Datasets
Arc/Info Point Coverage of Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS) Locations in Eleven Western States
[Seattle GIS data] - UW restricted UW restricted
1990 Census Data on Housing and Population
1990 Census data on housing and population, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website
Aborginal Mapping Network
A collection of resource pages to help share information throughout the aboriginal mapping community. It has a British Columbia focus, but is not limited to this geographic region
Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
Alaska State Geo-Spatial Data Clearinghouse
Alexandria Digital Library
Based at the University of California, Santa Barbara's Map and Imagery Laboratory (MIL) in the UCSB Davidson Library, the Alexandria Digital Library provides access over the World Wide Web to a subset of the MIL's holdings, as well as other geographic datasets
BC Environment GIS data ftp site
BC Environment's Spatial Data Warehouse, containing published copies of many of its GIS datasets
Biological atlas of the Arctic Seas 2000 plankton of the Barents and Kara Seas /
Presented are physical and biological data for region extending from Barents Sea to Kara Sea during 158 scientific cruises for period 1913-1999. Maps with temporal distribution of physical and biological characteristics of Barents and Kara Seas included. Changes in plankton community structure between 1930's, 1950's, and 1990's are discussed. Multiple tables of Arctic seas phytoplankton and zooplankton species are presented, containing ecological and geographic characteristics for each species, and images of live cells for dominant phytoplankton species
Biological atlas of the Arctic Seas 2000 plankton of the Barents and Kara Seas /
Presented are physical and biological data for the region extending from the Barents Sea to the Kara Sea during 158 scientific cruises for the period 1913-1999. Maps with the temporal distribution of physical and biological characteristics of the Barents and Kara Seas are presented. Changes in the plankton community structure between the 1930's, 1950's, and 1990's are discussed. Multiple tables of Arctic Seas phytoplankton and zooplankton species are presented, containing ecological and geographic characteristics for each species, and images of live cells for the dominant phytoplankton species.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
The geospatial data sets distributed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics depict transportation facilities, networks, and services of national significance. Databases are designed to be used with Geographic Information System (GIS) software packages to locate transportation features and provide a framework for transportation network analysis
Cadastral links
"Produced under the auspices of the Federal Geographic Data Committee Subcommittee for Cadastral Data which serves as a focus for coordinating national cadastral, parcel, and land records efforts."
California Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection, Fire and Resource Assessment Program GIS Data
Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure
Cartographic Boundary Files, U.S. Census Bureau
The files available here are selected generalized extracts from the Census Bureau's TIGER geographic database
CaSIL the California Spatial Information Library
Census 2000 TIGER/Line Data
"GIS users can download Census 2000 TIGER/Line Data in shapefile format for an area of interest. Users can choose mulitple data layers for a single county or a single data layer for multiple counties and analyze them using GIS software."
Census TIGER 1995 data
TIGER/Line files 1995 are extracts of selected geographic and cartographic information from the Census TIGER (Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing) database. The data includes geographic features, such as roads, railroads, rivers, lakes, political boundaries, census statistical boundaries, etc. covering the entire United States. Data is available to download and to be used in conjunction with geographic information systems or similar software
Center for International Earth Science Information Network CIESIN
The corporation was formed in response to a directive by the United States Congress and is dedicated to furthering the interdisciplinary study of global environmental change. CIESIN is specializing in the access and integration of physical, natural, and socioeconomic information across scientific disciplines. Site contains online tools and applications as well as downloadable GIS data
China Data Center
China in time and space (CITAS)
"China in Time and Space (CITAS) is a project to create and maintain databases of spatially- and temporally-referenced data on China. CITAS aims to provide access to a wealth of contemporary and historical information on China at minimal cost to scholars and other non-commercial users. The project utilizes state-of-the-art geographic information system (GIS) technology to integrate tabular and vectorized map data. An unusual aspect of CITAS is its emphasis on the temporal dimension: one project goal is the capability of reconstructing Chinese administrative geography for specific historical dates, and the ability to compare spatial data at two points in time, whether over years or over centuries."
City of Seattle data - UW restricted UW restricted
Climate Mapping with PRISM
PRISM (Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model) is a model that generates gridded estimates of monthly and event-based climatic parameters. Originally developed for precipitation estimation, PRISM has been generalized and applied successfully to temperature, dew point, and other parameters
Climate Source
Climate data and maps for the US and Oregon
Coastal and marine geology program internet map server
"usSEABED provides data on sediment and rock distributions in the waters off the United States ... The datasets of usSEABED currently hold georeferenced point data for more than 300,000 data sites in U.S. waters from the beach to the deep sea, rivers, lakes, and estuaries ... The usSEABED database incorporates a wide variety of information about: seafloor sediment texture, composition, and color, biota and biological effects on the seafloor, rocky areas and seafloor hardness, seafloor features, such as ripples, seafloor acoustic properties, sediment geochemical analyses, and sediment geotechnical analyses."
