nighttime Lights

Transportation

 * Airports
 * Amtrak Stations
 * North American Atlas - Railroads
 * North American Atlas - Roads
 * Parkways and Scenic Rivers
 * Railroads
 * Roads

Water

 * Aquifers
 * Aquifers of Alluvial and Glacial Origin
 * Arsenic in Ground Water
 * Dams
 * Ground Water Climate Response Network
 * Hydrologic Units (Watersheds)
 * NAWQA Surface Water Sampling Sites
 * North American Atlas - Glaciers
 * North American Atlas - Hydrography
 * North American Atlas - Sea Ice
 * Realtime Streamflow Stations
 * Streams and Waterbodies
 * Water Use 1995
 * Water Use 2000
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Geodata.gov
Geodata.gov, an iniative of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is intended to be a one-stop shop for federal, state, and local GIS data.

EPA

 * http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/em/ - EnviroMapper (air releases, drinking water, toxic releases, hazardous wastes, water discharge permits, and Superfund sites)

USDA (Agriculture)

 * http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/

General

 * USDA Farm Service Agency - Common Land Units
 * Watershed boundaries
 * Hydrological units
 * National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP)
 * Soils
 * Precipitation
 * Temperature

Crops

 * http://www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/rssiws/ - Crop Explorer for Major Crop Region

Soils

 * http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/ - NCSS Web Soil Survey
 * http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/ - Soil Data Mart

NOAA

 * http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/aimstools/gis.jsp - National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
 * Local Climatological Data
 * NEXRAD Level II & III Radar Imagery
 * Paleoclimatology
 * Precipitation - 15 minutes, hourly
 * Surface Data (US & Global)
 * US Climate Reference Network
 * http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/website/ims-climatls/index.html - US Climate Atlas
 * http://www.gis.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov/ - Near real-time data (GOES, AVHRR)
 * http://www.weather.gov/geodata/ - National Weather Service
 * Watch Warning Advisories
 * National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD)
 * NEXRAD
 * AWIPS Map Database Catalog (AMDC)
 * Flash Flood Guidance (FFG)
 * National Hurricane Center GIS data
 * http://map.ngdc.noaa.gov/website/nosa/ - NOAA Observign System Architecture

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

 * http://www.geocommunicator.gov/ - Bureau of Land Management & the U.S. Forest Service
 * http://www.blm.gov/nstc/jurisdictions/ - Public lands and administrative jurisdictions

National Park Service

 * National Park Service

Minerals Management Service

 * http://www.mms.gov/ld/Maps.htm - Offshore cadastral data

Department of Defense

 * NGA (National Geospatial Intelligence Agency)
 * Topographic Engineering Center - Imagery Office, United States Army Corps of Engineers

Other

 * NASA
 * FEMA
 * Department of Transportation
 * Library of Congress - Geography and Maps division
 * National Archives

Geographic names

 * http://geonames.usgs.gov/ - Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

Topography

 * http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/global.html - Bathymetry & Topography

Other sources
Here are some other sources for international data. However, many/most of these sources do not have Wiki-compatible licensing and may be copyrighted.
 * UNEP GEO Data Portal - includes 450+ variables at national and subnational level.
 * FAO GeoNetwork
 * UN Cartographic Section
 * UN Geospatial Information Working Group
 * Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
 * GeoNetwork Nodes