Canadian and Global Geospatial Data

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Canadian and Global Geospatial Data

Canadian Geospatial Data

GeoBase: Canada-wide: road network, hydrology, land cover, geodetic, elevation, geographial names
GeoGratis: Canada-wide: topographic data, land inventory, atlas data
MNR's LIO Warehouse: requires an account; ask in Map Library
MNR's OBM data: GeographyNetwork
GeoConnections Discovery Portal: Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure
GeographyNetwork: ESRI Canada's portal
Geowarehouse: Teranet
Grand River Information Network (GRIN): Grand River Conservation Authority
Regional GIS Data by Geography: Great Lakes: Great Lakes Information Network; includes Ontario and Quebec
Great Lakes Bathymetry: NOAA and CHS
International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean

Global/International Geospatial Data

Digital Chart of the World Data Server
Mapstor.com: international topo data
Harmonized World Soil Database v 1.0: FAO and IIASA
Global Change Master Directory
Digital Chart of the World Data Server
Harmonized World Soil Database v 1.0: FAO and IIASA
GIST: Data Repository of the Geographic Information Support Team
GIS Data Depot: GeoCommunity
ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (ASTER GDEM): Japan, 30m
Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) Level 0: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission DEM: global gridded data at 1 arc sec (USA), 3 arc sec (global) and 30 arc sec (global)
GTOPO30 DEM: global gridded data at 30 arc sec (updated by SRTM-30 v2)
SRTM30_Plus DEM: global gridded data at 30 arc sec for Earth including ocean bathymetry
Global Land 1 km Base Elevation (GLOBE) Project
World Petroleum Assessment: oil and gas energy resources
Global GIS: USGS
EarthInfo, Inc: Boulder, Colorado
CIA World DataBank II
Geobis International: world wide digital maps, data bases and strategic information
ShareGeo Open: UK data
LINZ Topographic maps: New Zealand topographic maps for free download
Terra Map Server: commercial site based in Germany
Ordnance Survey Open Data
Scanned and georeferenced Russian topographic maps at 1:100k and 1:200k (click on Seznam and scroll to Rusko-Russia)

China Data Center : University of Michigan
Digital Maps for GIS - China: GfK Macon
China Historical GIS: CHGIS Harvard Yenching Institute
Geoportal de Colombia
SAHIMS.net: GIS data for southern Africa

US Geospatial Data

GeographyNetwork: ESRI's portal
Geospatial One-Stop: National Spatial Data Infrastructure (US)
Regional GIS Data by Geography: Great Lakes: Great Lakes Information Network; includes coverage of Ontario and Quebec
Great Lakes Bathymetry: NOAA and CHS
International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean
National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse: Federal Geographic Data Committee
geodata.gov: US Maps and Data
Cropland Data Layer: US Dept of Agriculture
National Land Cover Database: 1992 and 2001, from MLRC Consortium (US)
National Seismic Hazard Maps: US Geological Survey
National Historical Geographic Information System (US)
Libre Map Project: downloadable US data, e.g., 24k scale USGS DRG's
NY State Gazetteer and GeoData Collection: University of Buffalo Libraries
Alexandria Digital Library: Spatial Data on the Web
US STATE CLEARINGHOUSES
Terraserver-USA: free download of USGS topographic maps and US digital aerial photographs (for assistance visit: USGS Rocky Mountain Mapping Center)
Census 2000 TIGER/line data data
EarthInfo, Inc: Boulder, Colorado
Ordnance Survey Open Data
Wessex
US gazetteer: 2000 and 1990
MAGIC: Map and Geographic Information Center: University of Connecticut
Arizona Geospatial Data and Maps: University of Arizona

Open Data

Toronto
London
Ottawa
Guelph (beta)
Halton County, Ontario
Edmonton
Vancouver
Nanaimo
Calgary
British Columbia (beta)
GeoBase: Canada-wide: road network, hydrology, land cover, geodetic, elevation, geographial names
GeoGratis: Canada-wide: topographic data, land inventory, atlas data
Ordnance Survey Open Data
ShareGeoOpen: UK and European data from EDINA

GIS Training and Instruction

ESRI Virtual Campus
ESRI Virtual Classroom
ESRI Mapping for Everyone: create and share maps for free
ESRI Mapping Center
ArcLessons: ESRI
SpatialNews.com: GeoCommunity
Directions Magazine
Geographic Information Systems: USGS
What is GIS?: GIS.com
GIS Guidelines: USGS Rocky Mountain Mapping Center
GIS in Education: USGS Rocky Mountain Mapping Center
GIS.com: ESRI
GIS utilities (ftp): Bureau of Land Management
AGI GIS dictionary: University of Edinburgh
Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in GIS (etc): University of California, Berkeley
GIS TimeLine
GIS Guide to Good Practice
GIS Analysis with ArcINFO: Shane Murnion
GPS Information: Joe Mehaffey, et al

Geospatial Data Services Librarian, University Map Library
Last Updated: February 22, 2012

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