Coastal assessment & data synthesis system
Providing data, interpretation, and interactive mapping for the nation's estuaries and coastal watersheds
Conservation geoportal
"The Conservation Geoportal is a collaborative effort by and for the conservation community to facilitate the discovery and publishing of geographic information systems (GIS) data and maps, to support conservation decisionmaking and education. It is primarily a data catalog, intended to provide a comprehensive listing of GIS data sets and map services relevant to biodiversity conservation. The Conservation Geoportal does not actually store maps and data, but rather the descriptions and links to those resources, known as 'metadata.'"
Current distribution of sagebrush and associated vegetation in the Columbia Basin and southwest regions
Digital data set of volcano hazards for active Cascade Volcanos, Washington
Includes 20 datasets with hazard assessments for the five active volcanos in Washington: Mount Adams, Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Rainier, and Mount St. Helens
Digital elevation data catalogue
Catalog of available elevation and bathymetric data, together with a section on available software for the display and manipulation of these data
Digital geologic map of the Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho and Montana
Digital geologic map of the Rosalia 1:100,000 quadrangle, Washington and Idaho a digital database for the 1990 S.Z. Waggoner map /
Digital Geologic Map Of The Spokane 1:100,000 Quadrangle, Washington And Idaho: A Digital Base For The 1990 N.L. Joseph Map... Johnson, Bruce R., Et Al
Digital map of major bedrock lithologic units for the Pacific Northwest: acontribution to the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project
Digital map of possible bat habitats for the Pacific Northwest a contribution to the Interior Columbia River Basin Ecosystem Management Project /
Digital maps of compositionally classed lithologies derived from 1:500,000 scale geologic maps for the Pacific Northwest a contribution to the Interior Columbia River Basin Ecosystem Management Project /
Digital mineral resource maps of phosphate and natural aggregate for the Pacific Northwest: a contribution to the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project
Digital mining claim density map for Federal lands in the Pacific Northwest
Digital representation of the Washington state geologic map a contribution to the Interior Columbia River Basin Ecosystem Management Project /
EconData.Net
"EconData.Net is designed to help practitioners, researchers, students, and other data users quickly gain access to relevant state and substate socioeconomic data. The site aims to be a convenient, comprehensive first stop for anyone searching among the vast, disparate array of public and private data sources on the Web." Links to data sites can be browsed by subject and provider and there is also a top ten list of the best places on the web for locating economic data
EIM Environmental information management
Search over 1.7 million environmental records on Washington's air, water, soil, aquatic animals, and plants from over 10,000 monitoring locations throughout and adjoining Washington State. Access data from over 400 studies including information about where samples were collected, study details, and data quality
EPA Region 10 Data Library
EPA Region 10 serves the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington
ESRI Census Watch Data Resources
Download U.S. Census Bureau boundary files and demographic data for use with geographic information systems
ESRI data - UW restricted UW restricted
Restricted to UW patrons only
Federal Communications Commission geographic mapping resources
Fish Passage Center
The Fish Passage Center provides technical assistance and information to fish and wildlife agencies and tribes, in particular, and the public in general, on matters related to juvenile and adult salmon and steelhead passage through the mainstem hydrosystem in the Columbia River Basin. The Fish Passage Center (FPC) coordinates the Smolt Monitoring Program (SMP), and data from this program is intended to provide the information basis for federal, state and tribal recommendations for anadromous fish passage in the Federal Columbia River Hydro-electric System (FCRPS). The FPC web site provides data on salmon, steelhead, bull trout, and lamprey throughout the FCRPS. In addition to SMP data, the FPC web site provides data and analysis for the Gas Bubble Trauma (GBT) program, the Comparative Survival Study (CSS), adult migration, environmental conditions, hydrosystem operations, hatchery releases, and spawning and emergence for certain groups of anadromous fish
Fisheries inventory
"This site contains standards and data-entry tools for freshwater fish and fish habitat inventories, digital base maps and fish and fish habitat database queries. It is primarily aimed at fisheries inventory contractors, government biologists and fisheries researchers. The general public is encouraged to use our map display tool, FishWizard [http://www.fishwizard.com/ to access some of the same data available at this site. The four main Fisheries Inventory topics are: FISS - The Fisheries Information Summary System is a catalogue of fisheries information suitable for planning purposes. Survey Data - Database queries that return subsets of survey data for lakes, streams and wetlands, including Bathymetric maps. Watershed Atlas Maps - Digital maps for display of fisheries data, identification of waterbodies and stream network analysis, and documentation. Methods - Fish and Fish Habitat data collection and reporting standards documents, and associated data entry and reporting tools."
Forest Land Distribution Data for the United States
FSGeodata Clearinghouse
"The FSGeodata Clearinghouse provides searching, viewing and downloading of geospatial datasets and metadata created and maintained by the USDA Forest Service over lands of the National Forest System."
GAP [home page]
GEO-Data Explorer
GEO-Data Explorer (GEODE) is a Java-based interface designed to allow access to spatial databases over the internet
Geobase
"GeoBase is a federal, provincial and territorial government initiative that is overseen by the Canadian Council on Geomatics (CCOG). It is undertaken to ensure the provision of, and access to, a common, up-to-date and maintained base of quality geospatial data for all of Canada. Through the GeoBase portal, users with an interest in the field of geomatics have access to quality geospatial information at no cost and with unrestricted use."
GeoConnections discovery portal
"Discover and access geospatial data for Canada."
GeoDataDistributionCatalog
Geographic Data BC
Geographic information systems / Washington State Department of Health
Includes demographic, health, housing, political and statistical data
Geographical Information Systems, geo-spatial data
The geo-spatial data sets distributed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics depict transportation facilities, networks, and services of national significance
Geogratis: Natural Resources Canada
GeoGratis distributes free geospatial data of Canada
Georeferenced Population Data Sets of Mexico
Data of Mexican states, municipalities, and islands, 1990, in Arc/Info export format. Attributes include selected demographic and socioeconomic variables from INEGI
Georgia GIS Data Clearinghouse
Provides access to GIS data, maps, and information
Geospatial data for Washington State
GIS at BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks
GIS data at the Washington State Department of Ecology
The Washington State Dept. of Ecology provides data sets which describe the diverse natural and cultural environment of the state. In addition to a state base map, counties, tribal lands, and USGS quadrangle boundaries, other data layers include rivers, shorelines, lake bathymetry, water flow data, dams, and air quality data. Spatial datasets are available in ArcInfo export format (zipped E00), metadata files are in FGDC format, and view files are in GIF format. All coverages are in Washington State Plane, South Zone, NAD 27, unless otherwise noted
GIS Data Depot -- Washington State
Free data downloads
GIS data download library
GIS Data for Water Resources
From the USGS
Global land cover characterization
The land cover data are provided in a generic image array format (flat, headerless, binary raster data) to maximize the flexibility for importing into a variety of software systems. Software necessary to view or analyze these data is not provided. There are many geographic information system and image processing packages available, and they commonly include modules to import generic raster data
Global land cover facility earth science data interface
"The Earth Science Data Interface is the GLCF's web application for searching, browsing, and downloading data from our online holdings. All data that we add to our archive are obtained through free sources or from data donations."
Global Relief Data & Images
Data and maps from NOAA's National Data Centers
Globalis [an interactive world map]
Interactive online world atlas identifying human impact on multiple variables including climate, education, economy, environment and more
GRID-Ardenal: Online GIS and Maps Database
GIS datasets and maps from the United Nations Environment Programme in Ardenal, Norway
GTOPO30 - Global 30 Arc Second Elevation Data Set
GTOPO30 is a global digital elevation model (DEM) with a horizontal grid spacing of 30 arc
Historical census browser
Data from the historical volumes of the U.S. Census of Population and Housing; state and county data by census (1790-1960). User can produce tables of data by state and county, sort data by selected categories (general population, education & literacy, economy/manufacturing/employment, ethnicity/race/place of birth, agriculture, and slave population), produce time series tables by state, county and topic; and generate maps of selected data
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/
IBGE
Inside Idaho
Interactive Numeric and Spatial Information Data Engine -- provides GIS data, numeric data, an atlas and an interactive mapping application for Idaho
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Geografia e Informatica
INEGI provides geographic, demographic, and economic information about Mexico. The website supplies direct access to some of this data, as well as links to related sites and an online product catalog
Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project
Interrain Pacific NW Watersheds GIS Data
GIS data search from a network of information on local watersheds, estuaries and forests
Iowa Department of Natural Resources GIS Library
Jackson County Oregon geographical information system
Kenai Peninsula Borough Geographic Information Systems
GIS information for the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
King County data - UW restricted UW restricted
King County GIS Center
King County Washington GIS geographic information system - UW restricted UW restricted
Data includes administrative, boundaries, census, district, environmental, hydrology, political, property, Sensitive Areas Ordinance, streets, survey, transit, wastewater treatment division, and parcel
Land Cover Digital Data Directory for the United States
List of spatial data sets for water Water Resources NSDI node /
Search rectangle is West=-127.90613546, South=22.8757219, East=-65.32190735, North=48.28250713. Search cover is huc250k. Presented in order of relevance based on density of information in the search area
MAS/MILS Arc/Info point coverage for the western U.S. (excluding Hawaii)
Mojave Desert Ecosystem Program
Maps, data and images for the Mojave Desert Ecosystem
Montana State Library Natural Resource Information System GIS Data
Mt. St. Helens DEM
National Atlas of the United States Map Layers Warehouse
National Geodetic Survey Data Sheets
Various interfaces for finding geodetic survey points in the U.S
National historical geographic information system
"The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) is a project to create and freely disseminate a database incorporating all available aggregate census information for the United States between 1790 and 2000 ... The NHGIS Data Finder is currently in beta form." At this time selected aggregate data and boundary files are available."
National Land Cover Data Availability
National Land Cover Data Availability from the USGS Land Cover Characterization Program
National Soil Database
National Wetlands Inventory
"The National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) produces and provides information on the characteristics, extent, and status of the nation's wetlands and deep water habitats and other wildlife habitats."
National Wetlands Inventory Data
Natural resources information portal
"The goal of this site is to provide a single place to discover, learn about, and access available salmon and watershed data for Washington State ... This portal includes a searchable catalog with simple links to datasets and their associated metadata ("data about the data"). If a dataset is not available for download or on-line viewing, contact information is provided. This catalog currently includes spatial datasets, tabular datasets, reports and studies ... This site has been designed for a wide range of users who may be interested in salmon and watershed data including scientists, watershed planners/managers, consultants, and the general public."
New Mexico Resources GIS Program
New Zealand Active Faults Database
The Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences maintains the New Zealand Active Faults Database. This database has been designed to hold all data collected from investigations of active faults. Along with the locations of active faults, the Active Faults Database contains the results from field measurements of offset features, trenching, and dating. It also stores interpretation of these results in the form of the average fault recurrence interval, slip rate, and date of last movement. This detailed information, which is collected at many points along a fault, has been summarised and presented here for each fault
Northwest Habitat Insitute GIS data
NRCS GIS and data sites
A comprehensive list of Web sites within the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) that are either GIS-related or contain data, documentation, or models that may be useful for GIS users. Also includes links to regional and state sites and non-NRCS sites
Oregon Climate Service
Climate and weather data, observation, maps, reports etc
Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
Under the direction of the Statewide GIS Coordinator, the OGDC helps to coordinate GIS activities in the state, facilitates communication about GIS issues, and maintains the website that hosts statewide geospatial data for the State of Oregon
Puget Sound Bathymetry and Elevation
A provisional product of integrated hypsometry/bathymetry data for Puget Sound
Puget Sound LIDAR Consortium
Puget Sound River history project
The Puget Sound River History Project studies the historical landscape of Puget Sound's lowland rivers and estuaries as a dynamically linked geophysical, ecological, and human system. The historical emphasis is on conditions at the time of earliest Euro-American settlement in the mid-19th century, but also includes the landscape's post-glacial, Holocene (10,000 yrs BP) evolution and the last century and a half of change
Record of American Democracy
Data includes election returns, socioeconomic summaries, and demographic measures of the American public at various levels of geographic aggregation
Reference maps [King County]
Regional Digital Datasets for the Northwestern United States
From the USGS Western Region Mineral Resource Program; includesgeochemistry, geology and lithology, mineral resources, and maps and publications
Roadless Area Conservation GIS Data
GIS coverages and other data used in creating inventories and maps of US Forest Service Roadless Areas
Russian Federation digital data
SAGEMAP
"The SAGEMAP project, conducted by the Snake River Field Station (SRFS) of the USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center , is identifying and collecting spatial data layers needed for research and management of sage grouse and shrubsteppe systems. The datasets, which can be queried, viewed, and downloaded from our FTP site, are important for our understanding and management of shrubsteppe lands and associated wildlife. The data can be used to identify factors causing the declines of wildlife and shrubsteppe habitats, or in the decision process for listing of Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) as a Threatened or Endangered species, and to help guide restoration of habitats in the Great Basin."
Salmon critical habitat GIS data
The GIS data are based on information used by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service to identify areas designated as critical habitat under the U.S. Endangered Species Act for 12 evolutionarily significant units (ESUs) of Pacific salmon and steelhead. The data are provided in two ESRI formats - shapefiles or coverages. Each ESU has a zipped data package that contains metadata and two data layers
Seamless data distribution system enhanced
"A seamless national elevation dataset and land cover dataset may be found here."
SEDAC's Demographic Data Cartogram Service
This site provides digital coverages of U.S. Census demographics to GIS users. Atlas GIS, ARC/INFO, and MapInfo formats are supported. The data are provided freely for research and instructional use only
Skagit County GIS data
Base layers for Skagit County, WA, in ArcInfo export format (.e00) and AutoCad format (.dwg)
State of the Land: GIS Coverages
A list of coverages related to data and analysis on land use, soil erosion and soil quality, water quality, wetlands, and other issues regarding the conservation and use of natural resources
State soil geographic (STATSGO) database
"Soil maps for the State Soil Geographic (STATSGO) database are produced by generalizing the detailed soil survey data. The mapping scale for STATSGO is 1:250,000 (with the exception of Alaska, which is 1:1,000,000). The level of mapping is designed to be used for broad planning and management uses covering state, regional, and multi-state areas."
Statistics Canada
The official source for Canadian social and economic statistics and products
StreamNet GIS Data
GIS data include fish data, hydrography, and related information for the Pacific Northwest
StreamNet OnLine
StreamNet is a cooperative venture of the Pacific Northwest's fish and wildlife agencies and tribes and is administered by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. StreamNet provides data and services in support of the region's fish and wildlife programs
Sudan Interagency Mapping products
"Welcome to the Sudan Interagency Mapping "SIM" website. SIM is comprised of GIS professionals working for non-profit Humanitarian, Developmental, or Peacekeeping initiatives. It functions in cooperation with local authorities to promote and facilitate the sharing of standardised Geospatial Information to enable all members to develop compatible and reliable products to assist in their operations."
Surficial Materials of Canada
Thailand Environmental Information Center
Includes downloadable GIS data for Thailand
This Baltic Sea Region GIS, map and statistical database
TIGER the coast to coast digital map database
United States digital map information provided by the Census, for use with GIS software
U.S. Census Cartographic Boundary Files
Includes Congressional districts, tracts and block groups, county subdivisions, and more
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Geographic Information Systems Home Page
UNEP/GRID Environmental Data-Sets Available On-Line
United States historical census data browser
"The data presented here describe the people and the economy of the US for each state and county from 1790 to 1960."--Title page
United States Managed Areas Database
Managed areas database in GIS format for the contiguous United States
Unofficial ArcInfo and ArcView Symbol Page
US GeoData
Data files for use in geographical information systems for analysis and integration with other geospatial data. Data available include digital line graphs, digital elevation models, and land use and land cover
USGS 1:24,000 (10m) digital elevation models (DEMs) for Washington State
USGS 1:250,000 digital elevation models (DEMs) for Washington State
USGS digital orthophoto quads/quarterquads
USGS digital raster graphics for Washington State
USGS FTP site for public data
USGS Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
USGS National Water Quality Assessment data warehouse
"The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began its NAWQA (National Water Quality Assessment) program in 1991, systematically collecting chemical, biological, and physical water quality data from 42 study units (basins) across the nation. The data warehouse contains and links to...data..."
Virtual Oregon
Virtual Oregon is a data coordination center, established in May 2000 at Oregon State University with seed funding from the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium, to: *archive and distribute environmental and other place-based data on Oregon and associated areas via an innovative web interface; *identify key data sets that are not yet available to users; and *facilitate development of statewide standards for archiving, documenting, and disseminating data
Washington 1:100,000 digital geologic data for Washington State - UW restricted UW restricted
Restricted to UW patrons only
Washington 7.5 minute digital elevation models (DEMs)
Maintained by UW Geology Department
Washington Aeromagnetic Maps and Data
Washington Geospatial Framework
The framework is geospatial data that is collected and maintained by many organizations in Washington State... The framework will include digital orthoimagery, elevation, transportation, hydrography, governmental units and cadastral data
Washington Hydrography Framework 1:100,000 Scale Layer
Washington State Department of Natural Resources GIS Data
Washington State Geospatial Data Archive
Geospatial data for the state of Washington, and selected non-Washington geospatial data sets created by people at the University of Washington
Welcome to the United Kingdom standard geographic base
The United Kingdom Standard Geographic Base (UKSGB) aims to provide users and suppliers of geographic information with a standard and consistent approach to commonly used geographical units in the UK. The UKSGB also provides information about a range of datasets containing information such as up to date names, codes, boundaries, and grid co-ordinates for each of the core units. A contact is given for each supplier of these datasets
Wyoming GIS Directory: Information and Data Holdings


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